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Ten years ago, Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). The law was intended to address what legislators believed was courts’ overly strict reading of the definition of disability under the ...

A federal court in New York recently construed the meaning of a total disability definition where the insurance policy language includes residual disability coverage. The January 3, 2020 decision came ...

Ella Williams worked on an assembly line building engines for Toyota Motor Manufacturing beginning in 1990. Years of work with pneumatic tools eventually caused Williams pain in her wrists, arms and ...

"Chronic conditions" and "disability" are not just words. They can determine the funding and supports we can access, how we're treated and how we feel about ourselves. Although definitions serve an ...

Disability is a complex and multifaceted concept that encompasses a wide range of conditions, from physical impairments to mental health challenges. According to the Equality Act 2010, a person is ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the ADA and its guidance clarifies that to be protected from discrimination a person must be qualified for the job and have a disability as ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken, and it''s not looking good for workers who hoped to claim - like a Toyota worker - that their work-related musculoskeletal injuries grant them job protections under ...

The case is a reminder of the contours of ADA’s disability definition. Per U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance, the law defines disability as a physical or mental health impairment ...