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Previous Volume 339:1255-1259 October 22, 1998 Number 17

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to expand the reach of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and make discrimination on the basis of disability unlawful.¹ The wheelchair symbol has become a universal sign of disability, but there are, of course, many types of disability that have been the basis of discrimination over the years, including blindness, deafness, epilepsy, cancer, heart disease, and mental retardation. AIDS is a disability under the ADA, and most commentators have assumed that infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) also qualifies as a disability under this act. It was not, however, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Dentist and His Patient

HIV and the ADA

Risks to Health Care Providers

The Dissent

HIV and Disability

Reproduction and Risk

Health Care and Risk

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