The financial burdens of medical care can make it difficult for many students with disabilities to pursue higher education – a harsh reality that can lead to lifelong disadvantages....
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A Guide on How to Get Scholarships and Grants for Students with Disabilities
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Service Animals
The task(s) performed by the dog must be directly related to the person’s disability....
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Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) Informational Video
Take a moment to learn about WWRC.
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ADA25: Cindy's Story
Cindy has lived in Alabama since 1978. She went blind at the age of 19 and attended a rehabilitation center to learn blindness skills in order to live as an independent person. She...
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ADA25: Jerry's Story
Jerry is a 55 year old retired computer programmer who was born and raised in the greater Birmingham, Alabama area. Though retired, Jerry still works as a coach of Junior wheelchair...
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3.3 What Is a Reasonable Accommodation?
Reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment to a job, the work environment, or the way things usually are done that enables a qualified individual with a disability to enjoy...
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IRS Videos in ASL: IRS Tax Help for People With Disabilities (Captions & Audio)
Published on Feb 22, 2018 Find out what tax help is available for people with disabilities on the IRS website. Get more information at https://www.irs.gov/accessible...
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382.121 What mobility aids and other assistive devices may passengers with a disability bring into the aircraft cabin?
382.121 What mobility aids and other assistive devices may passengers with a disability bring into the aircraft cabin?...
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IV. Summary of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
with disabilities are a discrete and insular minority.’’ 154 Cong....
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Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Job Accommodation Network (JAN), is funded by the Department of Labor to provide advice on accommodating employees with disabilities....
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25. Need for Return Trip Assistance
A passenger with a disability may need assistance for a return trip when he or she did not need that assistance on the initial trip....
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Personal Assistant (Full Version)
Published on Sep 26, 2012 Youth with disabilities discuss how they use personal assistance services (PAS) and what's involved in finding and managing their own services....
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4. Tips for People with Mobility Disabilities
Accessibility issues and barriers are different for each individual, but some barriers are common for people with mobility disabilities....
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ADA Coverage of Housing
In the private sector, the ADA’s coverage of housing is limited to places of public accommodation, such as social service establishments and housing provided on or behalf a place of education...
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21. New construction
Section 104.23 requires that all new facilities, as well as alterations that could affect access to and use of existing facilities, be designed and constructed in a manner so as to...
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§104.23 New construction.
[45 FR 30936, May 9, 1980; 45 FR 37426, June 3, 1980, as amended at 55 FR 52138, 52141, Dec. 19, 1990]
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Service Animals
assignment, you should be aware that, depending on whether the carrier provides advance seat assignments and the type of seating method it uses, it may have a policy requiring passengers with a disability...
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Section 1630.2(o) Reasonable Accommodation
as are enjoyed by employees without disabilities....
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TTY Use
The individuals and disability organizations that commented on this issue mostly supported all of our proposals....
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ADA25: #2 of 25 -- Passage of the ADA
People with disabilities advocated for equal rights for a long time....
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When I Walk (Official Trailer) - A film by Jason DaSilva and Alice Cook
In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach with family when, suddenly, he fell down. He couldn't get back up. His legs had stopped working; his disease could no...
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Three: Is the limitation on any major life activity substantial?
ruled that, if an impairment does not substantially limit one or more major life activities because of a mitigating measure an individual is using, the impairment may not qualify as a disability...
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Sections 35.108(f) and 36.105(f)—Is Regarded as Having Such an Impairment
It is not a defense to coverage that the skin rash was objectively transitory and minor because the covered entity took the prohibited action based on a perceived impairment, HIV, that is...
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Reservations
Understanding what constitutes an accessible feature and how each feature serves guests with disabilities will enable staff to provide essential information to customers....
