Public entities must allow individuals with disabilities who use these devices into all areas where the public is allowed to go, unless the entity can demonstrate that the particular type...
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2010 ADA Definition
Individual with a Disability: Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability. The term "individual with a disability" does not include an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs, when the private entity acts on the basis of such use.
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Wheelchairs and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices
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382.85 What seating accommodations must carriers make to passengers in circumstances not covered by section 382.81 (a) through (d)?
Carriers must provide a seat that will accommodate a passenger with a disability other than one listed in section 382.81(a) – (d) when the passenger self-identifies and requests the accommodation...
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Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Information on Taking Charge of Your Health Care
Go to: Products from Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy, http://www.hfcdhp.org/products Health, Wellness and Aging with Disability http://www.jik.com/...
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IV. Summary of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
First, the ADA Amendments Act deletes two findings that were in the ADA: (1) That ‘‘some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities,’’ and (2) that ‘‘individuals...
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TTY
TTY You must make available a TTY to permit individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to obtain information from carriers. See also Chapter 3, Section E....
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Screening Mobility Aid or Assistive Device
In the event a passenger’s mobility aid or assistive device activates the security system, you must conduct the security search of the passenger with a disability in the same manner as you...
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The Shameful Wall
The Shameful Wall And now I sign legislation which takes a sledgehammer to another wall, one which has, for too many generations, separated Americans with disabilities from the freedom...
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Examples of Major Life Activities, Other Than the Operations of a Major Bodily Function
A number of commenters representing persons with disabilities or the elderly recommended that the Department add a wide variety of other activities to this first list....
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Familiarize Yourself with the Law
Some passengers with disabilities bring a copy of the regulations with them when they access air transportation in order to have the primary resource close at hand....
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NYC Board of Elections: Video 5 - Verifying Voting Equipment Setup
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You must allow a passenger with a disability to stow assistive device inside the cabin
You must allow a passenger with a disability to stow his or her cane or other assistive device inside the cabin of the aircraft close to his or her seat if it fits, consistent with...
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Using a Fitness Center Does Not Have to be an Exercise in Frustration: Tips for People with Mobility and Visual Disabilities
By June Isaacson Kailes, Associate Director Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions Western University of Health Sciences jik@pacbell.net Version 1.1, November...
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Section 36.302 Modifications in Policies, Practices, or Procedures (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For instance, a hotel may need to adopt a policy of keeping an accessible room unoccupied until an individual with a disability arrives at the hotel, assuming the individual has properly...
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Section 36.302 Modifications in Policies, Practices, or Procedures (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
For instance, a hotel may need to adopt a policy of keeping an accessible room unoccupied until an individual with a disability arrives at the hotel, assuming the individual has properly...
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TTY Use
The individuals and disability organizations that commented on this issue mostly supported all of our proposals....
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When does an impairment “substantially limit” a major life activity?
Some impairments obviously limit the ability of an individual to engage in a major life activity....
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Three: Is the limitation on any major life activity substantial?
The Supreme Court has ruled that, if an impairment does not substantially limit one or more major life activities because of a mitigating measure an individual is using, the impairment may...
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§27.19 Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and FTA policy.
[55 FR 40763, Oct. 4, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991; 61 FR 32354, June 24, 1996; 79 FR 21405, Apr. 16, 2014]
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Condition, Manner, or Duration Examples, Including Negative Effects of Mitigating Measures
An individual with specific learning disabilities may need to approach reading or writing in a distinct manner or under different conditions than most people in the general population, possibly...
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ADA Update - A Primer for State and Local Governments (Title II Primer)
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ADA Update: A Primer for State and Local Governments...
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(vi) and 36.105(d)(1)(vi)—‘‘Substantially Limits’’ Shall Be Interpreted To Require a Lesser Degree of Functional Limitation Than That Required Prior to the ADA Amendments Act
ADA Amendments Act In the NPRM, proposed §§ 35.108(d)(1)(iv) and 36.105(d)(1)(iv) state that determining whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity requires an individualized...
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What is Reasonable Accommodation?
Reasonable accommodation is any change or adjustment to a job or work environment that permits a qualified applicant or employee with a disability to participate in the job application process...
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Q10: What should a school district do if it does not believe that a student needs special education or related services as described in the Section 504 regulation?
This provision requires a school district to establish a system of procedural safeguards for the identification, evaluation, and educational placement of persons who, because of disability...