Guidance and Section-by-Section Analysis This section provides a detailed description of the Department’s changes to the meaning and interpretation of the definition of ‘‘disability’’...
Search Results "Qualified Interpreter"
2010 ADA Definition
Qualified Interpreter: The final definition now states that ‘‘[q]ualified interpreter means an interpreter who, via a video remote interpreting (VRI) service or an on-site appearance, is able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary. Qualified interpreters include, for example, sign language interpreters, oral transliterators, and cued-language transliterators.''
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Guidance and Section-by-Section Analysis
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PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE VOTING SYSTEMS AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Examples of auxiliary aids and services for people who are blind or have low vision include a qualified reader (a person who is able to read effectively, accurately, and impartially using...
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Two Steps for Airline Personnel
Establish whether the animal is a pet or a service animal, and whether the passenger is a qualified individual with a disability; and then 2....
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GENERAL PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION {35.130}
GENERAL PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION {35.130} “No qualified individual with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits...
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The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability....
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§1630.2(o)(4)
(4) A covered entity is required, absent undue hardship, to provide a reasonable accommodation to an otherwise qualified individual who meets the definition of disability under the “actual...
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Inclusion Solutions CONNECT Emergency Management Plan
What is the best way to communicate at the scene of an accident with a person who is deaf, and no ASL interpreter is available?...
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More on Notice
State D’s museum has monthly tours that include sign language interpreters for people who are deaf. The museum will also try to get interpreters for any program with 14 days notice....
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Section 36.302(c) Service Animals (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has decided to retain the scope of the 1991 title III regulation while clarifying the Department's longstanding policies and interpretations....
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BACKGROUND
Specifically, the Complainant, who is deaf, (the “Complainant”) alleged that St James failed to provide sign language interpretive services when necessary to ensure effective communication...
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When is accessibility required for a live work conversion project?
copied from the CA.gov, Office of Historic Preservation site: The Mills Act is the single most important economic incentive program in California for the restoration and preservation of qualified...
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Courtesy Phones
The Board has interpreted the reference to "public telephones" as including courtesy phones but has included a specific reference to them in 217.1 so that their coverage is clear....
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Plan the room set-up
Ensure that space, lighting, and acoustics are adequate for sign language interpreters or services. Identify an integrated seating area for attendees that are deaf or hearing impaired....
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Americans with Disabilities Compliance Clause for the Group
., alternate format materials or sign language interpreters) for the Group’s functions, and modification of the Group’s policies, practices and procedures to ensure that attendees with disabilities...
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§100.50(a)
(a) This subpart provides the Department's interpretation of conduct that is unlawful housing discrimination under section 804 and section 806 of the Fair Housing Act....
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Section 4.1.7, Historic Preservation (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
• Section 4.1.7, Historic Preservation This section contains scoping provisions and alternative requirements for alterations to qualified historic buildings and facilities....
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17. Q: Do I have to create another job for an employee who, because of disability, can no longer perform the essential functions of her job even with reasonable accommodation?
However, the employee must be reassigned to a vacant position for which the individual is qualified if it does not involve a promotion and it would not result in an undue hardship....
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Audiovisual presentations and computer interactives without audio description
The Museum will continue to offer its existing twenty-minute tactile orientation tour with advance notice pending completion of its plan to provide a qualified audio describer who can audio...
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Where Required: Multi-Story Buildings and Facilities [§206.2.3]
However, if a building does qualify for an exception in the Standards: all other provisions in the Standards still apply to stories and mezzanines not served by an accessible route...
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§ 382.7 General prohibition of discrimination
(a) A carrier shall not, directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements: (1) Discriminate against any otherwise qualified individual with a disability, by reason of...
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Providing Background Information to People with Sensory Disabilities
identify themselves during the discussion so that participants who are blind or have low vision and participants who are deaf or have hearing loss (through the realtime captioner or the interpreter...
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§382.69(c)
November 9, 2009, U.S. carriers must ensure that all videos, DVDs, and other audio-visual displays played on aircraft for safety purposes have open captioning or an inset for a sign language interpreter...
