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ADA Frequently Asked Questions

Category: Title I: Employment

Question: #4

What is a Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Answer:

A reasonable accommodation is any change in the work environment or in the way a job is performed that enables a person with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities. There are three categories of "reasonable accommodations":

Changes to a job application process
Changes to the work environment or to the way a job is usually done
Changes that enable an employee with a disability to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment (such as access to training).

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General

1. What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

2. What is the Definition of a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Title I: Employment

3. How are individuals with disabilities protected from discrimination in the workplace?

4. What is a Reasonable Accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

5. How must an individual request a reasonable accommodation?

6. What must an employer do after receiving a request for reasonable accommodation?

7. Must an employer provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?

8. How quickly must an employer respond to a request for reasonable accommodation?

9. Is restructuring a job a reasonable accommodation?

10. Is providing leave necessitated by an employee's disability a form of reasonable accommodation?

11. May an employer apply a "no-fault" leave policy, under which employees are automatically terminated after they have been on leave for a certain period of time, to an employee with a disability who needs additional leave?

12. When an employee requests leave as a reasonable accommodation; may an employer provide an accommodation that requires him/her to remain on the job instead?

13. Is a modified or part-time schedule a reasonable accommodation?

14. Is it a reasonable accommodation to modify a workplace policy because of an employee's disability?

15. Does an employer have to reassign to a vacant position an employee who can no longer perform his/her job because of a disability?

16. Does a reasonable accommodation include changing a person's supervisor?

17. Are there certain things that are not considered reasonable accommodations and are therefore not required?

18. May an employer tell other employees that someone is receiving a reasonable accommodation?

19. May an employer ask whether a reasonable accommodation is needed when an employee with a disability has not asked for one?

20. What is undue Hardship?

Title II: State & Local Governments

21. Does the ADA apply to State and Local Governments?

22. Are there any limitations on the program accessibility requirement for a State or Local Government?

23. Is a city required to modify its policies whenever requested in order to accommodate individuals with disabilities?

24. How does Title II affect participation in a State or Local Government's programs, activities, and services?

25. Does Title II cover a public entity's employment policies and practices?

26. How will the A D A 's requirements for State and Local Governments be enforced?

Title III: Places of Public Accommodations

27. What are public accommodations?

28. What kinds of auxiliary aids and services are required by the ADA to ensure effective communication with individuals with hearing or vision impairments?

29. Are there any limitations on the ADA's auxiliary aids requirements?

30. Are restaurants required to have brailled menus?

Title IV: Telecommunications

31. My company's technical support clerks have been receiving many calls from an individual using Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). These calls come from 1 individual who is deaf and the calls take a long time using the relay operator. Can I tell this individual that he is limited to 1 call a week and refuse his relay calls if there are more than one?

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions

32. Is an individual only allowed to file complaints with a Federal agency or file a lawsuit in order to settle a issue regarding a violation of the ADA?

Last Updated on:
Mon Jan 28, 2019