Umthetho waseMelika okhubazekileyo (ADA) ngumthetho oqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu unethuba elifanayo lokonwabela nokuba nenxaxheba kubomi baseMelika. Umntu onesiphene phantsi komthetho ngumntu onokukhubazeka ngokwasemzimbeni okanye ngokwasengqondweni okuthintela kakhulu into enye okanye ngaphezulu ebomini. Imisebenzi yobomi ibandakanya ukufunda, ukusebenza, ukuzikhathalela, ukwenza imisebenzi yezandla, ukuhamba, ukuva kunye neminye emininzi. Ixesha elingakanani ukukhubazeka komntu lihlala liyinto esetyenziselwa ukugqiba ukuba umntu uthathwa njengokhubazekileyo phantsi kwe-ADA. Izithintelo ezihlala ixesha elifutshane kuphela azikhuselwanga, nangona zinokukhuselwa ukuba zibi kakhulu. Umntu unokukhuselwa phantsi kwalo mthetho ngokusekelwe kukhubazeko olukhoyo, ingxelo yokukhubazeka, okanye ngenxa yokuba ebonwa ngabanye njengomntu onesiphene.
I-ADA ikhusela abantu abakhubazekileyo emsebenzini. Umqeshi kufuneka anike umfaki-sicelo ofanelekileyo okanye umqeshwa uluhlu olupheleleyo lwamathuba engqesho. Umzekelo, umqeshi kufuneka abonelele ngokuqesha, ukuqesha, ukunyuselwa, uqeqesho, umvuzo, kunye nemisebenzi efanayo yentlalo kubo bonke abasebenzi kubandakanywa nabo bakhubazekileyo. Umqeshi akavumelekanga ukuba abuze malunga nokukhubazeka komntu, ubuzaza, kunye nonyango. Umqeshi unokubuza malunga nokukwazi komfaki-sicelo ukwenza imisebenzi ethile. Umqeshi unokufunwa phantsi kwe-ADA ukuba ahlalise umqeshwa onokukhubazeka ngokuguqula izixhobo okanye iishedyuli. I-ADA ifuna ukuba abaqeshi bathumele isaziso esichaza umthetho kunye neemfuno zawo.
I-ADA ikhusela abantu abakhubazekileyo kwiindawo zokuhlala zoluntu. Imizekelo yeendawo zokuhlala zoluntu ziquka ii-ofisi zoogqirha, iithiyetha, iihotele, iindawo zokutyela kunye neevenkile ezithengisayo. Izibonelelo ezikhoyo kufuneka ziqinisekise ukuba abantu ababandakanywanga ukuba akukho bunzima bungafanelekanga kumnini. Oku kuphunyezwa ngokuguqula izakhiwo esele zikho, ngokwakha ezongezelelekileyo, okanye ngokufudukela kwisakhiwo esifikelelekayo. Lonke ulwakhiwo olutsha lweendawo zokuhlala uluntu kufuneka lufikeleleke. Umzekelo, izakhiwo zoluntu kufuneka zibe nokufikelela kwizitulo ezinamavili.
Ukongezelela, i-ADA ikhusela abantu abakhubazekileyo xa besebenzisa izithuthi zikawonkewonke njengebhasi okanye ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Lo mthetho ukwafuna ukuba kusekwe iinkonzo zonxibelelwano lwemfonomfono kubantu abasebenzisa izixhobo zonxibelelwano zonxibelelwano lwabantu abangevayo ngeendlebe (TDD's).
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga ne-ADA, okanye ukufaka isikhalazo ukuba uziva ukuba kukho ukunyhashwa kwe-ADA, ungaqhagamshelana neSebe lezoBulungisa ku www.ada.gov okanye 1-800-514-0301 (izwi) 1-800 514-0383 (TTY).
Eli nqaku libhalwe nguDavide Dodson kwaye yavela kwi "The Alert" Volume 32, Issue 1, ngeHlobo lika-2016. Cofa apha ukuze ufunde iPDF epheleleyo yalo mbandela!