[ Table 3.g.A ] U.S. Laws that Affect People with Disabilities YEAR 1968 1970 1973 PUBLIC LAW # 90–480 91–453 93–87 TITLE OF LAW Architectural Barriers Act Urban Mass Transportation Act Federal and Highway Act KEY PROVISIONS Requires that buildings built with federal funds or leased by the federal government be made accessible. Requires eligible local jurisdictions to plan and design accessible mass transportation facilities and services. Requires that transportation facilities receiving federal assistance under the act be made accessible; allows highway funds to be used to make pedestrian crosswalks accessible. Prohibits discrimination against qualified handicapped people in programs, services, and benefits that are federally funded; creates Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Provides for the removal of barriers in federally supported housing; establishes Office of Independent Living in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve people with disabilities. Establishes independent living as a priority for state vocational rehabilitation programs; provides federal funding for independent living centers. Removes certain disincentives to work by allowing disabled people to deduct independent living expenses in computing income benefits. Provides for access to polling places and ballots and all activities related to voting. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the provision of air transportation. Prohibits policies that discriminate on the basis of disability in housing; requires newly constructed multifamily housing to provide accessible units. Extends to people with disabilities civil rights similar to those available through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Provides vocational, employment, and health-care support to people on SSDI and SSI who want to work. To include changes in Standards for Accessible Design. 1973 93–112 Rehabilitation Act 1975 94–173 National Housing Act Amendments 1978 95–602 Rehabilitation Comprehensive Services and Developmental Disability Amendments Social Security Disability Amendments Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act Air Carrier Access Act Fair Housing Amendments Act 1980 96–265 1984 1986 1988 98–435 99–435 100–430 1990 1999 101–336 106–170 Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act ADA Revisions 2008 [pending] [ 164 ] | Yes, You Can!