# Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) > [!overview] > - location:: [[United States]] > - period:: [[1990s]], [[2000s]], [[2010s]], [[2020s]] - American civil rights law signed on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush[^1] - “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” President George H.W. Bush[^2] - "Grounded in four core outcomes of full participation, equal opportunity, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency, the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in contexts such as of public accommodation, employment, transportation, and community living and provides recourse for people with disabilities who faced discrimination."[^3] [^1]: [Stanford Social Innovation Review](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_curb_cut_effect) [^2]: [Stanford Social Innovation Review](https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_curb_cut_effect) [^3]: [White House - 2021-07-26 - FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Marks Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act and Announces Resources to Support Individuals with Long COVID](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-marks-anniversary-of-americans-with-disabilities-act-and-announces-resources-to-support-individuals-with-long-covid/) > [!cite]- Reference > ```dataview > TABLE WITHOUT ID > link(file.path, title) AS "Title", > type AS "Type", > keywords AS "Keywords" > FROM "50 Reference" > WHERE contains(keywords, this.file.link) > SORT type, title asc > ```