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...
An individual with a disability is “otherwise qualified,” in other words, if he or she is qualified for a job, except that, because of the disability, he or she needs a reasonable accommodation...
Paragraph 2 of the definition of ‘‘disability’’ in the Department’s current title II and title III regulations at 28 CFR 35.104 and 36.104 states that ‘‘major life activities’’ means functions...
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...
However, to protect individuals with disabilities from actions based on such information that are not job-related and consistent with business necessity, including protection of health and...
(Pre-employment questions about illness may not be asked, because they may reveal the existence of a disability....
This is the first webinar in Webinar Series #1, "Leading Healthcare Practices and Training: Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care". ...
We know that health, wellness, and disability can coexist and are as important to people with disabilities and to those without disabilities We do not assume that secondary conditions such...
(h) It is not discrimination under this part for an entity to refuse to provide service to an individual with disabilities because that individual engages in violent, seriously disruptive...
law to be enacted since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities....
Criminal justice personnel are likely to encounter people with mental health disabilities or I/DD who are part of the communities they serve and protect....
TM 2013-20 Valet Parking Effective Date: October 3, 2010 2012 TAS Reference: 208 and 209.4 The 1994 TAS (and 1991 ADAAG) required valet parking facilities to provide a passenger...
5.5 Pre-Employment Inquiries The ADA Prohibits Any Pre-Employment Inquiries About a Disability....
Many people with disabilities can perform jobs without any need for accommodations....
For children with disabilities, the playground experience is just as important as it is for children without disabilities. ...
It is important that criminal justice entities anticipate and prepare for the disability-related needs of people with mental health disabilities or I/DD....
Leave Permitting the use of accrued paid leave, or unpaid leave, is a form of reasonable accommodation when necessitated by an employee's disability.(48) An employer does not have to...
While many students who have communication needs based on a hearing, vision, or speech disability are eligible under the IDEA and have IEPs, these are not prerequisites for receiving auxiliary...
Section 1630.2(m) Qualified Individual The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability against a qualified individual....
Americans with Disabilities Act 25th Anniversary Timeline Disability & Employment: A Timeline ________________________________________________________________ Commemorating...
(iii) Where an individual is not challenging a public entity's failure to provide reasonable modifications under §35.130(b)(7), it is generally unnecessary to proceed under the “actual disability...
In fact, this sort of thinking undermines the essential purpose of these laws that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in all facets of public life and employment...
Problem: A passenger drop-off and loading zone is provided but there is no curb ramp between the vehicle area and the sidewalk leading to the accessible polling place entrance....