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How to Interact with Customers with a Disability
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9. What type of reasonable accommodations may employees with hearing disabilities need?
Ann requests, and her employer agrees, that moving her to a vacant interior office is a reasonable accommodation without causing an undue hardship....
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12206(c)(2)(A) Title I
.-- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Attorney General shall implement the plan for assistance developed under subsection (a), for title I....
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Chapter 6 BUILDING AN EVACUATION PLAN FOR A PERSON WITH A COGNITIVE DISABILITY
A cognitive disability prevents a person from using or accessing building features due to an inability to process or understand the information necessary to use the features....
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12101(a)(1)
(1) some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older;...
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Ticket distribution methods. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 35.138(a) states the general rule that a public entity shall modify its policies, practices, and procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities can purchase single or multi-event...
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Ensure that people with mental health disabilities or I/DD have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the entities’ programs, services, and activities
Ensure that people with mental health disabilities or I/DD have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the entities’ programs, services, and activities....
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Cognitive Impairments
Cognitive Impairments People with cognitive impairments may have problems with memory and concentration, understanding oral communication, and learning. When communicating in...
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12206(c)(2)(A) Subchapter I
(A) Subchapter I The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Attorney General shall implement the plan for assistance developed under subsection (a) of this section, for subchapter...
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May I ask an individual what his or her disability is?
May I ask an individual what his or her disability is? Only to determine if a passenger is entitled to a particular seating accommodation pursuant to section 382.38....
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1. Snow and Ice
a passenger's request for a paratransit driver to walk over a pathway that has not been fully cleared of snow and ice should be granted so that the driver can help the passenger with a disability...
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§ 36.311(c)(1) Inquiry about disability
(1) Inquiry about disability....
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The ADA and Its Integration Mandate
In 1990, Congress enacted the ADA “to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.” 4 In passing the ADA...
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III. Benefits of Ratification
While the ADA will continue to be the linchpin of US domestic nondiscrimination policy, the international community uses the treaty as the basis for legal and policy approaches to disability...
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If the manufacturer states that the design load is 800 pounds, can the transportation operator limit actual use to 600 pounds for safety reasons?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) motor vehicle safety regulations require that a wheelchair lift be tested to withstand a 600-pound load. If the...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) motor vehicle safety regulations require that a wheelchair lift be tested to withstand a 600-pound load. If the manufacturer states that the design load is 800 pounds, can the transportation operator limit actual use to 600 pounds for safety reasons?
No. The NHTSA safety standards and the DOT ADA regulations were designed to complement each other. The manufacturer’s design load represents the amount of weight that the lift is...
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§100.500 Discriminatory effect prohibited.
[78 FR 11482, Feb. 15, 2013] Liability may be established under the Fair Housing Act based on a practice's discriminatory effect, as defined in paragraph (a) of this section, even...
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§100.7(a) Direct liability
(a) Direct liability.
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§100.7 Liability for discriminatory housing practices.
[81 FR 63074, Sept. 14, 2016]
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26. Five-Minute Warning or Notification of Arrival Calls
A passenger's request for a telephone call 5 minutes (or another reasonable interval) in advance or at time of vehicle arrival generally should be granted. As a matter of courtesy,...
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19. Specific Drivers
A passenger's request for a specific driver may be denied. Having a specific driver is not necessary to afford the passenger the service provided by the transit operator.
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21. Request to Avoid Specific Passengers
A paratransit passenger's request not to ride with certain passengers may be denied. Paratransit is a shared-ride service. As a result, one passenger may need to share the vehicle...
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§ 37.167 Other service requirements
[56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 63103, Nov. 30, 1993]