Her teaching and research areas include gender and disability studies, feminist theory, and United States Women's History....
Search Results "DLCC: Disability Law Coordinating Council"
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Reimagining Disability & Inclusive Education | Jan Wilson | TEDxUniversityofTulsa
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2. Mayor's Disability Council
Mayor's Disability Council 11. Since 1998, the Mayor's Disability Council ("MDC") has advised the Mayor on disability issues and worked with MOD on access compliance. 12....
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Transition Plans
Check with your accessibility coordinator or your regional recreation accessibility coordinator http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/acc/documents/coord.htm#leaders or http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us...
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Speech Disabilities
A speech disability prevents a person from using or accessing information or building features that require the ability to speak....
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No Advance Seat Assignments
No Advance Seat Assignments If a carrier does not provide advance seat assignments, you must allow passengers who identify themselves as passengers with a disability in need of a seating...
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Recently, I broke my leg and I’ll be in a cast and walking with crutches for several weeks. Am I covered by the ACAA?
Since your temporary impairment limits the major life activity of walking, you are considered a qualified individual with a disability....
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What is the ADA National Network?
What is the ADA National Network? Published May 4, 2015 by the Great Plains ADA Center.
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Learning Disability in Higher Education... | Lexie Garrity | TEDxVanderbiltUniversity
In order to strive for this valuable relationship, we must adjust to the diverse population of students in higher education, particularly those with learning disabilities....
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5. Q: My insurance company says it will raise our rates if we accept children with disabilities. Do I still have to admit them into my program?
Q: My insurance company says it will raise our rates if we accept children with disabilities. Do I still have to admit them into my program? A: Yes....
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Communication During Leave and Prior to Return to Work
Example 9: An employee with a disability is granted three months of leave by an employer. Near the end of the three month leave, the employee requests an additional 30 days of leave....
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Title II and the IDEA
Two additional laws that apply to school districts’ obligations to students with disabilities in the elementary and secondary public school context are Title II of the ADA (Title II) and...
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Disability Rights Advocates 2017 Gala Video
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(ix) and 36.105(d)(1)(ix)—Impairment That Lasts Less Than Six Months Can Still Be a Disability Under First Two Prongs of the Definition
Sections 35.108(d)(1)(ix) and 36.105(d)(1)(ix)—Impairment That Lasts Less Than Six Months Can Still Be a Disability Under First Two Prongs of the Definition In §§ 35.108(d)(1)(ix) and...
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Employees
Employees The ADA strictly limits the circumstances under which an employer may ask questions about an employee's medical condition or require the employee to have a medical...
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Websites
• Websites designed to be visually accessible with text written clearly and simply, including only relevant images and explicit navigational instructions, make interested but...
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I’m a paraplegic and travel with my personal manual wheelchair. May airlines require me to travel with an attendant?
QUESTION: I’m a paraplegic and travel with my personal manual wheelchair. May airlines require me to travel with an attendant? ANSWER: Airlines may not require a passenger with a...
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Disability Advocacy: Reaching for an Accessible Future | Jessica Benham | TEDxUniversityofPittsburgh
Tomorrow, anyone could be disabled, reminds Jess Benham, a disabled activist academic, in this talk....
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Sections 35.108(c) and 36.105(c)—Major Life Activities
Paragraph 2 of the definition of ‘‘disability’’ in the Department’s current title II and title III regulations at 28 CFR 35.104 and 36.104 states that ‘‘major life activities’’ means functions...
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Accessible Cells in Correctional Facilities
Federal laws protect people with disabilities from discrimination by State and local governments, including entities that own or operate correctional facilities....
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Vision Impairments
Vision Impairments People with vision impairments may use alternative equipment, such as screen reading software and screen magnification software, to access their computers. When...
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Which accessibility guidelines must we use?
First, here's a little background about laws, guidelines, and standards: The laws governing accessibility include: The 1968 law—the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)—requires that...
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People with disabilities are athletes too | David Kyle | TEDxHuntsville
David Kyle explains in his talk about his journey from discovering his disabilities and being depressed to a life full of challenges, mobility and opportunity for success as an athlete....
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36. Must an employer provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability who violated a conduct rule that is job- related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity?
An employer must make reasonable accommodation to enable an otherwise qualified employee with a disability to meet such a conduct standard in the future, barring undue hardship, except where...
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19. Can an employer penalize an employee for work missed during leave taken as a reasonable accommodation?
To do so would be retaliation for the employee's use of a reasonable accommodation to which s/he is entitled under the law.(53) Moreover, such punishment would make the leave an ineffective...
