Since becoming law, the ADA has brought about changes to benefit people with disabilities in the United States. The following is a Top 10 list of what the Act provides or requires:

1. Equal employment access for qualified disabled people  
2. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces ADA employment provisions  
3. Protections similar to those established by civil rights laws  
4. Removal of physical barriers in buildings  
5. Access to certain state/local government services  
6. Provides effective communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing  
7. Universal design changes to curb cuts, ramps; lifts on buses  
8. No discrimination on basis of disability in state and local government services  
9. No discrimination on basis of disability by public accommodation  
10. Defines work and tasks service animals may perform for people with disabilities