The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 established within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration to advance vocational rehabilitation services for the disabled, and provided that federal contractors hire the disabled.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits discrimination by a covered entity (any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee) against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/8070 : This link goes to the act's legislative history, summary, and text.
Employment Protections Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: 50 Years of Protecting Americans with Disabilities in the Workplace
https://www.eeoc.gov/employment-protections-under-rehabilitation-act-1973-50-years-protecting-americans-disabilities#
Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/sections-501-and-505-rehabilitation-act-1973
About the U.S. Access Board
https://www.access-board.gov/about/law/ra.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/933 This link goes to the act's legislative history, summary, and text.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, As Amended
https://www.ada.gov/law-and-regs/ada/
Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
https://www.transit.dot.gov/ADA
