Obesity Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Discusses how obesity is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and its supporting regulations, which provide nondiscrimination protection for individuals with disabilities. Provides examples of how courts have applied the ADA to obesity discrimination cases.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Courts. Discrimination against people with disabilities. Actions and defenses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses how obesity is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and its supporting regulations, which provide nondiscrimination protection for individuals with disabilities. Provides examples of how courts have applied the ADA to obesity discrimination cases.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.