...limit their functioning. The Court explained: By amending the definition of "handicapped individual" to include not only those who are actually physically...society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and diseases are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. This...

...the Rehabilitation Act's definition. "Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myth:, aiid fears about disability and disease are as handicapping...are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment" M. at 284. Thus, a person who is not allowed into a public accommodation because of the...

...which the Supreme Court found that "society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and diseases are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment" (284). The regarded-as theory also includes the so-called guilt-by-association discrimination....

...Id. at 283. The Court concluded that, by including this test in the Rehabilitation Act's definition, "Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated...are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment" Id. at 284. Thus, a person who is not allowed into a public accommodation because of the...

...Id. at 283. The Court concluded that, by including this test in the Rehabilitation Act's definition, "Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated...are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment" M. at 284. Thus, a person who is not allowed into a public accommodation because of the...

...is necessary, because, as the Supreme Court has stated and the Congress has reiterated, "society's myths and fears about disability and disease are as...are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairments." The legislative history of the ADA indicates that Congress intended this part of the...

...disabilities as a widespread injustice that must be combated. The United States Supreme Court observed that "society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as the physical limitations." 15 In the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Congress found...

...actions of others because of their perceived disability. This protection is necessary because "society's myths and fears about disability and disease are as...are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment."7Three circumstances in which protection would be provided to the individual include 1...

...States Supreme Court has acknowledged that "society's accumulated myths and fears about disability are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment."33 Regulations and courts addressing job discrimination, based on disability under the...

...reactions of others to the impairment. . . . By amending the definition of "handicapped individual" to include not only those who are actually physically...Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths '«5 42 USC § 12102(2)(C ) (1994). '66 29 CFR § 1630.2(l)dM3) (1997). !<" HR REP. NO. 101-485(11),...