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Fact Sheet: Know the Rights That Protect Individuals with HIV and AIDS from Discrimination

This is a fact sheet on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) protect individuals with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from discrimination on the basis of their disability

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Final

Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Issue Date: July 05, 1905

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