This Act prohibits any type of discrimination against people who have disabilties. This law came into effect in1990 and is the civil rights acts for those who have disabilities.  This discrimination act covers areas such as accessing public buildings, pulbic transportation, employment, and even communications. Regarding employers, they do have to offer reasonable accomodations on the job. And other agencies like the Department of Labor assist in enforcing these regulatons. Basically they are there to ensure that people with disabilties are treated fairly, they are accomodated, and have the same rights as anyone else.