minimum, substantially limit the major life activities indicated: Deafness substantially limits hearing; blindness substantially limits seeing; an intellectual disability (formerly termed mental...
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§1630.2(j)(3)(iii)
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7.6 Training
note-takers for employees who are deaf; materials in accessible formats and/or readers for people who are visually impaired, for people with learning disabilities, and for people with mental...
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§35.103 Relationship to Other Laws
a physical disability could seek damages under a State law that allows compensatory and punitive damages for discrimination on the basis of physical disability, but not on the basis of mental...
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40. Must an employer ask whether a reasonable accommodation is needed when an employee has not asked for one?
Example: An employee with mental retardation delivers messages at a law firm. He frequently mixes up messages for "R. Miller" and "T. Miller."...
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5. Q: What are some common problems that people with disabilities have with law enforcement?
Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech disabilities or mental retardation, or who are blind or visually impaired may not recognize or be able to respond to police...
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Annex A THE ADA: A BEGINNING
In the act, the term disability means one of the following: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of a person...
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382.117 Must carriers permit passengers with a disability to travel with service animals?
The carrier may require the passenger to provide current documentation from a licensed mental health professional (e.g., a medical doctor that is treating the passenger’s mental or emotional...
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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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17. Tests and selection criteria
Under the proposed section, a statistical showing of adverse impact on handicapped persons was required to trigger an employer's obligation to show that employment criteria and qualifications...
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§35.130(b)(8) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Examples of safety qualifications that would be justifiable in appropriate circumstances would include eligibility requirements for drivers' licenses, or a requirement that all participants...
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10.5 Remedies
Damages may be available to compensate for actual monetary losses, for future monetary losses, for mental anguish and inconvenience....
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2. Am I allowed to keep my condition private?
An employer is only allowed to ask medical questions (including questions about mental health) in four situations: When you ask for a reasonable accommodation (see Question 3)....
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Equal Opportunity
A public health clinic requires patients with mental illness to come for check-ups after all other patients have been seen, based on an assumption that these patients’ behavior will be disturbing...
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MAKING VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
The ADA also prohibits a state from categorically disqualifying all individuals who have intellectual or mental health disabilities from registering to vote or from voting because of their...
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7. Q: Our center specializes in "group child care." Can we reject a child just because she needs individualized attention?
For instance, if a child with Down Syndrome and significant mental retardation applies for admission and needs one-to-one care to benefit from a child care program, and a personal assistant...
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Employee Training
must also train employees who deal with the traveling public regarding awareness and appropriate responses to individuals with a disability, including individuals with physical, sensory, mental...
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DISABILITY
(b) (1) Physical or mental impairment means: i....
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8.3 Illegal Use of Drugs
The illegal use of drugs does not include drugs taken under supervision of a licensed health care professional, including experimental drugs for people with AIDS, epilepsy, or mental illness...
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Issue: Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations
For example, a municipal ordinance banning animals from city health clinics may need to be modified to allow a blind individual who uses a service animal to bring the animal to a mental...
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Words
Affirmative Phrases Negative Phrases person with an intellectual, cognitive, developmental disability retarded; mentally defective...
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Scenario 2 – Suspected Disability & Involvement of Knowledgeable People
Staff should seek an evaluation to determine whether Robert has a physical or mental impairment that is interfering with his ability to stay awake....
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§8.3 Qualified individual with handicaps
For example, a chronically mentally ill person whose particular condition poses a significant risk of substantial interference with the safety or enjoyment of others or with his or her own...
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EMPLOYMENT
will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability upon request unless the accommodation would cause...
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APPENDIX A GENERAL POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
Individuals with disabilities can include, for example, individuals who are blind or deaf, or who have a mobility impairment, HIV, learning impairment, or mental health impairment. ...