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Search Results "CDIHP: Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions"
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National Council on the Handicapped
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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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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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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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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs Under Part B, evaluations of all children suspected of having a disability are subject to the IDEA evaluation...
- 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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1630.16(e)
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§1630.16(e) Infectious and communicable diseases; food handling jobs
(e) Infectious and communicable diseases; food handling jobs—
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§ 35.151(e)(2)
(2) Facilities with more than 50 beds covered by this section that provide common use bathing facilities shall provide at least one roll-in shower with a seat that complies with the...
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Physical Access
Resources found at http://www.hfcdihp.org/products.html Choosing and Negotiating an Accessible Facility Location Improving Accessibility with Limited Resources Health...
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19. Can an employer penalize an employee for work missed during leave taken as a reasonable accommodation?
An employee took five weeks of leave for treatment of his disability. The company cannot count those five weeks in determining whether to terminate this employee.(55) 53. Cf....
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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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Communication Access
These requirements, or rules, clarify and refine issues that have arisen over the past 20 years and contain new, and updated, requirements, including the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design...
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What do I do if I believe that a passenger’s assertions about having a disability or a service animal are not credible?
The CRO is a resource for resolving difficulties related to disability accommodation. Consult with the CRO immediately, if possible....
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1. Evolving Approach to Covered Electronic Content
Another key issue addressed in the Board’s advance notices of proposed rulemaking was the scope of exceptions to covered content....
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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42. May an employer tell other employees that an individual is receiving a reasonable accommodation when employees ask questions about a coworker with a disability?
An employer may not disclose that an employee is receiving a reasonable accommodation because this usually amounts to a disclosure that the individual has a disability....
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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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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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D. Recording, Categorizing, and Reporting Written Disability-related Complaints Received by Carriers
U.S. carriers and foreign carriers1 operating to, from, and in the United States using at least one aircraft with more than 60 passenger seats must record, categorize, and report written disability-related...