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Commonly Asked Questions About the Americans with Disabilities Act and Law Enforcement
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§ 36.105(b)(2) Physical or mental impairment includes
as the following: Orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, intellectual disability...
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§ 35.108(b)(2) Physical or mental impairment includes
the following: orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, intellectual disability...
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If Carrier Contends That Attendant Is Required for Safety Reasons and Passenger Disagrees
If your decision is contrary to the self-assessment of the passenger with a disability, then the carrier must not charge for the transportation of the attendant....
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§ 36.105 Definition of ‘‘disability.’’
(i) The definition of ‘‘disability’’ shall be construed broadly in favor of expansive coverage, to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of the ADA....
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Make a Reasonable Effort to Accommodate, Even Without Advance Notice
Make a Reasonable Effort to Accommodate, Even Without Advance Notice In addition, even if a passenger with a disability does not meet the advance notice or check-in requirement, you must...
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E. Attendants
You should know that it is generally not appropriate to require a passenger with a disability to be accompanied by a personal care attendant....
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§ 35.149 Discrimination prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in § 35.150, no qualified individual with a disability shall, because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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Disability.gov
Disability.gov is the federal government website for comprehensive information about disability-related programs, services, policies, laws and regulations. ...
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§35.149 Discrimination prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided in §35.150, no qualified individual with a disability shall, because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities ________________________________________________________________ 3/18/1998 Through Executive Order 13078, President...
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How do I request a reasonable accommodation?
You simply must let your employer know that you need an adjustment or change because of your disability....
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Safety Considerations May Necessitate an Attendant
Safety Considerations May Necessitate an Attendant In the interests of safety, however, you may require that a passenger with a disability travel with an attendant as a condition of receiving...
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1. What is the ADA’s Title II integration mandate, and how does it apply to state and local governments’ employment service systems?
A: The ADA’s integration mandate requires public entities to “administer services, programs, and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals...
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§ 37.5(c)
(c) An entity shall not require an individual with a disability to use designated priority seats, if the individual does not choose to use these seats....
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§ 36.302(f)(8) Prevention of fraudulent purchase of accessible seating
A public accommodation may not require proof of disability before selling a wheelchair space. ...
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Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care - Providing Disability-Competent Primary Care
This is the fourth webinar in Webinar Series #1, "Leading Healthcare Practices and Training: Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care". ...
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Conference Proceedings and Final Passage
The amendment “strikes right to the heart and soul of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” he said....
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Fraudulent purchase of designated accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department continues to believe that requiring an individual to provide proof that he or she is a person with a disability is an unnecessary and burdensome invasion of privacy and may...
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§ 38.97(b)
(b) Where provided, handrails or stanchions shall be sufficient to permit safe boarding, on-board circulation, seating and standing assistance, and alighting by persons with disabilities...
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General Information about Hearing Impairments
it may make communication difficult.[4] The study also found that 30 million Americans (12.7% of the population) had hearing loss in both ears while 48 million Americans (20.3% of the population...
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§ 38.155(b)
provided within passenger compartments, handrails or stanchions shall be sufficient to permit safe on-board circulation, seating and standing assistance, and alighting by persons with disabilities...
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Data Collection Procedures
The playground surface products considered for this study had to initially meet the requirements of the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design and the...
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Sec.36.405 Alterations: Historic preservation
Sec.36.405 Alterations: Historic preservation.
