Opinion ID: 787450
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Plain Language of the ADA

Text: 106 As we have heretofore explained, the ADA makes it unlawful for a covered employer to discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability, 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a), and discrimination in this context includes, with an exception not here relevant, not making reasonable accommodation to the ... mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability, 42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(5)(A). The definition of disability includes  being regarded as having ... an impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. 42 U.S.C. § 12102(2)(C) (emphasis added). Thus, as all would agree, the statutory text of the ADA does not in any way distinguish between [actually] disabled and `regarded as' individuals in requiring accommodation. Pathmark, 177 F.3d at 196.