Abstract: A low profile fluorescent lamp ballast assembly is provided to allow compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The assembly includes a ballast mounting plate on which the lamp ballast and lamp socket are adjacently mounted, so that the fluorescent bulbs in the socket extend over the lamp ballast. The ballast mounting plate is provided with side flanges for removably securing the lamp ballast and socket assembly to the plate. The lamp ballast may be provided with notches into which side flanges of the ballast mounting plate resiliently project to secure the same. The mounting plate is securable to the electrical junction box, contained within a wall, in a conventional matter.