ADA flashcard

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How does the ADA define an "Individual with a disability?"

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A person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of that individual, a person who has a record of the impairment, or a person who is perceived as having an impairment.

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Which of the following are key requirements of the ADA? Effective Communication, equal access to products, services, and facilities, effective communication and equal access to products, services, and facilities, none of the answer

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effective communication and equal access to products, services, and facilities

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What types of accommodations are required by the ADA?

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Physical accommodations such as available handicapped parking spaces and accessible facilities, ATM accommodations such as meeting height and reach requirements and providing speech output, communication accommodations, for example, acceptance of calls through relay services and accessible websites.

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An accommodation is defined as

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A reasonable change or adjustment that allows individuals with disabilities to perform tasks or access information customary for non disabled individuals

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The ADA was enacted

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in 1990 and to require businesses to ensure that people with disabilities are treated equally and fairly.

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The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in: employment, state and local governments, public accommodations and transportation, telecommunication, all of the answers

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all of the answers

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The ADA is built on principles of: equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, economic self sufficiency.

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all of the answers

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An impairment must be permanent to be considered a disability

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False

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Someone who cannot read because they left school early can be considered a person with a disability under the ADA because she/he/they cannot perform the major life activity of reading

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False

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If a separate of special program is offered, individuals with disabilities are required to use them and may not insist on participating on programs that are offered for individuals without disabilities

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False