The fact that the Segway® PT is not designed primarily for use by individuals with disabilities, nor used primarily by persons with disabilities, complicates the question of to what extent...
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Whether the definition of "wheelchair'' includes the Segway® PT. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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3. Service Animals
an animal trained to provide assistance to a person because of a disability....
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Section 1630.2(l) Regarded as Substantially Limited in a Major Life Activity
disabilities are often just as disabling as actual impairments, and [its] corresponding desire to prohibit discrimination founded on such perceptions.” 2008 Senate Statement of Managers...
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II-8.2000 Self-evaluation
Where equipment is used as part of a public entity's program, activity, or service, an assessment should be made to ensure that the equipment is usable by individuals with disabilities,...
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B. Legal foundation for equipment and furniture coverage
Legal foundation for equipment and furniture coverage The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all services, programs, and activities offered by public entities...
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Granting Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation
As noted above, requests for leave related to disability can often fall under existing employer policies....
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BACKGROUND
a compliance review of polling places under the jurisdiction of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, Illinois (the "Board") under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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All Signs Point to Change
The International Symbol of Access is suppose to indicate barrier-free areas for all disabled people. However, the symbol itself seems to be the biggest obstacle for many of us....
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Number of accessible cells
requires at least 2 percent, but no fewer than one, of the cells in newly constructed detention and correctional facilities to have accessibility features for individuals with mobility disabilities...
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Number of accessible cells. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requires at least 2 percent, but no fewer than one, of the cells in newly constructed detention and correctional facilities to have accessibility features for individuals with mobility disabilities...
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PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE POLLING PLACES
The ADA requires that public entities ensure that people with disabilities can access and use their voting facilities. ...
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"Doing work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requirement first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform tasks'' or ‘‘do work'' for the individual with a disability...
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1. Summary of Results
On the benefits side, the Preliminary RIA monetizes incremental benefits under the proposed 508 Standards attributable to: (a) increased productivity of federal employees with certain disabilities...
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Doing "work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requirement, first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation, that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform tasks'' or ‘‘do work'' for the individual with a disability...
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Web site accessibility. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
commenters expressed disappointment that the NPRM did not require title II entities to make their Web sites, through which they offer programs and services, accessible to individuals with disabilities...
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Introduction
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is issuing this Technical Assistance Manual as part of an active technical assistance program to help employers, other covered entities, and persons with disabilities...
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Who Is Eligible To Receive Testing Accommodations?
Individuals with disabilities are eligible to receive necessary testing accommodations. ...
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C. Costs and Benefits
adopt the MDE Standards as mandatory for entities regulated under their jurisdiction, the Standards could affect health care providers, medical device manufacturers, and individuals with disabilities...
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§35.160 General
General Section 35.160 requires the public entity to take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that communications with applicants, participants, and members of the public with disabilities...
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A. Statutory and rulemaking history
Bush signed into law the ADA, a comprehensive civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability....
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Section 37.3 Definitions
While some mobility devices may not look like many persons' traditional idea of a wheelchair, three- and more-wheeled devices, of many varied designs, are used by individuals with disabilities...
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§35.160 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (b)(1) requires the public entity to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services when necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate...
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Section 35.151(h) Medical care facilities
The Department is aware, however, of problems that individuals with disabilities face in receiving full and equal medical care when accessible sleeping rooms are not adequately dispersed...
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Overview
Title II and title III have no effect on any State or local laws that provide protection for individuals with disabilities at a level greater than or equal to that provided by the ADA....