This arti­cle accom­pa­nies my gen­er­al arti­cle from today on dis­abil­i­ty dis­crim­i­na­tion law. On the impor­tant thresh­old issue of whether an employ­ee is even pro­tect­ed by the ADA, that is con­trolled by whether the employ­ee has a dis­abil­i­ty as defined by the ADA. The fed­er­al law on that issue is dra­mat­i­cal­ly dif­fer­ent before and after 2008, … Con­tin­ue read­ing The ADA Amend­ments Act of 2008