Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania provides a wide range of services to support people with developmental delays, disabilities and other special needs – and their families – in the Lehigh...
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2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania
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Easterseals Louisiana
Mission & Vision Easterseals Louisiana is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities achieve independence...
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Easter Seals Wyoming
Our mission Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain is a private, nonprofit organization serving children and adults with autism and other disabilities, along with disadvantaged...
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Easterseals North Texas
Who We Are Easterseals North Texas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving children and adults with disabilities and other special needs locally since 1939....
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Easterseals Bay Area
Who We Are Easterseals Bay Area is at the forefront of care for people with autism and other developmental disabilities....
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Easter Seals El Mirador
Easter Seals has been helping individuals with disabilities and special needs, and their families, live better lives for over 90 years....
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Communicating with People with Disabilities: Accessible Places
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Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia Inc.
Together We Achieve Better Days Easterseals UCP creates opportunities, promotes individual choice, and changes the lives of children and adults with disabilities by maximizing their individual...
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Easterseals of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties
Our Mission Easterseals of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties provides exceptional services to children and adults, and specifically those with disabilities, so they can live,...
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Easterseals New Hampshire
Our Purpose For 80 years, Easterseals NH has provided exceptional services to ensure we change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound, positive differences...
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Easter Seals West Kentucky
Our mission Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our...
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Easterseals Capital Region & Eastern Connecticut
What We Do Easterseals serves 1.4 million children and adults with disabilities and their families, offering a wide range of services at 74 affiliates nationwide....
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Rooted in Rights
Rooted in Rights's mission is to tell authentic, accessible stories that empower our community to advocate for disability rights. ...
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3. What does it mean for a public school district to give “primary consideration” to the request of the student with a disability when making the decision to provide a particular auxiliary aid or service?
or guardian) to request the aid or service the student with a disability thinks is needed to provide effective communication....
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Human Growth Foundation
The Human Growth Foundation is a voluntary, non-profit organization whose mission is to help children, and adults with disorders of growth and growth hormone through research,...
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Easterseals Southern California
Our purpose is to change the way the world defines and views disability by making profound, positive differences in people’s lives every day....
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Easterseals Rhode Island
The Easterseals RI Story Easterseals RI provides exceptional services to ensure that children and young adults with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities...
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Easterseals Maine
Our Mission Easterseals provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and...
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35. Must an employer withhold discipline or termination of an employee who, because of a disability, violated a conduct rule that is job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity?
An employer may discipline an employee with a disability for engaging in such misconduct if it would impose the same discipline on an employee without a disability....
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Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
Final Regulatory Assessment And Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations— Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning...
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Easter Seals North Georgia
Who We Are Easter Seals North Georgia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving children with disabilities and their families locally for over 50 years....
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Ability Alliance of West Alabama, Inc.
Our mission is to positively affect the quality of life for persons with intellectual disabilities by helping to ensure that appropriate and quality services are available and accessible...
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Wheeling Forward
We help people with disabilities experience life to the fullest and enable them to see possibility where others see insurmountable obstacles....
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Disability Training Materials and Helpful Information: from the U.S. Department of Transportation
Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (AEP) and Office of Transportation Policy have developed informative modular programs that can be used to assist individuals with disabilities...
