This is a historic news Link: United Spinal Association Hails the New Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 – MarketWatch.

NEW YORK, Sept 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) on September 25th, which will amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and directly overturn several decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting that landmark law. Former President George H. W. Bush, who signed the original ADA in 1990, was in attendance during the signing at the Oval Office.

The latest newsletter for ada.gov Link: Disability Rights Online News – August 2008.

is a bi-monthly update about the Civil Rights Division’s activities in the area of disability rights. The Division enforces laws prohibiting discrimination based on disability in employment, housing, access to businesses serving the public, access to government programs and services including voting and public transportation, and unconstitutional conditions in institutions of confinement.

Link: Not Your Father’s ADA | Estate Planning Chicago Blog.

The first President Bush, George H. Bush, signed the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) into law in 1990 and now George W. Bush is set to sign the ADA Amendments Act.

this sounds like great news this is the first time I've read about this new bill I will do some more research and post links to more analysis of this bill

Link: Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Rights Task Force. a bunch of links to information about the ADA Restoration Act of 2007

It's Time to Fix the ADA  is a interesting article

Can you be too disabled to work, but not disabled enough for the ADA? America’s court system seems to think so.

According to the Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities, courts decide against people who challenge disability discrimination 97 percent of the time. CCD thinks this may have something to do with the high percentage of unemployment among people with disabilities, which is still around 75 percent, despite laws like the ADA.

I did not know about  the 97 percent figure that seems extremely high to me.