The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) establishes "a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability." The impact of the ADA upon rehabilitation research is explored in relation to employment outcomes for persons with psychiatric disability. The ADA makes it imperative that we develop valid and reliable instruments to measure impairment and functional incapacity, work and social integration, and quality of life and empowerment. Techniques of ecological assessment in the workplace and consensus on measures of employment success are also imperative. Investigation of facility-based vocational rehabilitation, supported employment and disability management models of service, and reasonable accommodation will be needed, as will an investigation of the impact of the ADA upon Social Security benefits for persons with psychiatric disability. Finally, critical to the successful implementation of the ADA will be a better understanding of stigma and methods of changing the negative attitudes that persist about persons with psychiatric disability.
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