The ADA and Personnel Training. Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Series (original) (raw)

The ADA and Personnel Training

2011

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation that extends the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and age to persons with disabilities. Because the ADA covers all aspects of participation in society, such as employment, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications, its impact is felt in business organizations in multiple ways. Businesses are covered by the ADA both as employers and as providers of goods and services. It is therefore important that each business organization equip its employees for compliance with the ADA by providing appropriate information and personnel training on the ADA's requirements, its relevance to the functioning of the organization as a whole, and the responsibilities of specific personnel. Which Personnel in our Organization Should Receive ADA Training? The impact of the ADA is broad. Everyone in your organization would find information and training on the ADA relevant to their jobs. General information could be useful to all employees, informing them of their rights and obligations under the ADA.

Federal Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1991-94

1994

This report assesses federal efforts to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during its first four years as law. The report begins by describing the politics and the players in the passage and implementation of the ADA and then discusses how technical assistance precedes enforcement of ADA. Complaints filed under the ADA and the

Sharing the Dream: Is the ADA Accommodating All? A Report on the Americans with Disabilities Act

2000

This report, generated by a Congressional hearing, analyzes the goals intended for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the impact on those it was intended to protect. It also discusses the practical effects of the ADA, recent Supreme Court decisions and judicial trends in ADA enforcement, substance abuse and the ADA, and the ADA's coverage of individuals with psychiatric and mental disabilities. The report concludes with a chapter of findings and recommendations of the Commission on Civil Rights. These recommendations include: (1) restoring the intended vision of the ADA; (2) providing adequate resources to those agencies charged with enforcing its provisions; (3) enhancing education for individuals and businesses as to rights and responsibilities created by the ADA; (4) providing further incentives through the Social Security Administration for individuals with disabilities to return to the workforce; and (5) providing economic incentives for businesses that make facilities accessible or accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individual chapters discuss the road to the ADA, the effects of the ADA, judicial trends in ADA enforcement, substance abuse under the ADA, psychiatric disabilities and the ADA, and findings and recommendations. (Individual chapters contain references.) (DB)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Feature Issue

Impact, 1993

This feature issue focuses on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), with articles discussing provisions of the ADA and its impact on people with developmental disabilities. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The ADA: What Does INSTITUTE ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION COLLEGE OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Feature Issue on the ADA Volume 5 (4) Winter 1992-93 I on000"1 7; The ADA promises all persons with disabilities access to opportunities and supports like those available to Stephanie Evelo. Pictured here at her workplace, she also attends technical college and is working toward supported independent living.

Assistive Technology, Accommodations, and the Americans with Disabilities Act

2001

This brochure on Assistive Technology, Accommodations, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is one of a series on human resources practices and workplace accommodations for persons with disabilities edited by Susanne M. Bruyère, Ph.D., CRC, SPHR, Director, Program on Employment and Disability, School of Industrial and Labor Relations - Extension Division, Cornell University. Cornell University was funded in the