WASHINGTON Nearly 5,000 discrimination complaints have pouredinto federal agencies since the Americans with Disabilities Act tookeffect in January, 1992, with the bulk of claims coming from peoplewho believe they were wrongly fired from a job, according to a newreport assessing the law's impact.
The report was conducted by the National Council on Disability,an independent federal agency that monitors issues related todisabled people.
Considered to be the most far-reaching civil rights legislationsince the 1960s, the act is intended to prevent discriminationagainst disabled people, both in the workplace and in public placessuch as restaurants and movie …
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