The ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities, whether physical or mental. Employers must provide reasonable accommodation for known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual, unless doing so would create an “undue hardship” for the employer’s business.

An individual is considered disabled under the ADA when they have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more “major life activities,” or when they have a history of such an impairment, or are regarded as having one.