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What
is the ADA?
The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the following:
- Employment
- State and Local Government
- Public Accommodations
- Commercial Facilities
- Transportation
- Telecommunications
- United States Congress.
To be protected under the law, a person must have a disability or have
a relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
While the ADA does not specifically name all of the disabilities that
are covered, they define an individual with a disability as:
- A person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more major life activities
- A person who has a history or record of an impairment
- A person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment
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What
does the ADA include?
Please click below to link
to further information.
Title
I and V: Employment
Title II: State and
Local Government Activities and Public Transportation
Title III: Public
Accommodations
Title
IV: Telecommunications Relay Services
For additional helpful links, please visit our
Links page.
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What
are your responsibilities as hearing individuals or organizations?
If you are an individual or business trying to work with a Deaf or hard
of hearing person, DHCC can assist you by designing a sensitivity training
program (Link to Education>Sensitivity Training) to explain the following:
- Deaf and hard of hearing cultures
- How to communicate with Deaf and hard of
hearing people
- Your responsibilities under the law
View Other Helpful Information:
What is Interpreting?
How
to Work with an Interpreter
How
to Schedule an Interpreter
Deaf/Hearing
Team
Support Deaf and hard of hearing people in your workplace:
Request a DHCC Interpreter
Sign up for an ASL Class
Request DHCC Sensitivity Training
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