In 1990, Congress enacted the ADA “to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.” 4 In passing the ADA...
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The ADA and Its Integration Mandate
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Choice of Device
Choice of Device People with disabilities have the right to choose whatever mobility device best suits their needs....
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§35.130(g) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Therefore, if a public entity refuses admission to a person with cerebral palsy and his or her companions, the companions have an independent right of action under the ADA and this section...
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Filing a Discrimination Complaint with DOJ
Filing a Discrimination Complaint with DOJ A person who believes that he or she is being or has been discriminated against because of HIV or AIDS by a public accommodation or a State...
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COMMERCIAL PLACE OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
An auditorium, convention center, cultural complex, exhibition hall, permanent amusement park, sports arena, theater or movie house for which the maximum occupancy is 2,500 or more for the...
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OTHER PROVISIONS
Failure by the United States to enforce any provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of its right to enforce any provision of this Agreement. 30....
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§100.80(b)(6)
(6) Representing to an applicant that a unit is unavailable because of the applicant's response to a request for a sexual favor or other harassment because of race, color, religion, sex,...
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II. ENFORCING THE ADA PART 3
That translates into 70 percent of persons with disabilities in the United States traveling and more than 50 percent of all persons with disabilities in the United States regularly staying...
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Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response
ADA advocates introduced their proposal in 1988 not with the expectation of passing the bill that year, but as an opportunity to create momentum by empowering people throughout the nation...
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Clear Width at Turn: ADA Standard Section 403.5.2
Section 403.5.2 covers the current ADA Standards for the clear width at a turn on walking surfaces that are part of an accessible route.
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Additional Acknowledgements
organizations and individuals who have provided input and comment on the creation of this guide, including: Lou Ann Blake, Managing Editor, Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, National...
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Q32. Are restaurants, bars, and other places that serve food or drink required to allow service animals to be seated on chairs or allow the animal to be fed at the table?
The ADA gives a person with a disability the right to be accompanied by his or her service animal, but covered entities are not required to allow an animal to sit or be fed at the table....
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Hospitality for All
The ADA defines an individual with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history...
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BACKGROUND
The United States alleges that the claimants listed in paragraph 24 below, are individuals with disabilities within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12111(8)....
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Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities
Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities ________________________________________________________________ 1/5/2015...
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Issue 17: What design guidance on artificial/electric lighting for low vision persons can be provided in the short term?
Response by Jeanne Halloin: Right....
- Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)
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Service animal access to areas of a public accommodation. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed at § 36.302(c)(7) that an individual with a disability who uses a service animal has the same right of access to areas of a public accommodation as members of the public...
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REFERENCES
United States Department of Justice. 2005. ADA Home Page. Retrieved September 30, 2005, from http://www.ada.gov/. United States Access Board. 2005....