Technical Leaflet 180: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #180 by Mary Miley Theobald and Henry T. Tucker, Jr. explains how the ADA affected museum's hiring practices and the design of museum buildings. Guidelines establish what questions are no longer appropriate to ask on employment applications, health insurance coverage, and the expectations for employees to ask for reasonable accommodations. This leaflet also discusses the standards new museum buildings should follow and the alterations museums should make to their facilities for ADA compliance. Particular attention is focused on what alterations are expected in historic structures and what is permissible due to grandfather clauses.

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