., 527 U.S. 471 (1999) and its companion cases that whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity is to be determined with reference to the ameliorative effects of mitigating...
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12101(b)(2)
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Q: Can PSAPs rely on State relay services to answer emergency calls from persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments?
Q: Can PSAPs rely on State relay services to answer emergency calls from persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech impairments? A: No....
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National Technical Assistance Center on Blindness and Visual Impairment
The National Technical Assistance Center on Blindness and Visual Impairment (NTAC-BVI) is the place to go to get information about hiring, retaining and promoting your employees who have...
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Introduction
In the original ADA, Congress defined “disability” as (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of an individual; (2) a record of such...
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8. Are there situations in which an employer cannot ask for documentation in response to a request for reasonable accommodation?
documentation when: (1) both the disability and the need for reasonable accommodation are obvious, or (2) the individual has already provided the employer with sufficient information to substantiate...
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Successful Placement of the Older Consumer with Visual Impairment
Low Vision at Mississippi State University is offering an on-line continuing education course for rehabilitation professionals: "Successful Placement of the Older Consumer with Visual Impairment...
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III-4.3100 General
This obligation extends only to individuals with disabilities who have physical or mental impairments, such as vision, hearing, or speech impairments, that substantially limit the ability...
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What types of communication aids and services would a public accommodation be required to provide to persons with HIV or AIDS?
Thus, if a person with HIV or AIDS has an impairment—such as a vision, hearing, or speech impairment—that substantially limits his or her ability to communicate, the public accommodation...
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BACKGROUND
Epilepsy is a physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including neurological functions during a seizure. ...
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CURB CUT
[DSA-AC] An interruption of a curb at a pedestrian way, which separates surfaces that are substantially at the same elevation....
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Supporting Students with Hearing Impairments: Tools, Technology and Key Resources
Today’s wide range of tools, devices and systems can help students with hearing impairments thrive in an educational setting....
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Section 1630.2(i) Major Life Activities
that can be substantially limiting”)....
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12101(b)(5)
Williams, 534 U.S. 184 (2002) for "substantially limits", and applied by lower courts in numerous decisions, has created an inappropriately high level of limitation necessary to obtain coverage...
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A4.3.1(1) Travel Distances
Many people with mobility impairments can move at only very slow speeds; for many, traveling 200 ft (61 m) could take about 2 minutes....
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INTRODUCTION
Individuals with mobility impairments have disabilities within the meaning of the ADA because those impairments substantially limit one or more major life activities of such individuals,...
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Visual Detection of Detectable Warning Materials by Pedestrians with Visual Impairments - Final Report
(Task Order 18 under Project DTFH61-01-C-00049) Authors: James Jenness & Jeremiah Singer May 24, 2006 Prepared for: Federal Highway Administration Washington,...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(v) Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis Not Required, But Permissible When Appropriate
The term “average person in the general population,” as the basis of comparison for determining whether an individual's impairment substantially limits a major life activity, has been changed...
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Section 1630.2(g) Disability
that substantially limits one or more of that person's major life activities (the “actual disability” prong); (2) has a record of such an impairment (the “record of” prong); or (3) is regarded...
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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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Category 3 Eligibility
What is a specific impairment-related condition?...
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
[DSA-AC] The use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability....
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Rehabilitation and Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities [§208.2.2]
severely limit one's ability to walk; respiratory diseases and other conditions which may require the use of portable oxygen; or cardiac and other conditions that impose substantial...
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DETECTABLE WARNING
[DSA-AC] A standardized surface feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn persons with visual impairments of hazards on a circulation path....
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8. Providing Qualified Readers
example: A court has held under the Rehabilitation Act that it was not an undue hardship for a large state agency to provide full-time readers for three blind employees, in view of its very substantial...
