The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. As a part of management's consideration of reasonable accommodation or reasonable modification requests received from our valued residents (and/or applicants), sometimes we need to determine if the resident is "disabled" or has a "disability" as defined under applicable law. The law specifically states no one can ask what the disability is, they can request verification, the verification is not contingent making the accommodation. So if you have a vehicle that openly displays the "Blue Placard" that designates a permanent disability. To acquire this through the Tax accessors office you must submit a notarized doctors statement, options are just the placard or license plated plus placard. What barriers still exist for people with disabilities? Too many, ignorance is primarily the first, mobility issues could be anything from Heart, walking distance, climbing stairs, climbing a curve that is why they have ramps. Second is the belief accommodation request being contingent proof other than what is openly displayed to the public. More publicity needs to be aired, to educate multi- family housing managers, and staff to avoid retaliation or significant hardship to the person requesting the accommodation. Here we are in 2014> and forward still issues putting the person at risk