ada law temporary disability definition
A. There are federal and state laws that protect people with disabilities against discrimination in terms, conditions or privileges of employment: the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 USC sec. 1201 et seq., and OregonÂ´s disability law, amended in 1997, ORS 659.400 et. seq.. Both federal and state laws define a person with a disability as an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or has a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment.