Title III Americans with Disabilities Act

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Title IIIAmericans with Disabilities Act

• By Cayt Renelli

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ADA

• Signed into law January 26, 1990
• Estimated 43 million Americans with disabilities
• Bans discrimination based on disability

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Disability

• Caring for ones self
• Performing manual tasks
• Walking
• Seeing
• Hearing
• Speaking
• Breathing
• Learning
• Working

• A person with a physical or mental impairment
  that substantially limits one or more major life
  activities such as

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Who is Covered?

• Public Accommodation
• -Restaurants, Hotels, Theaters
• Commercial Facilities
• -Office buildings, Factories, Warehouses
• Private Entities that offer certain examinations
  and courses related to educational and
  occupational certification
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What Would You Do?
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Modifications

• Install Ramps
• Curb Cuts in Sidewalk
• Reposition Telephone
• Elevators
• Flashing Alarms
• Door Width
• Grab Bars in Restroom

• Reposition Paper Towels
• Carpet Type
• Appropriate door fixtures
• Braille

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Restroom
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Ramps

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Doors Door Handles

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Questions??
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References

• Rankin, James M. and Christopher D. Ingersoll.
  Athletic Training Management Concepts
  and Applications. New York McGraw Hill, 2001.
• Ray, Richard. Management Strategies in Athletic
  Training Third Edition. Illinois Human
  Kinetics, 2005.
• Title III Highlights. U.S. Department of Justice.
  18 Jan. 2005 http//www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/t3highl
  t.htm.
• ADA Title III Business Guide. U.S. Department of
  Justice. 18 Jan. 2005 http//www.thearc.org/ada/a
  daguide.html.
• The Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990. U.S.
  Department of Justice. 18 Jan. 2005
  http//www.thearc.org/faqs/adaqa.html