All public entities must make "reasonable accommodation" to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified applicants or employees with disabilities, unless the public entity...
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II-4.3200 Reasonable accommodation
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SUMMARY OF THE 19-INCH RECOMMENDATION
accessibility needs and will allow independent entry to, use of, and exit from the equipment by those individuals Carefully balance the costs to hospitals, physicians, and other health...
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9.1 Overview of Legal Obligations
However, an employer may refuse to hire, or may discharge an individual who is not currently able to perform a job without posing a significant risk of substantial harm to the health or...
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APPENDIX A
The first presentation addressed a number of performance and efficacy considerations for examination chairs focusing on lifting mechanisms to adjust seat height, impact of height on the health...
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23. How should an employer handle requests for modified or part-time schedules for an employee covered by both the ADA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
allow the employer to grant the modified or part-time schedule (absent undue hardship).(68)An employee receiving a part-time schedule as a reasonable accommodation is entitled only to the benefits...
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Serving People with Disabilities in the Most Integrated Setting: Community Living and Olmstead
19, 2010 settlement agreement signed by the Department of Justice, OCR and the State of Georgia will ensure that thousands of people with developmental disabilities and individuals with mental...
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1.1.8 City, county, or city and county amendments, additions or deletions
Local modifications shall comply with Health and Safety Code Section 18941.5 for Building Standards Law, Health and Safety Code Section 17958 for State Housing Law or Health and Safety Code...
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Section 36.205 Association (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
This provision was intended to ensure that entities such as health care providers, employees of social service agencies, and others who provide professional services to persons with disabilities...
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Section 36.205 Association (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
This provision was intended to ensure that entities such as health care providers, employees of social service agencies, and others who provide professional services to persons with disabilities...
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Test B (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This provision is included in the definition in part to protect individuals who have recovered from a physical or mental impairment that previously substantially limited them in a major...
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11B-410.1 General
The ADA and other Federal civil rights laws require that accessible features be maintained in working order so that they are accessible to and usable by those people they are intended to benefit...
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11B-410.1 General
The ADA and other Federal civil rights laws require that accessible features be maintained in working order so that they are accessible to and usable by those people they are intended to benefit...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities
People with intellectual or mental health disabilities have been prevented from voting because of prejudicial assumptions about their capabilities. ...
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References
References American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013....
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Subtitle A: State and Local Government Activities
Title II requires that state and local governments give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from their programs, services, and activities, for example public education...
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Choice of Device
Similarly, someone who is able to stand may choose to use a Segway® rather than a manual wheelchair because of the health benefits gained by standing....
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APPENDIX B POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HIV
Center, its officers, employees, agents, and contractors (collectively, UPDC), that UPDC does not exclude qualified detainees with HIV from participation in, or deny such detainees the benefits...
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More Questions and Answers About the ADA
Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodation only for the physical or mental limitations of a qualified individual with a disability of which they are aware....
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Contours of Disability in America
Early examples include the Disabled Veterans of America (DVA) and the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), both founded in 1920, and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), founded...
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Section 1630.2(j)(3) Predictable Assessments
See also id. at 9 (referring to individuals with disabilities that had been covered under the Rehabilitation Act and that Congress intended to include under the ADA—“people with serious health...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Information for Health Care Providers
This site offers information about some of the issues and risks faced by people with disabilities, and how health care providers, through appropriate interactions and services, can help...
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Section 36.208(a) (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Section 36.208(a) implements section 302(b)(3) of the Act by providing that this part does not require a public accommodation to permit an individual to participate in or benefit from the...
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7. Q: Our center specializes in "group child care." Can we reject a child just because she needs individualized attention?
For instance, if a child with Down Syndrome and significant mental retardation applies for admission and needs one-to-one care to benefit from a child care program, and a personal assistant...
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2.4.3 Impetus for Manufacturers to Improve MDE Accessibility
2.4.3 Impetus for Manufacturers to Improve MDE Accessibility MDE manufacturers have strong ties to health care professionals and interests in meeting patient care needs....
