The ADA permits employers to establish qualification standards that will exclude individuals who pose a direct threat—i.e., a significant risk of substantial harm—to the health or safety...
Search Results "Mental Qualifications"
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Can an employer consider health and safety when deciding whether to hire an applicant or retain an employee who has HIV or AIDS?
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Definitions of residential facilities and transient lodging. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The commenter argued that since emergency response personnel must meet certain physical qualifications that have the effect of exempting persons with mobility disabilities, there is no need...
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II-3.7200 Licensing
While many programs and activities of public entities do not have significant qualification requirements, licensing programs often do require applicants to demonstrate specific skills, knowledge...
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II. Summary of Regulatory Assessment
appropriate in the Section by Section Analysis and Guidance. 3 The Department is using the term ADHD in the same manner as it is currently used in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(ii) Significant or Severe Restriction Not Required; Nonetheless, Not Every Impairment Is Substantially Limiting
See 2008 Senate Statement of Managers at 4 (“We reaffirm that not every individual with a physical or mental impairment is covered by the first prong of the definition of disability in the...
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k) Self-Evaluation/Transition Plan
Regulations promulgated to implement Section 11135 insofar as discrimination based on physical or mental disabilities is concerned, state that a transition and self-evaluation plan "should...
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2. May someone other than the individual with a disability request a reasonable accommodation on behalf of the individual?
(BNA) 1089, 1091 (8th Cir. 1995) (employer had no duty to investigate reasonable accommodation despite the fact that the employee's sister notified the employer that the employee "was mentally...
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"Service Animal" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Add that "service animal" includes individually trained animals that do work or perform tasks for the benefit of individuals with disabilities, including psychiatric, cognitive, or mental...
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SHELTERS + SERVICE CENTERS
replacement Immigration assistance Insurance information Legal services and small business assistance Assistance for pets and pet owners Mental...
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28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (1991 ADA Title II Regulations)
It also sets forth standards for what constitutes discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability, provides a definition of disability and qualified individual with a disability...
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III-5.4200 Professional office of a health care provider
A "professional office of a health care provider" is a location where a State-regulated professional provides physical or mental health services to the public....
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4. Drug addicts and alcoholics
That opinion concludes that drug addiction and alcoholism are “physical or mental impairments” within the meaning of section 7(6) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and that...
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Section 36.208(c) (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institutes of Health, including the National Institute of Mental Health....
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Rebuilding Together Kent County - Chestertown, MD
Our House Qualification & Homeowner Relations Committee consistently has approximately 12 referrals in various stages of assessment. ...
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Southeast Alaska Independent Living - Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines, AK
SAIL serves all elders and people with physical and mental disabilities regardless of race, ancestry, color, religion age, marital status, sexual preference, gender and or income....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(iv) Individualized Assessment Required, But With Lower Standard Than Previously Applied
By retaining the essential elements of the definition of disability including the key term “substantially limits,” Congress reaffirmed that not every individual with a physical or mental...
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3.5 Some Examples of Reasonable Accommodation
In considering an accommodation, the focus should be on the abilities and limitations of the individual, not on the name of a disability or a particular physical or mental condition....
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Section 1630.15(b) and (c) Disparate Impact Defenses
See discussion at §1630.5 Limiting, Segregating and Classifying, and §1630.10 Qualification Standards, Tests, and Other Selection Criteria....
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How to Use This Manual
Explains how to establish qualification standards and selection criteria that do not discriminate under the ADA, including standards necessary to assure health and safety in the workplace...
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Guiding Principles
Tactile exploration with both hands is important for the development of effective mental images Ideally a visitor should be able to explore an entire tactile piece while standing...
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IV. Summary of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
First, the ADA Amendments Act deletes two findings that were in the ADA: (1) That ‘‘some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities,’’ and (2) that ‘‘individuals...
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Tenant Resource Center - Renting with Disabilities
Untreated mental illness can lead to homelessness. Lack of ability to earn income can lead to homelessness....
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Autism and Addiction: Coping with and Treating Your Dual Diagnosis
Autism and Addiction: Coping with and Treating Your Dual Diagnosis About one third of all people living with a mental disorder are also coping with some form of substance abuse....
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Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES): Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
You may be eligible for VR services if you meet all of the following requirements: You have a physical or mental impairment; Your physical or mental impairment constitutes...
