What types of equipment and furniture are already accessible to individuals with disabilities?...
Search Results "CRPD: Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities"
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Question 12
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Service Animals Must Be Under Control
Animals Must Be Under Control Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless these devices interfere with the service animal’s work or the individual’s disability...
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Q. Can an employer refuse to hire an applicant or fire a current employee who is illegally using drugs?
Individuals who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs are specifically excluded from the definition of a "qualified individual with a disability" protected by the ADA when an action...
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5. Q: I have always had a clearly posted "no pets" policy at my establishment. Do I still have to allow service animals in?
The ADA requires you to modify your "no pets" policy to allow the use of a service animal by a person with a disability....
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§ 35.138(g)(1)
(1) A public entity shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that an individual with a disability may use a ticket acquired in the secondary ticket market under the...
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§ 37.93(b)
authority shall ensure that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than July 26, 1995, that each train has one car that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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§ 37.73(d)
(d) Each public entity purchasing or leasing used vehicles that are not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities shall retain documentation of the specific good...
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§ 37.83(c)
(c) For purposes of this section, it shall be considered feasible to remanufacture a rapid or light rail vehicle so as to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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§ 37.197(b)
accessible OTRB, OTRBs acquired through the actions listed in paragraph (a) of this section shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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§ 37.197(c)
(c) For purposes of this section, it shall be considered feasible to remanufacture an OTRB so as to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals...
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Lift
Devices used by individuals with disabilities that do not fit this envelope (e.g., may "gurneys'') do not have to be carried....
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
Note: In determining equivalent facilitation, consideration shall be given to means that provide for the maximum independence of persons with disabilities while presenting the least risk...
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§ 37.79 Purchase or lease of new rail vehicles by public entities operating rapid or light rail systems
after August 25, 1990, to purchase or lease a new rapid or light rail vehicle for use on the system shall ensure that the vehicle is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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B. Accessibility of Equipment and Furniture
consider possible changes to requirements under titles II and III of the ADA to ensure that non-fixed equipment and furniture provided by covered entities are accessible to individuals with disabilities...
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8.8 Pre-Employment Inquiries About Drug and Alcohol Use
However, the employer may not use such information to exclude an individual with a disability, on the basis of a disability, unless it can show that the reason for exclusion is job-related...
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3. Do requests for reasonable accommodation need to be in writing?
An employer also may request reasonable documentation that the individual has an ADA disability and needs a reasonable accommodation. (See Question 6). 22. ...
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Identification of available accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Proposed § 36.302(f)(4) requires public accommodations to provide individuals with disabilities with accurate information about the location of accessible seating. ...
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Companions in health care settings. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Under the ADA, hospitals must provide effective means of communication for patients and their companions with disabilities....
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Personal Devices and Services
The father had a stroke, has a mobility disability and uses a walker. L.O. asks the museum if it provides wheelchairs. The museum staff says there are no wheelchairs....
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B.3.iii. - What is the difference between "equivalent facilitation" and "alternative means of access"?
36 CFR 1194.4 and section B.6.ii below) Agencies have additional obligations under Sections 501 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, including the obligation to provide employees with disabilities...
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ii. Accessible scales
Scales should be accessible to individuals who use wheelchairs or have other mobility disabilities that would impede the use of step-on scales....
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II. REMEDIAL ACTION
scoping requirements of the Standards are used as a guide for determining whether a program or activity held in an existing facility is "readily accessible to and usable by" persons with disabilities...
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ACTIONS TAKEN BY CITY OF WAUKEGAN
In its continued efforts to provide services to persons with disabilities, the City of Waukegan renovated its City Hall in 1981....
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VI. Communications
State and local governments must ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities....