Freakonomics and the ADA

The ADA was passed to provide more opportunity for disabled people.

Has it worked?

Ask the Freakonomics guys

Excerpt in NY Times Magazine

The Americans With Disabilities Act was passed to give disabled people better opportunities in the labor market, in transportation, healthcare, and other arenas. But the economists Daron Acemoglu and Joshua Angrist found that the A.D.A. actually worsened the job opportunities for disabled workers. Their seminal paper is called “Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans With Disabilities Act.”