PreClinical Lab OCCT 2004: Americans
with Disabilities Act ppt (Exam 3/ Final)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), also known as ____________ was enacted by Congress and
was signed by President Bush in 1990,
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PreClinical Lab OCCT 2004: Americans
with Disabilities Act ppt (Exam 3/ Final)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), also known as ____________ was enacted by Congress and
was signed by President Bush in 1990,
Public Law 101-336 -✔✔
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), also known as Public Law 101-336 was enacted by Congress
and was signed by __________ in ________
President Bush
1990 -✔✔
A law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable
accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in
employment.
Americans with Disabilities Act -✔✔
civil rights act for the disabled
The ADA has also been called the _____________, because it extends to people with disabilities the
SAME/DIFFERENT civil rights protection guaranteed under the law to people on the basis of race, creed,
sex, national origin and religion.
same -✔✔
The ADA:
protects disabled US citizens from ____________
provides ____________ to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, public
accommodations, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications.
Under the prior law, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (in this piece of legislation used the
term handicapped - now it is worded the individual with a disability), which prohibited discrimination
against persons with disabilities by entities that receive _______________
discrimination
comprehensive protection
federal funds. -✔✔
The ADA provides comprehensive protection to individuals with disabilities in the areas of
employment
public accommodations
transportation
state and local government services and telecommunications. -✔✔
15 -✔✔ If the business does not employ ________ or more employees then they are not required to
follow legislation
15
state local
public accomodation -✔✔ The ADA Prohibits discrimination by:
All employers with ______ or more employees
All _______ and ___________ government services
All places of ____________
regardless of wether or not -✔✔ The ADA applies ONLY IF/REGARDLESS OF WETHER OR NOT they
receive federal funding
disability -✔✔ Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the
individual's "major life activities" or
Has a record of such an impairment, or
Is regarded as having such an impairment
Contagious/noncontagious disease
Speech/hearing impairments
Cerebral palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, epilepsy, cancer, MR, emotional illness, learning disability -✔✔
Examples of impairments
She uses a wheelchair -✔✔ Change the statement to reflect People First Language: She is wheelchair
bound.
Self care
Walking, seeing, breathing, speaking, hearing, learning, working -✔✔ Examples of major life activities
Title I -✔✔ Section of ADA that concerns employment
Title II -✔✔ Section of ADA that covers public services
Title III -✔✔ Section of ADA that covers public accommodations
Title IV -✔✔ Section of ADA that relates to telecommunications
Title V -✔✔ Section of ADA that wide range of other topics concerning the implementation of the law
American with Disabilities Act of 1990 -✔✔ A 23-year-old adult who uses a wheelchair for mobility is
going to have lunch at the cafeteria, which is in the oldest building on campus. When the student gets to
the building, she notices an updated entrance that has an automatic door. This entrance allows her to
enter the building independently. Which law was most likely the basis of this entrance being installed?
employment provisions -✔✔ Title I of ADA deals with
Title I -✔✔ Title that Prohibits employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against
employees and applicants with disabilities
job application procedures
hiring
firing
advancement
compensation -✔✔ (Title I)
The ADA prohibits discrimination in all employment practices, including
qualified individual with a disability -✔✔ a person who meets legitimate skill, experience, education, or
other requirements of an employment position that s/he holds or seeks, and who can perform the
essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
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