{"id":449,"date":"2020-10-14T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-12-28T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:00:42","slug":"attorney-holly-williams-talks-disability-in-texas-bar-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/attorney-holly-williams-talks-disability-in-texas-bar-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Holly Williams Talks Disability in Texas Bar Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the October issue of <em>The Texas Bar Journal<\/em>, attorney Holly Williams penned an article examining the definition of \u201cdisability\u201d under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specifically the third prong, applying to individuals who are \u201cregarded as\u201d disabled. In \u201c\u2018Regarded as\u2019 Claims Under the ADA and TCHRA: Advantage and Limitations,\u201d Ms. Williams discusses the limitations of \u201cregarded as\u201d claims.\u00a0 They cannot be based on conditions that are transitory or minor, and an employer has no duty to provide reasonable accommodation to an employee who is \u201cregarded as\u201d disabled. On the other hand, \u201cregarded as\u201d claims have an advantage in that a lesser standard is required to prove that an individual has a disability. Specifically, there is no requirement to prove that an individual is limited in a major life activity. Ms. Williams also examines recent cases interpreting \u201cregarded as\u201d claims under the ADA and the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA).<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full article at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasbar.com\/AM\/Template.cfm?Section=articles&amp;Template=\/CM\/HTMLDisplay.cfm&amp;ContentID=51581\">State Bar of Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the October issue of The Texas Bar Journal, attorney Holly Williams penned an article examining the definition of \u201cdisability\u201d under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specifically the third prong, applying to individuals who are \u201cregarded as\u201d disabled. In \u201c\u2018Regarded as\u2019 Claims Under the ADA and TCHRA: Advantage and Limitations,\u201d Ms. Williams discusses the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/attorney-holly-williams-talks-disability-in-texas-bar-journal\/\" title=\"Read Attorney Holly Williams Talks Disability in Texas Bar Journal\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/williamslawpc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}