I. Americans with Disabilities Act

The ADA defines a disability as an individual with “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual.” A major life activity, as defined in the act, includes daily functions such as a person’s ability to care for himself, breathe, walk, hear, or work. The ADA’s definition of disability also includes any person who has a record of such an impairment as well as a person who may not have a disability...