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Q. May an employer inquire as to whether a prospective employee is disabled?
These provisions of the law are intended to prevent the employer from basing hiring and employment decisions on unfounded assumptions about the effects of a disability....
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11B-233.3.1.2.6.4 Test number three, unusual characteristics test
Unusual characteristics include sites located in a state or federally designated floodplain or coastal high-hazard areas and sites subject to other similar requirements of law or code that...
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Attorney areas and witness stands. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Virtually all of the commenters stated that accessible judicial facilities are crucial to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are afforded due process under law and have an equal...
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National Council on the Handicapped
Part of the government’s obligation, contended the report, was “to develop a comprehensive, internally unified body of disability-related law which guarantees and enforces equal rights and...
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Scope: ADA Standard Section 201.1
Section 201 discusses the scope of the ADA Standards.
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
The guidelines will be mandatory after they are adopted for enforcement by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation under Title II of the ADA....
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‘‘Commerce.’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The use of the phrase ‘‘operations affect commerce’’ applies the full scope of coverage of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution in enforcing the ADA....
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"Existing Facility" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department's enforcement of the ADA is premised on a broad understanding of "existing facilities." The classifications of facilities under the ADA regulation are not static. ...
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Commerce (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The use of the phrase "operations affect commerce'' applies the full scope of coverage of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution in enforcing the ADA....
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1136A.1 Receptacle heights
This section shall not apply to existing buildings when the enforcing agency determines that compliance with these standards would create an unreasonable hardship. ...
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) - Florida
Since that time, there have been many laws enacted to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities. On July 26, 1990, President George H. W....
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5.1 Architectural Barriers Act (ABA).
The four standard-setting agencies (GSA, HUD, USPS, or DOD) establish and enforce standards for design, construction, and alteration of particular types of buildings and facilities....
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§35.131 Illegal Use of Drugs
pursuant to a valid prescription under supervision by a licensed health care professional, or other use that is authorized by the Controlled Substances Act or any other provision of Federal law...
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(B) Staircase replacements are alterations that affect or could affect the usability of a public transportation facility or part thereof.
. § 12147(a) or 49 CFR § 37.43(a); indeed, adding such an element would be inconsistent with Third Circuit case law. See Kinney, 9 F.3d at 1073–74. ...
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Accessibility Stories by Vijay Gupta
I never asked you to – he said, Judge, that’s the law, and the law was passed by Congress, and everybody has to comply with the law – handicapped bathroom within so many feet....
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2.1 Overview.
2.1.1 This chapter provides a framework for understanding the basic requirements of the various laws and regulations, indicating where they overlap and where they vary. ...
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Overview
Title II and title III have no effect on any State or local laws that provide protection for individuals with disabilities at a level greater than or equal to that provided by the ADA....
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R302.5.5 Regulatory Constraints
Where compliance with R302.5.1 or R302.5.2 is precluded by federal, state, or local laws the purpose of which is to preserve threatened or endangered species; the environment; or archaeological...
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1. Mayor's Office On Disability
To ensure that disabled persons have meaningful access to its services and programs consistent with the ADA and state law, the City has created a sophisticated and robust infrastructure,...
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Appoint an ADA Coordinator
Although the law does not refer to this person as an “ADA Coordinator,” this term is commonly used. A public may have more than one ADA Coordinator....
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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?
students without disabilities, although there is nothing in the IDEA that precludes districts from doing so as part of FAPE.41 For a student with a disability who is covered under both laws...
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Thresholds at Exterior Doors/Thresholds to Balconies or Decks
Accordingly, the Guidelines cannot preempt State or local law....
