NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY JULY 26, 1997 JULY 26, 2010 In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the ADA EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY The Making of the Americans...
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Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Testimony of John L. Wodatch Before the Foreign Relations Committee Of the United States Senate
Testimony of John L. Wodatch Former Chief, Disability Rights Section Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice Before the Foreign Relations Committee Of the United...
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Statement of the Department of Justice on Application of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. to State and Local Governments' Employment Service Systems for Individuals with Disabilities
A core purpose of the ADA is to “assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency” for individuals with disabilities.1 The integration...
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1. Q: What is the ADA?
It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in State and local government services, public accommodations, employment, transportation, and telecommunications....
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OVERVIEW
continuously improved, containing requirements that reduce damage and injury to people and property by addressing fire sprinklers, fire-resistive construction materials, and structural stability, equally...
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§104.4(b)(1)(ii)
(ii) Afford a qualified handicapped person an opportunity to participate in or benefit from the aid, benefit, or service that is not equal to that afforded others;...
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§8.4(b)(2)
(2) For purposes of this part, housing, aids, benefits, and services, to be equally effective, are not required to produce the identical result or level of achievement for individuals with...
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12182(b)(1)(C) Opportunity to participate
(C) Opportunity to participate Notwithstanding the existence of separate or different programs or activities provided in accordance with this section, an individual with a disability...
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§8.6(a)(1)
(1) The recipient shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids where necessary to afford an individual with handicaps an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a program...
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II. Overview of Requirements
Public accommodations must -- Provide goods and services in an integrated setting, unless separate or different measures are necessary to ensure equal opportunity. ...
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I. The Disabilities Convention and U.S. Disability Rights Law
These include the core principles of nondiscrimination and equality of opportunity....
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II. Overview of Requirements
Must provide programs and services in an integrated setting, unless separate or different measures are necessary to ensure equal opportunity....
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Reasonable Accommodation
"In general, an accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities...
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II-3.3000 Equality in participation/benefits.
[Insert the following text after ILLUSTRATION 5, p. 11.] Finally, the ADA permits a public entity to offer benefits to individuals with disabilities, or a particular class of...
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504)
These regulations require, among other things, that public school students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in school and that they receive FAPE consisting of regular...
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Section 35.130 General Prohibitions Against Discrimination (Section-by-Section Analysis)
ETA Editor's Note This section has no content in the original document.
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§35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination (Section-by-Section Analysis)
offering an examination must ensure that modifications of policies, practices, or procedures or the provision of auxiliary aids and services furnish the individual with a disability an equal...
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§35.130(b) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (b) prohibits overt denials of equal treatment of individuals with disabilities....
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Equal Opportunity
Title II requires that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to participate in public entities’ programs, services and activities in the most integrated manner appropriate...
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Integration
A primary goal of the ADA is the equal participation and integration of people with disabilities in the mainstream of American life....
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II. Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations
is exclusively a nondiscrimination treaty, i.e., the Disabilities Convention seeks to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the same rights as everyone else and are given the same opportunities...
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Questions and Answers on the Application of the ADA’s Integration Mandate and Olmstead v. L.C. to State and Local Governments’ Employment Service Systems
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The Outdoors Are for Everyone—Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation and Trails Accessibility
It's all about people having the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors....
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§35.130 General Prohibitions Against Discrimination
A public entity may not refuse to provide an individual with a disability with an equal opportunity to participate in or benefit from its program simply because the person has a disability...