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Accessibility and the Law
Americans with Disabilities and the Law
The Americans with Disabilities Act was federally legislated in 1990 in order to end discrimination against individals on the basis of disability.
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that
"State and local governments give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from all of their programs, services, and activities (e.g. public education [and] transportation) ... State and local governments are required to follow specific architectural standards in the new construction and alteration of their buildings. They also must relocate programs or otherwise provide access in inaccessible older buildings, and communicate effectively with people who have hearing, vision, or speech disabilities. Public entities ... are required to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures where necessary to avoid discrimination ... "
Since 1990 the law has been clear that nothing but equality will be tolerated for people of any ability level. Therefore, what the UNC ACCESS Project wants to help UNC system universities achieve is to make their campuses accessible to all students.
