Cancer, whether active or in remission, should be a covered disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Under  final regulations issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  on March 25, 2011, cancer is presumptively a covered disability under the ADA. The EEOC provided elsewhere in the regulations that an illness that would be disability when active would also be a covered disability when in remission. 
  Lexington, Kentucky disability lawyer  Robert Abell  represents individuals subjected to disability discrimination.

Is cancer in remission covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?

 

A: Cancer, whether active or in remission, should be a covered disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Under final regulations issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on March 25, 2011, cancer is presumptively a covered disability under the ADA. The EEOC provided elsewhere in the regulations that an illness that would be disability when active would also be a covered disability when in remission.

Lexington, Kentucky disability lawyer Robert Abell represents individuals subjected to disability discrimination.