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1. Q: What is the ADA?
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Don’t tell me I can’t: disability in a modern world | Cheryl Stowe | TEDxFurmanU
After a devastating car crash left her in a wheelchair with an incomplete spinal cord injury, Cheryl Stowe tells how we can grow from our pain and be our own heroes. She even shows...
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Definition of Disability
The definition of disability has three parts. A person only has to meet one of the parts to be covered....
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Scenario 1 – Suspected Disability & Evaluation
It is only through an evaluation process that a school district can properly determine if a student has a disability and needs Section 504 services....
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QUESTION: WHAT CONSIDERATIONS APPLY TO PVOs’ OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO BOARDING AND DISEMBARKING FROM VESSELS?
39.83 QUESTION: WHAT CONSIDERATIONS APPLY TO PVOs’ OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO BOARDING AND DISEMBARKING FROM VESSELS?...
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Assistive listening systems
• Assistive listening systems that are easily and discreetly obtained along with ushers who speak distinctly and at proper volume provide great help for people who are beginning to...
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Vertical clearance and protruding objects
• Entrances and aisles with adequate head clearance and minimal projections into the path of travel result in easier navigation for people with lessened visual acuity or those who...
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Printed materials
• Printed programs, advertisements, and brochures with large, clear type, in high contrast colors on solid backgrounds on satin- or matte-finish paper are more legible for people...
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§104.33(a) General
(a) General. A recipient that operates a public elementary or secondary education program or activity shall provide a free appropriate public education to each qualified handicapped...
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Section 35.151(k) Detention and correctional facilities
The Department believes that the insufficient number of accessible cells is, in part, due to the fact that most jails and prisons were built long before the ADA became law and, since then...
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22. Must an employer allow an employee with a disability to work a modified or part-time schedule as a reasonable accommodation, absent undue hardship?
. - 6:00 p.m. because of her disability....
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At your service. A 20 minute film. Engage customers with disabilities.
The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center has partnered with Storyline Motion Pictures (filmmakers of the critically acclaimed PBS documentary Lives Worth Living, and curators of the Disability Rights...
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Exit Stairway Enclosures [IBC §1007.3 and 1019 (2003), §1003.2.13.2 and 1005.3.2 (2000)]
The IBC contains requirements for exit stairway enclosures that address fire-resistance and smoke protection, stairways and handrails, signs, and other features. The ADA...
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At First Glance | Kurt Hoffman | TEDxVirginiaTech
In his talk, “At First Glance,” he will share his viewpoint on what it's like to be someone with a visible disability....
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Retaliation
providing OCR with his or her testimony or documentary evidence—are Federally protected activities and necessary to ensure equal educational opportunity in accordance with Federal civil rights laws...
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About and Acknowledgements
About the Guide’s Sponsor Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions The Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions (CDIHP) at Western University of Health...
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3. How can state and local governments’ employment service systems ensure that people with disabilities have access to competitive integrated employment?
A: Over the past three decades, integrated supported employment services have emerged as a leading model for enabling persons with disabilities to work in competitive integrated employment...
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8.2 Overview of Legal Obligations
8.2 Overview of Legal Obligations An individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs is not an "individual with a disability" when the employer acts on the basis...
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2017 National ADA Symposium
Published on Jul 25, 2017 - Interviews and clips from the 2017 National ADA Symposium in Chicago, IL. Join us in Pittsburg in 2018! ETA Editor's Note: Take a peek at 0:52-0:56 of...
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Can an operator refuse to carry a person with a disability, especially a person using an electric scooter that meets the definition of a “wheelchair,” because of higher insurance rates or liability concerns?
Section 37.5(g) of the DOT ADA regulations prohibits an operator from denying service to an individual with a disability because its insurance company conditions coverage or rates on the...
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Can an operator refuse to carry a person with a disability, especially a person using an electric scooter that meets the definition of a “wheelchair,” because of higher insurance rates or liability concerns?
Section 37.5(g) of the DOT ADA regulations prohibits an operator from denying service to an individual with a disability because its insurance company conditions coverage or rates on the...
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Examples of Major Life Activities—Operations of a Major Bodily Function
Examples of Major Life Activities—Operations of a Major Bodily Function In the NPRM, the Department proposed revising the regulatory definitions of disability at §§ 35.108(c)(1)(ii) and...
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May a carrier charge a maintenance or cleaning fee to passengers who travel with service animals?
However, a carrier may charge passengers with a disability if a service animal causes damage, as long as it is its regular practice to charge non-disabled passengers for similar kinds of...
