AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

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AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

• Title I Employment
• Title II State Local Government Services
• Title III Public Accommodations
• including transportation services
• Title IV Telecommunications
• Title V Miscellaneous Provisions
• including attorneys' fees

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TITLE I EMPLOYMENT

• Covers employers with 15 employees a/o July 26,
  1994 enforced by the Equal Employment
  Opportunities Commission (EEOC) remedies include
• injunction,
• reinstatement,
• back pay,
• lt300,000 in damages for intentional
  discrimination,
• reasonable attorney's fees

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IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

• qualified individuals with a disability - those
  who can perform the essential functions of a job
  with or without reasonable accommodations
• reasonable accommodations - changes in the work
  environment or in the way things are usually
  done...determined on a case-by-case basis and
  must be effective to afford applicant or employee
  an equal employment opportunity

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IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

• undue hardship - is a defense for noncompliance
  with the reasonable accommodation requirement
  involves analysis of several factors, including
  the size of the employer, number of employees,
  and number of work sites
• direct threat - a person who poses a direct
  threat to the health or safety of himself/herself
  or others, determined on a case-by-case basis
  using competent medical or other evidence, is not
  a qualified individual with a disability.

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1994 HARRIS SURVEY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• DISABLED PERSONS
• INCOME
• lt15,000 40
• gt50,000 10

• NON-DISABLED
• INCOME
• lt15,000 18
• gt50,000 22

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1994 HARRIS SURVEY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• DISABLED PERSONS
• SATISFIED WITH LIFE
• 35

• NON-DISABLED
• SATISFIED WITH LIFE
• 55