Questions to Ask for Identifying Communication and Accommodation Needs1 By June Isaacson Kailes, Associate Director Harris Family Center for Disability and Health...
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Questions to Ask for Identifying Communication and Accommodation Needs
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If a state or local authority interprets an accessibility requirement differently than how a comparable requirement in the ADA Standards is interpreted under the ADA (or waives that requirement completely), does this have any bearing on ADA compliance?
While state or local authorities may interpret or waive their own state or local accessibility codes as they see fit, those decisions have no effect on the obligation to comply with requirements...
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4. UNDERSTANDING, REMEMBERING, LEARNING, COMMUNICATING
Difficulty with: Thinking of right words Putting thoughts together Following directions Speaking clearly Patient will need a family...
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Section 1630.9 Not Making Reasonable Accommodation
An employer, for example, may have to provide an individual with a disabling visual impairment with eyeglasses specifically designed to enable the individual to use the office computer monitors...
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Even when designers intuitively believe that ADAAG specifications are not appropriate for older individuals, they don’t have data to suggest what the appropriate solutions would be....
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Speech Disabilities
Speech impairments can be caused by a wide range of conditions, but all result in some level of loss of the ability to speak or to verbally communicate clearly....
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Mental Health Parity Act of 1996
Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 ________________________________________________________________ 9/26/1996 President Bill Clinton signs the Mental Health Parity Act of...
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President’s Panel on Mental Retardation
President’s Panel on Mental Retardation ________________________________________________________________ 1961 President John F. Kennedy creates the President’s Panel on...
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Ensure that people with mental health disabilities or I/DD have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the entities’ programs, services, and activities
Ensure that people with mental health disabilities or I/DD have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the entities’ programs, services, and activities....
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Is DSA aware of existing precedents (potentially from past experience with non-EV accessible parking) to address the factors that would be considered to determine whether compliance with EV accessibility rules would be technically infeasible?
RESPONSE: A request for technical infeasibility is made to and determined by the local jurisdiction. A request for technical infeasibility is site-specific; therefore, there are no...
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Sections §§ 35.108(d)(1)(vii) and 36.105(d)(1)(vii)—Comparison of Individual’s Performance of Major Life Activity Usually Will Not Require Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis
These rules make clear that in most cases, people with impairments will not need to present scientific, medical, or statistical evidence to support their assertion that an impairment is...
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B. Analysis
Criminal justice entities have reviewed their policies, practices, procedures, and standing orders to ensure that they do not discriminate against people with mental health disabilities...
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On Pins and Needles: Caregivers of Adults with Mental Illness
50-page PDF (1.62 MB) February 2016 The research was conducted for NAC by Greenwald & Associates, with study direction by Lisa Weber-Raley. This report outlines findings...
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Other Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities
In addition to people with permanent or long-term disabilities, there are others who have temporary conditions that affect their usual abilities....
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What are disabilities?
The word “disability” means different things to different people – and sometimes people don’t identify as having a disability at all. Rooted in Rights explains....
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1630.9 Not making reasonable accommodation
1630.9 Not making reasonable accommodation.
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§1630.9 Not making reasonable accommodation.
[56 FR 35734, July 26, 1991, as amended at 76 FR 17002, Mar. 25, 2011]
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Introduction
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The Center for START Sevices
The Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability/UCED at the University of New Hampshire is a national initiative that works to strengthen efficiencies and service...
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11B-202.3 Alterations
., people who have hearing impairments or who have vision impairments) to the extent that such accessibility is feasible. ◼ Advisory 11B-202.3 Alterations (seismic strengthening)...
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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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Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Take Responsibility for Your Safety
Their chances of surviving could have significantly improved if evacuation plans had been in place: which included them....
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have...
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AssistiveWare Proloquo2Go
Accessibility Use Hold Duration, Select on Release and switch access to compensate for motor challenges Benefit from auditory fishing and appearance options for vision impairments...
