The preamble to the proposed rule noted that assistive technology may include screen readers which allow persons who cannot see a visual display to either hear screen content or read the...
Search Results "Qualified Reader"
2010 ADA Definition
Qualified Reader: The final rule defines a ‘‘qualified reader'' to mean ‘‘a person who is able to read effectively, accurately, and impartially using any necessary specialized vocabulary.''
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Assistive technology (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
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11B-810.6 Rail station signs
This means that signs can be placed well out of reach of Braille readers, even on parapet walls and on walls beyond barriers....
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11B-810.2.2 Dimensions
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Transportation's ADA Standards indicate that compliance is required to the extent construction specifications are within a public entity's...
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11B-810.6 Rail station signs
This means that signs can be placed well out of reach of Braille readers, even on parapet walls and on walls beyond barriers....
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11B-810.2.2 Dimensions
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Transportation's ADA Standards indicate that compliance is required to the extent construction specifications are within a public entity's...
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810.6 Rail Station Signs
This means that signs can be placed well out of reach of braille readers, even on parapet walls and on walls beyond barriers....
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Actions which Constitute Discrimination
Denying employment opportunities to a qualified individual because s/he has a relationship or association with a person with a disability. (See Chapter VII.) 4....
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C. Planning Ahead to Provide Effective Communication
Prepare for the time when someone will request a qualified interpreter, Braille documents, video relay, or another auxiliary aid or service....
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Reassignment
The Commission takes the position that if reassignment is required, an employer must place the employee in a vacant position for which he is qualified, without requiring the employee to...
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Comfort animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, only individuals with conditions that substantially limit them in a major life activity currently qualify for coverage under the ADA, and only those individuals will qualify...
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3. Does My Client Need to Have a Particular Condition to Get a Reasonable Accommodation?
It may qualify by, for example, making activities more difficult, uncomfortable, or time-consuming to perform compared to the way that most people perform them. ...
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"Doing work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed that the Department maintain the requirement first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform...
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Doing "work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed that the Department maintain the requirement, first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation, that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform...
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§104.43(b)
education program or activity operated by the recipient shall assure itself that the other education program or activity, as a whole, provides an equal opportunity for the participation of qualified...
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§8.20 General requirement concerning program accessibility.
Except as otherwise provided in §§8.21(c)(1), 8.24(a), 8.25, and 8.31, no qualified individual with handicaps shall, because a recipient's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals...
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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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11B-233.3.6 Graduate student and faculty housing at a place of education
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: Social service center establishments. ...
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11B-233.3.6 Graduate student and faculty housing at a place of education
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: Social service center establishments. ...
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BACKGROUND
that AFAC personnel failed to provide sign language interpretive services during multiple medical appointments, including pre- and post-surgery and provided an individual who is not a qualified...
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§27.11(a)(1)
(1) If the responsible Departmental official finds that a qualified person with a disability has been excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination...
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What is a substantial limitation on major life activities?
To qualify as a “disability” under part 382 a condition or disease must substantially limit a major life activity....
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Alterations/ Historic Preservation
Scope Max Rise Max Slope altered facilities (including historic) 3 in. 1:8 altered facilities (including historic) 6 in. 1:10 qualified...
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§100.308(b)(5)
(5) A person shall not be entitled to the good faith defense if the person has actual knowledge that the housing facility or community does not, or will not, qualify as housing for persons...
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§ 382.39 Provision of services and equipment
Carriers shall ensure that qualified individuals with a disability are provided the following services and equipment: (a) Carriers shall provide assistance requested by or on behalf of...