Justice Department Scraps ADA Guidance
January 4, 2018
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he’s rescinding more than two dozen guidance documents including several clarifying the implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Among the 25 revoked documents are a number of ADA-related items dating as far back as 1995 offering guidance on everything from service animals to accessible building practices as well as a 2016 letter on employment of people with disabilities.
Sessions called the revoked documents “improper or unnecessary” and said they were outdated or went beyond what the law called for…