The ADA says employers must provide certain types ofhelp to persons with disabilities, if they need the help to perform their job. This type of help is called reasonable accomodations. The law says reasonable accomodations must not cause undue hardship to the employer. The benefits of the ADA cover individuals who had or have cancer. It also covers families of persons with cancer.
Many people still have misunderstandings about cancer.
These misunderstandings can lead to discrimination on the job. The ADA protects persons disabled by cancer from this type of discrimination. The ADA guarantees persons with disabilities will have equal access to any public facilities that are available to persons without disabilities. The ADA says people with disabilities must have access to any public transit that is available to persons without disabilities in thesame city or town. This includes bus, rail or any other method of travel, except aircraft.