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§35.130(b)(3) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (b)(3) prohibits the public entity from utilizing criteria or methods of administration that deny individuals with disabilities access to the public entity's services, programs...
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DSA IR 11B-9: Accessibility Requirements for Solar Photovoltaic Systems at School Sites
References: California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 24 Part 1: California Administrative Code Section 4-3335 Part 2: California Building Code, Chapter 2...
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11. May an employer require an individual with a disability to accept a reasonable accommodation that s/he does not want?
An employer may not require a qualified individual with a disability to accept an accommodation....
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Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies
Employers who use such form letters may wish to modify them to let employees know that if an employee needs additional unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation for a disability, the employee...
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Seating Assignments
Seating Assignments When requesting a particular seat assignment, it is useful to be as specific as possible about the type of seat that will meet your needs as a passenger with a disability...
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Disability Specific Supplies for Emergency Kits
Edition 2.0, 2016 By June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant and Associate Director Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy at Western University of Health Sciences...
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Scenario 11 – Retaliation
Chen, the mother of a student with a disability, complained privately to the principal that her daughter and other students with disabilities are not receiving an appropriate education at...
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ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION POLICY
Within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Agreement, to ensure equal access for persons with disabilities, THE CREDIT UNION shall adopt, implement, and thereafter maintain...
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 5
The regulation's requirement that handicapped students be provided an equal opportunity to participate in physical education and athletics programs extends to contact sports....
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Digital Human Models
A number of such models are currently available for non-disabled analogues (e.g. JACK, CREWCHIEF, SAFEWORK, and RAMSIS) and some, reportedly, reflect elements of true 3-D motion....
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§104.3(j) Handicapped person
including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive, digestive, genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or (B) any mental or psychological disorder, such as intellectual disability...
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II-2.2000 Physical or mental impairments.
The first category of persons covered by the definition of an individual with a disability is restricted to those with "physical or mental impairments."...
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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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9. Is the ADA limited to segregation in employment settings when the same individuals are also subject to segregation in other settings during the day, like facility-based day programs?
If individuals with disabilities are unnecessarily segregated in sheltered workshops for part of the day and in segregated facility-based day programs for other parts of the day or week,...
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Who Must Comply with Title I of the ADA?
An employer cannot discriminate against qualified applicants and employees on the basis of disability....
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11. Q: We have a "no pets" policy. Do I have to allow a child with a disability to bring a service animal, such as a seeing eye dog?
Do I have to allow a child with a disability to bring a service animal, such as a seeing eye dog? A: Yes. A service animal is not a pet....
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Condition, Manner, or Duration
Several disability rights advocacy groups and individuals supported the NPRM approach, with some referencing the value of pointing to the rules of construction and their relevance to condition...
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III. Background
As with other civil rights laws, individuals seeking protection in court under the anti-discrimination provisions of the ADA generally must allege and prove that they are members of the...
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Resources
Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities....
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Guidance Questions and Answers Concerning 49 CFR Part 39, ADA Rules Concerning Passenger Vessels
The Department of Transportation’s final rules applying the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to passenger vessel operators’ (PVOs’) policies took effect January 3, 2011.i These questions...
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Substantial limitation
effects of mitigating measures (other than ordinary eyeglasses and contact lenses) must not be considered.23 For example, school districts must determine if a student with asthma has a disability...
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15. Must an employer provide reasonable accommodation so that an employee may attend training programs?
., sign language interpreters; written materials produced in alternative formats, such as braille, large print, or on audio- cassette) that will provide employees with disabilities with...
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Section 35.151(k) Detention and correctional facilities
Department has determined that many detention and correctional facilities do not have enough accessible cells, toilets, and shower facilities to meet the needs of their inmates with mobility disabilities...