Disability Rights

Can You Be Fired From a Job While on Leave With Disability?

Being granted disability insurance benefits while you are off work does not prevent your employer from taking your job away.

Disability Discrimination in the Workplace: An Overview of the ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees from discrimination based on a disability.

Disabled Renters' Housing Rights

A disabled person seeking a rental should not face questions by landlords as to whether they have a disability or illness, nor a request to see medical records. After moving in, the landlord may have to provide accommodations, at the landlord's expense, and may have to allow the tenant to make reasonable modifications to the living unit, though not pay for it.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons' Right to Effective Communication in Health Care Settings

Federal law requires health care facilities to provide information and services in a way that deaf and hard of hearing individuals can access and understand.

Wheelchair Ramps: Legal Requirements of Commercial Property Owners

The basics of the legal protections and requirements for wheelchair ramps.

Blind and Low Vision Persons' Right to Health Care Information in Alternative Formats

Federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibit health care providers from discriminating against people on the basis of disability. If you are blind or have low vision, this means that, among other things, you have a right to receive health care information in “alternative formats” that you can read.