For example, an institution might permit an otherwise qualified handicapped student who is deaf to substitute an art appreciation or music history course for a required course in music appreciation...
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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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31. Academic adjustments
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(ii) and 36.105(d)(1)(ii)—Primary Object of ADA Cases
Nevertheless, as the courts began interpreting and applying the definition of disability strictly, individuals have been excluded from the protections that the ADA affords because they are...
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11B-805.4.3 Turning space
Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, issued Code Application Notice CAN 2-11B, dated 9/9/14, which includes the following interpretation...
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11B-805.4.3 Turning space
Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, issued Code Application Notice CAN 2-11B, dated 9/9/14, which includes the following interpretation...
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Relationship to Other Laws
The Department of Justice regulation implementing title II, 28 CFR 35.103, provides the following: (a) Rule of interpretation....
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Accessible Room Set-Up
amenities independently; people who are blind or have low vision can navigate easily and safely; people who are deaf or have hearing loss can use assistive listening systems and see speakers, interpreters...
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§382.141(a)(3)
passengers when they are available, such as passing out Braille cards if you have them, reading an information sheet that a passenger provides, or communicating with a passenger through an interpreter...
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ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters
However, this technical assistance does not constitute a legal interpretation of the statute....
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The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Supreme Court decisions in favor of broad and inclusive interpretation....
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21. How should an employer handle leave for an employee covered by both the ADA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
If it is an undue hardship under the ADA to hold open an employee's position during a period of leave, or an employee is no longer qualified to return to his/her original position, then...
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Phase III- Aquarium Exhibit Installation
This would be enough tactile fish to allow us to conduct on site audience interviews in order to gather data on the effectiveness of the combination of the tactile models and the audio interpretive...
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Sections 35.108(c) and 36.105(c)—Major Life Activities
The ADA Amendments Act significantly expanded the range of major life activities by directing that ‘‘major’’ be interpreted in a more expansive fashion, by adding a significant new category...
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Section 36.302(c) Service Animals (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In general, the Department is proposing to retain the scope of the current regulation while clarifying its longstanding policies and interpretations....
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Introduction
Our goal was to use these “hyper-artifacts” to integrate the interpretive information and the underlying theme of an exhibit program with the tactile experience....
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) Section 504 prohibits disability discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities by recipients of Federal financial...
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Shannon Mulhall
She graduated from California State University, Fresno with a Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies with an emphasis in Interpreting and completed her ADA Coordinator...
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Section 36.309 Examinations and Courses (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Some commenters from testing entities sought clarification regarding who may be considered a ‘‘qualified professional.''...
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11B-206.4 Entrances
Where exceptions for alterations to qualified historic buildings or facilities are permitted by 202.5, no more than one public entrance shall be required to comply with 206.4....
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Significant alternatives that were rejected
As the Telecommunications Act did not provide a qualifier other than readily achievable, the guidelines developed by the Board apply to all covered products, as opposed to product lines...
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9. Timeshares, Condominium Hotels, and Other Places of Lodging
The rule also provides guidance about the factors that must be present for a facility that is not an inn, motel, or hotel to qualify as a place of lodging....
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Subpart B—Employment Practices
regulation of the Department of Labor under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requries certain Federal contractors to take affirmative action in the employment and advancement of qualified...
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U.S. Air Carriers
Air Carriers In 1986, Congress passed the ACAA, which prohibits discrimination by U.S. air carriers against qualified individuals with disabilities. 49 U.S.C. 41705....
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Appendix C to Part 35— Guidance to Revisions to ADA Title II and Title III Regulations Revising the Meaning and Interpretation of the Definition of “Disability” and Other Provisions in Order To Incorporate the Requirements of the ADA Amendments Act
Note: This appendix contains guidance providing a section-by-section analysis of the revisions to 28 CFR parts 35 and 36 published on August 11, 2016. Click here to view Appendix...
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ADA Title I: Employment
Title I requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide qualified individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from the full range of employment-related opportunities...
