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15 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol'y & Ethics J. 177 (2016-2017)
Social Anxiety Disorder and the Americans with Disabilities Act's Impact on a Professional Athlete's Media Obligations

handle is hein.journals/cardplp15 and id is 187 raw text is: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT'S IMPACT ON A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE'S MEDIA OBLIGATIONS Matthew Gollub INTRODUCTION................................................. 177 I. THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT......................181 A. History and Overview ....................................181 B. Title I: Employment. ....................... ......184 C. ADA Applied in Case Law .................. ......187 II. ADA APPLIED TO MENTAL ILLNESS ................ ...........189 A. Social Anxiety Disorder: A Qualified Disability Under AD A ....... .............. 192 III. NFL's MEDIA POLICY: OVERVIEW AND CONTROVERSY................194 A. NFL Media Policy Compared to Other Major Sports Associations ..................................195 B. Media Policy Controversy ................... ......197 IV. ADA's APPLICATION TO A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE - A SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER CLAIM........ ..... .......198 A. Disability. ..................................... 199 B. Covered Entity.......................... ....... 200 C. Qualified Individual ........................ ..... 201 V. POTENTIAL REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ...................202 A. Alternative Media.. .................................. 203 B. Social Media as a Substitute for Traditional Media................204 CONCLUSION ....................................... 206 INTRODUCTION Every year, approximately one out of every five adults in the U.S. experience a mental illness.' Of particular note, social anxiety affects 1 Mental Health By the Numbers, NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, https:/ /www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-By-the-Numbers (last visited Jan. 26, 2016) (citation omitted). 177

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