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Cite as: 524 U. S. 624 (1998)

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Opinion of the Court

We also draw guidance from the views of the agen-
cies authorized to administer other sections of the ADA.
See 42 U. S. C. § 12116 (authorizing EEOC to issue regula-
tions implementing Title I); § 12134(a) (authorizing the At-
torney General to issue regulations implementing the public
services provisions of Title II, subtitle A); §§ 12149, 12164,
12186 (authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to issue
regulations implementing the transportation-related provi-
sions of Titles II and III); § 12206(c) (authorizing the same
agencies to offer technical assistance for the provisions they
administer). These agencies, too, concluded that HIV in-
fection is a physical impairment under the ADA.
28 CFR
§ 35.104(1)(iii) (1997); 49 CFR §§ 37.3, 38.3 (1997); 56 Fed.
Reg. 13858 (1991); U. S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Divi-
sion, The Americans with Disabilities Act: Title II Technical
Assistance Manual 4 (Nov. 1993); EEOC, A Technical Assist-
ance Manual on the Employment Provisions (Title I) of the
Americans with Disabilities Act II–3 (Jan. 1992) (hereinafter
EEOC Technical Assistance Manual); EEOC Interpretive
Manual § 902.2(d), pp. 902–13 to 902–14 (reissued Mar. 14,
1995) (hereinafter EEOC Interpretive Manual), reprinted in
2 BNA EEOC Compliance Manual 902:0013 (1998). Most
categorical of all is EEOC’s conclusion that “an individual
who has HIV infection (including asymptomatic HIV infec-
tion) is an individual with a disability.” EEOC Interpretive
Manual § 902.4(c)(1), p. 902–21; accord, id., § 902.2(d), p. 902–
14, n. 18.
In the EEOC’s view, “impairments . . . such as
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HIV infection, are inherently substantially limiting.”
CFR pt. 1630, App., p. 350 (1997); EEOC Technical Assist-
ance Manual II–4; EEOC Interpretive Manual § 902.4(c)(1),
p. 902–21.

The regulatory authorities we cite are consistent with our
holding that HIV infection, even in the so-called asympto-
matic phase, is an impairment which substantially limits the
major life activity of reproduction.