Using a broad definition shows intent to include a broad range of people and leave no one behind.
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A Broad Definition of Disability Leaves No One Behind
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Who are People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations?
About 30 percent of people living in the United States experience some difficulty with “basic” movement, or cognitive, sensory, or emotional limitations. The most common, reported by...
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Anthropometry for Persons with Disabilities: Needs for the 21st Century
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National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM)
The National Center for Mobility Management is a national technical assistance center funded through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Transit Administration, and operated...
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Aaron’s Staff Respite Care Ministries
Exceptions have been made on the age limit and will be determined per each individual interview....
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The ARC
A Leader in Disability Rights The Arc is the largest national community-based organization advocating for and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their...
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Ticket transfer. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
They argued that individuals holding accessible seating should either be required to transfer their tickets to another individual with a disability or return them to the facility for a refund...
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Ticket transfer. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed regulation at § 35.138(e) required that individuals with disabilities must be allowed to purchase season tickets for accessible seating on the same terms and conditions as individuals...
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7.9 Health Insurance and Other Employee Benefit Plans
An employer cannot deny insurance to an individual with a disability or subject an individual with a disability to different terms or conditions of insurance, based on disability alone,...
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§ 36.303(c)(3)
(3) A public accommodation shall not rely on an individual accompanying an individual with a disability to interpret or facilitate communication, except in an emergency involving a threat...
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§ 35.160(c)(2)
(2) A public entity shall not rely on an individual accompanying an individual with a disability to interpret or facilitate communication, except in an emergency involving a threat to public...
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Footnotes
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 similarly prohibits disability-based discrimination. 29 U.S.C § 794(a) (“No otherwise qualified individual with a disability . . . shall, solely...
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§ 36.302(b)(2) Illustration
A health care provider may refer an individual with a disability to another provider, if that individual is seeking, or requires, treatment or services outside of the referring provider's...
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Sec.36.302(b)(2)
A health care provider may refer an individual with a disability to another provider, if that individual is seeking, or requires, treatment or services outside of the referring provider's...
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Q21. My city / college offers a voluntary registry program for people with disabilities who use service animals and provides a special tag identifying the dogs as service animals. Is this legal under the ADA?
My city / college offers a voluntary registry program for people with disabilities who use service animals and provides a special tag identifying the dogs as service animals....
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Changing Essential Job Functions
The ADA simply requires that an individual with a disability's qualifications for a job are evaluated in relation to its essential functions....
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Equivalent Facilitation [§103]
solution is “equivalent” involves considerations as to whether it is just as, if not more, effective in terms of accessibility, usability, convenience, and reliability for people with disabilities...
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C. Planning Ahead to Provide Effective Communication
Even before someone requests an auxiliary aid or service from your public entity, plan ahead to accommodate the communication needs of persons with disabilities....
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Family members and friends as interpreters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
On the contrary, when an individual with a disability goes on a cruise, the cruise ship has an obligation to provide effective communication, including, if necessary, a qualified interpreter...
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Section 1630.2(l) Regarded as Substantially Limited in a Major Life Activity
Under the third prong of the definition of disability, an individual is “regarded as having such an impairment” if the individual is subjected to an action prohibited by the ADA because...
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APPENDIX B POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HIV
APPENDIX B POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HIV Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Union Parish Detention Center, its officers...
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WonderBaby.org
WonderBaby.org is dedicated to helping parents of young children with visual impairments as well as children with multiple disabilities....
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§ 37.5(h)
(h) It is not discrimination under this part for an entity to refuse to provide service to an individual with disabilities because that individual engages in violent, seriously disruptive...
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Service animal
Service animal means any dog or other common domestic animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including, but not limited...
