9. I already purchased a portable lift before March 15, 2012. Can I still use it? Yes. If you have purchased a non-fixed lift before March 15th that otherwise complies with the...
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9. I already purchased a portable lift before March 15, 2012. Can I still use it?
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15. Caring for Service Animals
A paratransit or fixed route passenger's request that the driver take charge of a service animal may be denied. Caring for a service animal is the responsibility of the passenger or...
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8. Boarding Separately From Wheelchair
A wheelchair user's request to board a fixed route or paratransit vehicle separately from his or her device when the occupied weight of the device exceeds the design load of the...
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§ 35.130(b)(7)(ii)
(ii) A public entity is not required to provide a reasonable modification to an individual who meets the definition of “disability” solely under the “regarded as” prong of the definition...
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1.3 Architectural Standards.
The following architectural standards were used as a basis for this AC: 1.3.1 Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Standards for Accessible Design....
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Episodic impairments
If an impairment only occurs periodically (that is, it is episodic) or is in remission, it is a disability if, when in an active phase, it would substantially limit a major life activity...
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34 CFR Part 104 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (with amendments issued through July 2017)
TITLE 34 EDUCATION SUBTITLE B REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CHAPTER I -- OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 104 --...
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II. Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations
is exclusively a nondiscrimination treaty, i.e., the Disabilities Convention seeks to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the same rights as everyone else and are given the same...
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§35.130(b)(6) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (b)(6) prohibits the public entity from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in the granting of licenses or certification....
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Physical and Mental Qualification Standards
However, as with other job qualification standards, if a physical or mental qualification standard screens out an individual with a disability or a class of individuals with disabilities...
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Alterations to prison cells.
a correctional facility present challenges that are not an issue in other government buildings, so the Department must strike a balance between the accessibility needs of inmates with disabilities...
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Two: Does the impairment limit any major life activities?
An impairment cannot be a disability unless it limits something, and that something is one or more major life activities....
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§27.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this part is to carry out the intent of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) as amended, to the end that no otherwise qualified individual with a disability...
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Grass Roots Activism
People with disabilities had the same desire to fly....
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D. Notice to the Public
Policy Statement....
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C. Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability....
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Introduction
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E. Notice to MSHA Personnel and MSHA Affiliated Physicians
MSHA shall publish on its website a policy statement regarding MSHA’s policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. ...
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§382.133 What are the requirements concerning the evaluation and use of passenger-supplied electronic devices that assist passengers with respiration in the cabin during flight?
[Doc. No. FAA-2014-0554, 81 FR 33120, May 24, 2016]
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4. UNDERSTANDING, REMEMBERING, LEARNING, COMMUNICATING
Difficulty with: Thinking of right words Putting thoughts together Following directions Speaking clearly Patient will need a family...
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4. Q: But to limit the police department's liability, I need to get a medical approval that it's o.k. for a job applicant to take the physical fitness test. Doesn't the ADA create a catch-22 for police departments?
A: No, the ADA's prohibition on medical exams does not make it illegal for a police department to ask an applicant to provide a certification from a doctor that he or she can safely...
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Tips for Communicating with Individuals with Speech Impairments
If you do not understand something the individual says, do not pretend that you do. Ask the individual to repeat what he or she said and then repeat it back. Be...
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Tips for Communicating with Individuals Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Speak to the individual when you approach him or her. State clearly who you are; speak in a normal tone of voice. When conversing in a group, remember to...
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16. If, as a reasonable accommodation, an employer restructures an employee's job to eliminate some marginal functions, may the employer require the employee to take on other marginal functions that s/he can perform?
Yes. An employer may switch the marginal functions of two (or more) employees in order to restructure a job as a reasonable accommodation. Example: A cleaning crew works in an...