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Congress found in 2008 that the Supreme Court's 2002 Toyota decision read the ADA's definition of disability to require a greater degree of limitation than Congress intended.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“to require a greater degree of limitation than was intended by Congress”
ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Public Law 110-325, United States Congress, Congress.gov (Government Publishing Office text), 2008, Section 2(a)(7), Findings.
Open the original- What it measures
- The findings were written to explain why the 2008 amendments broadened who counts as disabled under the ADA.
- What it does not show
- Findings state Congress's purpose. The rules that apply are in the statute's definition and the EEOC regulations, which the findings instruct courts to read broadly.