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Office of Support Services for Students and Employees with Disabilities
Jackson State University

Employees

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, which took effect July 26, 1992, prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment, public services, public accommodations, telecom-munications, and transportation. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, prohibits discrimination against the disabled in any institution receiving federal funds. The act requires affirmative action in employing the disabled. The two acts, contain the same basic goals, legal principles, and definitions. Under the ADA and Rehabilitation Acts, an individual with a disability is a person who has:

• .A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities;
• Has a record or history of a substantially limiting impairment
• Is regarded as having a substantially limiting impairment.

To be protected under ADA or the Rehabilitation Act, an individual must have a record of, or be regarded as having substantial, as opposed to minor impairment. A substantial impairment is one that significantly limits or restricts a major life activity such as hearing, seeing, speaking, breathing, performing manual tasks, walking, caring for oneself, learning, or working. Jackson State University offers support services for students, and employees with documented disabilities, or that is regarded as having a substantial disability is coordinated by the ADA Coordinator.

The ADA Coordinator organizes, administers, and facilitates the delivery of a broad range of educational and employment related support services, policies and procedures for students, employees, and campus visitors with disabilities.

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