The Title II regulations explicitly require that a district take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with persons with disabilities are “as effective as” communications with...
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10. How do the IDEA FAPE and the Title II effective communication requirements differ with regard to the obligation to provide communication for students with disabilities attending public elementary and secondary schools?
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ANSI
As the voice of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) empowers its members and constituents to strengthen the U.S. marketplace...
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Behavioral Health Integration Capacity Assessment Introductory Webinar
This webinar, conducted March 28th, 2013, introduced an assessment tool designed to assist behavioral health organizations in assessing their ability to integrate primary care...
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Don’t tell me I can’t: disability in a modern world | Cheryl Stowe | TEDxFurmanU
After a devastating car crash left her in a wheelchair with an incomplete spinal cord injury, Cheryl Stowe tells how we can grow from our pain and be our own heroes. She even shows...
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19. Can an employer penalize an employee for work missed during leave taken as a reasonable accommodation?
An employee took five weeks of leave for treatment of his disability. The company cannot count those five weeks in determining whether to terminate this employee.(55) 53. Cf....
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Assistive listening systems
• Assistive listening systems that are easily and discreetly obtained along with ushers who speak distinctly and at proper volume provide great help for people who are beginning to...
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Vertical clearance and protruding objects
• Entrances and aisles with adequate head clearance and minimal projections into the path of travel result in easier navigation for people with lessened visual acuity or those who...
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Printed materials
• Printed programs, advertisements, and brochures with large, clear type, in high contrast colors on solid backgrounds on satin- or matte-finish paper are more legible for people...
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22. Must an employer allow an employee with a disability to work a modified or part-time schedule as a reasonable accommodation, absent undue hardship?
. - 6:00 p.m. because of her disability....
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Safety Assistants/Attendants
The use of this term is intended to emphasize that the only reason a carrier may require another person to travel with a passenger with a disability is safety....
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Parent Asks for an Evaluation of the Student
that makes up the universe of information about the student.64 In determining a student’s needs, sources to consider include aptitude and achievement tests, teacher recommendations, physical...
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Title II Highlights (revised in 2008)
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section Title II Highlights I. Who is covered by title II of the ADA II. Overview of Requirements III....
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The ADA and Its Integration Mandate
In 1990, Congress enacted the ADA “to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.” 4 In passing the ADA...
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At First Glance | Kurt Hoffman | TEDxVirginiaTech
In his talk, “At First Glance,” he will share his viewpoint on what it's like to be someone with a visible disability....
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Step 5 - Conduct a Self-Evaluation
The self-evaluation is a comprehensive review of all programs, activities, and services operated by the public entity. ...
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(ii) and 36.105(d)(1)(ii)—Primary Object of ADA Cases
unable to meet the demanding judicially imposed standard for qualifying as disabled.’’)....
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What’s the difference between the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
QUESTION: What’s the difference between the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?...
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8.2 Overview of Legal Obligations
8.2 Overview of Legal Obligations An individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs is not an "individual with a disability" when the employer acts on the basis...
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3. What if my mental health condition could affect my job performance?
untreated, "substantially limit" your ability to concentrate, interact with others, communicate, eat, sleep, care for yourself, regulate your thoughts or emotions, or do any other "major life activity...
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II. Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations
Constitution and federal law recognize areas of private activity that are not governed by the laws of the United States....
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Reasonable Accommodation
Reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way things are usually done that results in equal employment opportunity for an individual with a disability....
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1134A.8, Item 4
4. Knee and toe space. Knee and toe space shall be provided by one of the following:
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§ 35.151(e) Social service establishments
(e) Social service establishments. Group homes, halfway houses, shelters, or similar social service establishments that provide temporary sleeping accommodations or residential...
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1134A.8, Item 4
4. Knee and toe space. Knee and toe space shall be provided by one of the following:
