The ADA Protects You from Mandatory Masking if Masks Interfere with Your Breathing CAN’T MASK — DON’T ASK! When Congress adopted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990 it explained the purposes: [1] It is the purpose of this chapter (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities; (2) to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities; (3) to ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in enforcing the standards established in this chapter on behalf of individuals with disabilities; and (4) to invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities.… Read the rest