Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. federal law that broadened and clarified the definition of disability to restore and strengthen protections against discrimination for people with disabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 canonical | 2 |
| ADA Amendments Act of 2008 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1152908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 Context triple: [Americans with Disabilities Act, amendedBy, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008]
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A.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
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B.
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 were U.S. federal legislative changes that strengthened and expanded protections and services for individuals with disabilities, particularly in employment, education, and access to federally funded programs.
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C.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.
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D.
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act amendments
The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act amendments were legislative updates in the 1970s that expanded and refined federal job training and employment programs for unemployed and disadvantaged workers in the United States.
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E.
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 1993 U.S. federal law that aims to protect individuals’ religious practices from substantial government burdens unless justified by a compelling governmental interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 Target entity description: The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. federal law that broadened and clarified the definition of disability to restore and strengthen protections against discrimination for people with disabilities.
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A.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
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B.
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 were U.S. federal legislative changes that strengthened and expanded protections and services for individuals with disabilities, particularly in employment, education, and access to federally funded programs.
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C.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.
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D.
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act amendments
The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act amendments were legislative updates in the 1970s that expanded and refined federal job training and employment programs for unemployed and disadvantaged workers in the United States.
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E.
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 1993 U.S. federal law that aims to protect individuals’ religious practices from substantial government burdens unless justified by a compelling governmental interest pursued through the least restrictive means.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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civil rights law ⓘ |
| affects |
Americans with Disabilities Act
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surface form:
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ |
| alsoAmends |
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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| amends |
Americans with Disabilities Act
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surface form:
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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| appliesTo | people with disabilities ⓘ |
| clarifies |
definition of disability
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major life activities ⓘ regarded as having a disability standard ⓘ that episodic or in-remission impairments can be disabilities when active ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| directs |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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surface form:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to revise its ADA regulations
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| effectiveDate | 2009-01-01 ⓘ |
| includes |
major bodily functions as major life activities
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non-exhaustive list of major life activities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| limits | use of the transitory and minor exception for regarded-as claims ⓘ |
| prohibits | discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 110-325 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to broaden the definition of disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act
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to make it easier for individuals seeking protection to establish that they have a disability ⓘ to restore protections against disability discrimination narrowed by court decisions ⓘ |
| requires | broad interpretation of disability consistent with ADA’s remedial purpose ⓘ |
| respondsTo |
Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams ⓘ U.S. Supreme Court decisions narrowing ADA coverage ⓘ |
| section |
Title 42 of the United States Code
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surface form:
42 U.S.C. § 12101 note
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| sector |
employment
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public accommodations ⓘ state and local government services ⓘ |
| shortName | ADAAA ⓘ |
| signedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| signingDate | 2008-09-25 ⓘ |
| states |
definition of disability shall be construed in favor of broad coverage
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mitigating measures other than ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses shall not be considered in assessing disability ⓘ |
| statutesAtLargeCitation | 122 Stat. 3553 ⓘ |
| strengthens |
protections against discrimination in public accommodations based on disability
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protections against discrimination in public services based on disability ⓘ protections against employment discrimination based on disability ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
anti-discrimination law
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disability rights ⓘ |
| title | Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 self-link ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 Description of subject: The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. federal law that broadened and clarified the definition of disability to restore and strengthen protections against discrimination for people with disabilities.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Americans with Disabilities Act
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amendedBy
→
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
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title
→
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
self-link
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this entity surface form:
ADA Amendments Act of 2008