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III-1.7000 Relationship to title II
ILLUSTRATION 3: A private, nonprofit corporation operates a number of group homes under contract with a State agency for the benefit of individuals with mental disabilities....
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I. Introduction to the Study
would suggest that in the leisure environment of the playground, a child with a disability can be challenged, take risks and learn the difference between his ability and his functional impairment...
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Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities - Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Aurora, CO
Over 29 million people in the U.S. have a cognitive disability such as intellectual disability, brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and serious, persistent mental illness....
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Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) - White Plains, NY
WILC serves people of all ages with all physical and mental disabilities, their families, business and industry, local government agencies, human service organizations, school personnel,...
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Notes
Example: Some people with severely impaired vision can drive safely so long as they use specially prescribed optical aids....
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8. May an employer tell employees who ask why their co-worker is allowed to do something that generally is not permitted (such as working at home or working a modified schedule) that she is receiving a reasonable accommodation?
If other employees ask why he has a smartphone and they do not, the employer may not divulge any information about the impairment, including the fact that the smartphone is a reasonable...
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3. Does My Client Need to Have a Particular Condition to Get a Reasonable Accommodation?
Additionally, an individual may qualify for a reasonable accommodation if he or she has had a substantially limiting impairment in the past. ...
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Q2: What is the Amendments Act?
It is the intent of the legislation to establish a degree of functional limitation required for an impairment to constitute a disability that is consistent with what Congress originally...
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ENSURING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
For example, individuals with severe vision impairments, certain developmental disabilities, or epilepsy are ineligible in many states to receive a driver’s license. ...
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30. Treatment of students
first floor of the science building to accommodate students in wheelchairs, it would be a violation of this paragraph for the college to concentrate handicapped students with no mobility impairments...
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18. Preemployment inquiries
For example, an employer may not ask on an employment form if an applicant is visually impaired but may ask if the person has a current driver's license (if that is a necessary qualification...
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7.1 Characterizing Facilities
What this observation suggests is that people who install, or maintain, ALS required specific training focused on the listening needs of hearing-impaired people....
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24. TRAINING FOR OWNED HOTELS, MANAGED HOTELS, AND JOINT VENTURE HOTELS
features, the provision and use of roll-in showers with fold-down seats, the provision and use of removable tub seats, and operation of communications equipment for individuals with hearing impairments...
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A. GENERAL NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS
excluding individuals with disabilities from, denying them the benefits of, or otherwise subjecting them to discrimination or that have the purpose or effect of defeating or substantially impairing...
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Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
Davis, 442 U.S. 397 (1979) (Section 504 does not prohibit a college from excluding a person with a serious hearing impairment as not qualified where accommodating the impairment would require...
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John Brabyn, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Center on Low Vision and Blindness (NIDRR), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Building Sight: A handbook of building and interior design solutions to include the needs of visually impaired people....
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Chapter 1: Background
Access Board is interested in gathering additional data on transfers to develop guidelines (e.g. design criteria) for the purposes of enhancing accessibility for persons with mobility impairments...
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25. Evaluation and placement
Subparagraph (3) requires a recipient to administer tests to a student with impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills in whatever manner is necessary to avoid distortion of the test results...
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3.1 Comparison of Our Sample to U.S. Population of WhMD Users
In terms of the medical conditions, Kaye et al. (2000) reported orthopedic impairments of the lower extremity (17% when combined with arthritis and other polyarthritis to conform with the...
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224 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
New 9.2.2(8) Sleeping room accommodations for persons with hearing impairments required by 9.1 and complying with 9.3 shall be provided in the accessible sleeping room...
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(i) and 36.105(d)(1)(i)—Broad Construction, Not a Demanding Standard
These provisions are also rooted in the Findings and Purposes of the ADA Amendments Act, in which Congress instructed that ‘‘the question of whether an individual’s impairment is a disability...
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Section 2: References
Structural impairments that limit access to health care for patients with disabilities. JAMA. 2007;297(10):1121-1125. 10....
