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2. State and Local Laws
An employer may not rely on the existence of a state or local law that conflicts with ADA requirements as a defense to a charge of discrimination....
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Acronyms
Department of Defense FHWA—U.S....
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
domestically and internationally Revising media regulations so that new technologies flourish alongside diversity and localism Providing leadership in strengthening the defense...
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Section 1630.1(c) Construction
This means that the existence of a lesser standard of protection to individuals with disabilities under the ADA will not provide a defense to failing to meet a higher standard under another...
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with Disabilities Act, or under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and, c) The District Court made findings that its opinion regarding the availability of an undue burden defense...
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Section 1630.2(l) Regarded as Substantially Limited in a Major Life Activity
A “prohibited action” under the “regarded as” prong refers to an action of the type that would be unlawful under the ADA (but for any defenses to liability)....
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
They will be mandatory for federal right-of-way once adopted by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S...
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Sections 35.108(f) and 36.105(f)—Is Regarded as Having Such an Impairment
It is not a defense to coverage that the skin rash was objectively transitory and minor because the covered entity took the prohibited action based on a perceived impairment, HIV, that is...
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2. The ADA Title III Regulation
end, the Department’s title III regulation specifically defines undue burden as “significant difficulty or expense” and, emphasizing the flexible and individualized nature of any such defense...
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Accessible golf cars.
The Department may gain additional guidance in the future from the experience of the Department of Defense, which is planning to provide two accessible golf cars at each of the 174 golf...
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The Commenters
These two organizations are the Disability Rights Education Defense Fund, and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)....
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Part II: ABA Application and Scoping
The Board’s ABA guidelines serve as the basis for standards issued by four standard-setting Federal agencies: the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of Defense (DOD),...
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Introduction
The federal agencies are: The Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, Transportation, and Veterans...
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1. New Format for Guidelines
We added notes to paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 1191.1 that reference the accessibility standards adopted by the Department of Justice and Department of Defense....
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Prohibition against discrimination in services, programs, and activities
of release, taking testimony, sentencing, providing notices of rights, determining whether to revoke probation or parole, or making service referrals, whether by prosecutors and public defense...
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V. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
i) Olympia shall immediately provide written notice to the United States of such expected failure and any plans to cure; and (ii) subject to Olympia’s reservation of rights, claims and defenses...
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A. Section 504
accessibility guidelines developed by the United States Access Board (Access Board) that were adopted as enforceable standards by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense...
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A. Whether Sidewalks Are a Service Program, or Activity Covered by Title II of the ADA and Section 564 of the Rehabilitation Act
To the extent that the City's First, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Affirmative Defenses are based on the theory that public sidewalks are not covered by Title II...
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Architectural Barriers Act
The United States Postal Service is responsible for issuing accessibility standards for postal facilities; the Department of Defense is responsible for issuing accessibility standards for...
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Floor Naming and Numbering
Comment by [Participant]: In defense of architects, that should change when the signage comes through, to be logical. Response by Erin Schambureck: I hope so....
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36 CFR Part 1191 ABA Accessibility Guidelines, Outdoor Developed Areas - Preamble
applies to the following federal agencies and their components that administer outdoor areas developed for recreational purposes: Department of Agriculture (Forest Service); Department of Defense...
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International Code Council (ICC)
The Department of Defense references the International Building Code® for constructing military facilities, including those that house U.S. troops around the world and at home....
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National Association of ADA Coordinators (NAADAC)
accommodation and modification issues, interplays between conduct/performance standards and the ADA, avoiding the growing issues of harassment and retaliation, effective communication and employer defenses...
