The Americans with Disabilities Act _____.
A)protects individuals with physical disabilities but not mental disabilities
B)does not require an organization to make accommodations that cause undue hardship
C)demands affirmative action to increase representation of minorities
D)does not require that employers make reasonable accommodation for disabled individuals
E)prevents organizations from hiring someone whose disability prevents him or her from performing critical aspects of the job

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)of 1991 protects individuals with physical and mental disabilities (or with a history of the same), and requires that employers make "reasonable accommodation" to disabled individuals whose handicaps may prevent them from performing essential functions of the job as currently designed. The ADA does not require an organization to hire someone whose disability prevents him or her from performing either critical or routine aspects of the job nor does it require accommodations that would cause "undue hardship."