Discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex or nationality has been illegal since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. However, it was not until 1990 that people living with a disability received similar protection through the Americans with Disabilities Act...
Anyone with a visible disability (permanent or temporary) has an added sense of dread when they go to a job interview. Will the potential employer write them off entirely based on their own (often uninformed) views about what people can and cannot do? It can be...
In 2018, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network (ADATA) compiled data that showed that 44 million American adults, or 18.5% of the U.S. population, reported having a mental health condition. The researchers also found that 18% of U.S. working...
Attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often thought of as childhood problems that affect the ability to focus and function, particularly in school. But kids with ADD and ADHD grow up to become adults, and their...
Maybe you developed your injury on the job because of a workplace accident, or perhaps you were in a car crash on your way home from work, making the injury technically unrelated to your profession. People get hurt in ways that affect their ability to keep working...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) puts forth federal laws to protect employees with any of several qualifying disabilities, physical or mental, from workplace discrimination in Kentucky and the rest of the United States. One of the disabilities protected by...
Workplace discrimination is against the law when a person has a protected status. There are many different factors that are considered the basis for discrimination, so workers should ensure they are aware of these and how they might be impacted by them. Laws against...
Whether you got hurt on the job and were left with a disabling injury or you were born with a congenital medical condition that limits your function in one way or another, you have rights. All too often, Americans who have disabilities don't stand up for themselves,...
An injury can change your life. It can make the simplest day-to-day tasks seem challenging or impossible. It can make getting up in the morning to go to work feel agonizing. And if your work environment feels different because of your injury, you may be even less...
Disability discrimination does not necessarily need to be an overt act on the part of an employer or a prospective employer to be considered a legal violation in Kentucky. Some of the ways in which employers will avoid hiring a person who is disabled is to require...
