Editing Consent decree (section)

====Americans with Disabilities Act====

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was a civil rights law passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination and ensures that people with disabilities have equal access to the opportunities and benefits available to the wider American population.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ada.gov/ada_intro.htm |title=Introduction to the ADA |date=April 12, 2023 |publisher=Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice}}</ref><ref>{{UnitedStatesCode|42|12112}}, {{UnitedStatesCode|42|12113}}, and {{UnitedStatesCode|42|12114}}</ref> Institutions that violate the requirements of the ADA enter consent decrees typically resulting in a payment from the corporation to those wronged, which may serve to discourage future discrimination, in addition to a change in policy to avoid future payouts.<ref>{{cite web |title=ADA Settlements and Consent Agreements |work=Americans with Disabilities Act |publisher=United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division |url= http://www.ada.gov/settlemt.htm |access-date=2014-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140721061207/http://www.ada.gov/settlemt.htm |archive-date=2014-07-21}}</ref> Examples of altered practices through the use of a decree have included restructuring building property<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Hilton Worldwide Inc. Over ADA Violations at Hilton Hotels and Major Hotel Chains Owned by Hilton |work=Justice News |date=November 9, 2010 |publisher=The United States Department of Justice |url= http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/November/10-crt-1268.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=United States' Opposition to Defendant United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc |url= http://www.ada.gov/archive/uamotion.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division}}</ref> or the removal of barriers<ref>{{cite web |title=Settlement Agreement Concerning the Olympic Stadium |publisher=United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division |url= http://www.ada.gov/stadiumo.htm}}</ref> to allow for physical accessibility for all persons, providing supplemental communication tools such as [[sign language interpreter]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=Justice Department Settles Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuit with Virginia's Inova Health System |work=Justice News |date=March 29, 2011 |publisher=The United States Department of Justice |url= http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/March/11-crt-392.html}}</ref> for those that are hard of hearing, and eliminating discriminatory practices against those that have a disability.<ref>{{cite web |title=The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Twenty Years of ADA Enforcement, Twenty Significant Cases |publisher=U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |url=http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/45th/ada20/ada_cases.cfm |access-date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232130/http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/45th/ada20/ada_cases.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>