One way in which the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are similar is that they have (3) helped overcome discrimination against certain groups. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 has helped people who are disabled be more safeguarded from discrimination and has helped them to be better introduced in the workplace, where certain aspects that may not have been physically accessible for some are now accessible. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a legislation that outlawed discrimination against a person's sex, race, religion, color or national origin. This helped people ease more comfortably in the work place and for less prejudice to take place.