While many students who have communication needs based on a hearing, vision, or speech disability are eligible under the IDEA and have IEPs, these are not prerequisites for receiving auxiliary...
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11. Must a student be eligible under the IDEA in order to be provided auxiliary aids and services needed to ensure effective communication under Title II? (In other words, must a student with a disability have an IEP to access effective auxiliary aids and services?)
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Grass Roots Activism
It began with the establishment of local groups to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities."64 While the 1970s witnessed the creation of the disability rights movement, the...
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I. Introduction to the Study
For children with disabilities, the playground experience is just as important as it is for children without disabilities. ...
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II. Systemic Considerations
It is important that criminal justice entities anticipate and prepare for the disability-related needs of people with mental health disabilities or I/DD....
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Leave
Leave Permitting the use of accrued paid leave, or unpaid leave, is a form of reasonable accommodation when necessitated by an employee's disability.(48) An employer does not have to...
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II-3.2000 Denial of participation.
The ADA, like other civil rights statutes, prohibits the denial of services or benefits on specified discriminatory grounds....
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Safety Assistants/Attendants
The Foreign Carriers NPRM proposed retaining, with minor modifications, the existing Part 382 limitations on the ability of carriers to require passengers with disabilities to travel with...
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4. UNDERSTANDING, REMEMBERING, LEARNING, COMMUNICATING
Difficulty with: Thinking of right words Putting thoughts together Following directions Speaking clearly Patient will need a family member/assistant...
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Number Limits
A number of foreign carriers commented that being able to limit the number of passengers with disabilities on board a given flight was important for safety, particularly in the context of...
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Section 1630.2(m) Qualified Individual
Section 1630.2(m) Qualified Individual The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability against a qualified individual....
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§ 35.108(a)(2)(iii)
(iii) Where an individual is not challenging a public entity's failure to provide reasonable modifications under §35.130(b)(7), it is generally unnecessary to proceed under the “actual disability...
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ADA Update - A Primer for State and Local Governments (Title II Primer)
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ADA Update: A Primer for State and Local Governments...
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C. ADA Fundamentals
The cornerstone of Title II of the ADA is this: no qualified person with a disability may be excluded from participating in, or denied the benefits of, the programs, services, and activities...
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Debra E. Babcock, PMP: Information Center for Accessibility Needs (iCAN) at IRS
iCAN instituted to streamline solutions and assistance for employees with disabilities (slide 1). IRS has approximately 10,000 employees with disabilities....
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Specific Exclusions
Specific Exclusions A person who currently illegally uses drugs is not protected by the ADA , as an "individual with a disability", when an employer acts on the basis of such use....
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Student Evaluations and Placement Under Section 504
.44 When a school is aware of a student’s disability, or has reason to suspect a student has a disability, and the student needs or is believed to need special education or related services...
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§ 36.105(b)(2) Physical or mental impairment includes
as the following: Orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, intellectual disability...
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§ 35.108(b)(2) Physical or mental impairment includes
the following: orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, intellectual disability...
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If Carrier Contends That Attendant Is Required for Safety Reasons and Passenger Disagrees
If your decision is contrary to the self-assessment of the passenger with a disability, then the carrier must not charge for the transportation of the attendant....
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Make a Reasonable Effort to Accommodate, Even Without Advance Notice
Make a Reasonable Effort to Accommodate, Even Without Advance Notice In addition, even if a passenger with a disability does not meet the advance notice or check-in requirement, you must...
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E. Attendants
You should know that it is generally not appropriate to require a passenger with a disability to be accompanied by a personal care attendant....
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§ 35.149 Discrimination prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in § 35.150, no qualified individual with a disability shall, because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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§35.149 Discrimination prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in §35.150, no qualified individual with a disability shall, because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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Expanding Your Market: Building a Diverse Customer Base
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section...