EEOC Issues Revised Guidance On The Rights of Employees With Cancer, Epilepsy, Diabetes And Intellectual Disabilities Under The ADA

On May 15, 2013, the EEOC issued four revised publications related to protections against disability discrimination. The revisions address changes to the definition of disability made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”), which took effect on January 1, 2009. The ADAAA’s expanded definition of disability makes it easier for the EEOC and private plaintiffs’ counsel to assert that individuals with a wide range of im pairments including cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and intellectual disabilities are protected by the ADA. The revised documents not only address the definitional changes, but also are designed to advance the agency’s 2013-2016 Strategic Plan that we previously blogged about here.

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