This law provides protections of civil rights in the specific areas of employment, transportation, public accommodations, state and local government, and telecommunications:

Americans with Disabilities Act.

Explanation:

American with Disability Act can be seen as the development of the earlier discriminatory laws regarding gender and race in the United States of America. The act was adopted on 26 July 1990 and it recognizes and protects the civil rights of people with disabilities. It covers a wide range of disabilities that includes physical conditions affecting mobility, stamina, sight, hearing, and speech and extended to the conditions such as learning disorders.