New guidance from the Justice Department is meant to clarify the Americans with Disabilities Act’s “integration mandate” and how it applies to public employment and day services.
The department announced the guidance Monday as it commemorated National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It affirms that the “most integrated employment setting under the ADA is the one that lets people with disabilities spend time with non-disabled people as much as possible.”
“Simply put, people with disabilities are entitled to work alongside their friends, peers and neighbors without disabilities,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement.
“Employment is fundamental to contributing to and being fully included in society. This guidance makes clear that the ADA requires that people with disabilities have access to the integrated services they need to contribute, grow and advance in typical workplaces throughout the country,” Clarke added.
The new guidance provides an overview of the ADA, the integration mandate and examples of the types of employment and day services that often are offered to people living with disabilities.
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