Dispute Plaintiffs allege that Defendants City of Los Angeles (“the City” or “Defendant”) unlawfully failed, and are failing, to properly install and maintain accessible pedestrian rights...
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A. The Substantive Legal Dispute
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The Smith-Fess Act
into law by President Woodrow Wilson, the Smith-Fess Act (also known as the Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act) establishes the Vocational Rehabilitation program for Americans with disabilities...
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‘‘Disability.’’
Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987), a case involving an individual with tuberculosis, the Supreme Court held that people with contagious diseases are entitled to the protections afforded by section...
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People Who Are Blind or Who Have Low Vision
People Who Are Blind or Who Have Low Vision Approximately 2.5 million people in the United States are “legally blind” – meaning that even with corrective lenses, they have less than 20...
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Bottom Dollars | A Rooted in Rights Original Documentary
When the Fair Labor Standards Act passed in 1938, it included a revolutionary civil rights protection: a minimum wage....
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Section 2. Handicap
and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine: or (2) Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities...
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Handicap
Several commenters requested that the Department avoid use of the terms "handicap" and "handicapped persons", and replace them with the terms "disability" and "persons with disabilities"...
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§ 35.101 Purpose and broad coverage
L. 110–325, 122 Stat. 3553 (2008)), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities. (b) Broad coverage....
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The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability....
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§382.113 What services are carriers not required to provide to passengers with a disability on board the aircraft?
As a carrier, you are not required to provide extensive special assistance to qualified individuals with a disability....
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1630.3(d)
(d) Disability does not include:...
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§1630.3(d)
(d) Disability does not include:...
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Communicating with people with disabilities: Ask Me First Video
In this video, you will learn how to respect the boundaries of people with disabilities while communicating with them....
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Reimagining Housing for Adults with Developmental Disabilities | David Buuck | TEDxFortWayne
This is the number one question that parents of adult children with developmental and intellectual disabilities ask themselves....
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Attitudes
We use disability respectful and neutral language to avoid terms and words that may be offensive or outdated....
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ADA Professional Training Certificate Program
ADA 520A: Introduction to People with Disabilities This course brings to life the reason for all the work ADA professionals do: assisting real people. ...
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Seating Accommodations for Passengers with a Disability Other than one of the Four Types Listed Above
Seating Accommodations for Passengers with a Disability Other than one of the Four Types Listed Above Passengers with a disability – other than the types of passengers with a disability...
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382.113 What services are carriers not required to provide to passengers with a disability on board the aircraft?
382.113 What services are carriers not required to provide to passengers with a disability on board the aircraft?...
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About the Guide’s Author
June Isaacson Kailes (http://www.jik.com) operates a Disability Policy Consulting practice and is the Associate Director, Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy at Western...
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1. Who is Covered?
The first and most obvious requirement is that a person must have a disability....
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Cognitive/Psychiatric Impairments
Cognitive/Psychiatric Impairments: Employers should consider ways of communicating with people who have cognitive impairments....
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III-4.1300 Unnecessary inquiries
The ADA prohibits unnecessary inquiries into the existence of a disability....
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§ 36.105(a)(2)(ii)
(ii) An individual may establish coverage under any one or more of the three prongs of the definition of “disability” in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the “actual disability” prong in...
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§ 35.108(a)(2)(ii)
(ii) An individual may establish coverage under any one or more of the three prongs of the definition of “disability” in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the “actual disability” prong in...
