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Accommodating educators with disabilities

Posted on September 10, 2024

As the school year begins, educators with disabilities may realize they need job accommodations. Both educators and employers can check out the recent newsletter from the Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Job Accommodation Network (JAN) for resources and guidance on important accommodation-related topics like disclosure, requests, and different types of workplace accommodations.

Remote participation as a reasonable accommodation for public meetings in California

Posted on September 3, 2024

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an Attorney General Opinion stating that remote participation in public meetings can be a reasonable accommodation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The July 24 opinion will allow many individuals with disabilities to join and rejoin local boards and commissions. During the pandemic, public meetings took...

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on adopting accessibility standards for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way

Posted on September 3, 2024

On August 22, 2024, the United States Department of Transportation published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Adoption of Accessibility Standards for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG). The Department wants to update its rules that apply the transportation provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This proposed rule would adopt...

U.S. Access Board seeks public comment on proposed rule for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations

Posted on September 3, 2024

On September 3, the U.S. Access Board published a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA) that talk about the accessibility of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. This proposed rule provides specifications...

ABM agrees to pay $52,000 to settle EEOC disability charge

Posted on August 27, 2024

ABM Industry Groups has agreed to pay $52,000 to a worker who is deaf and take other actions following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The worker received a job offer from ABM to work as a warehouse cleaner in a client facility.  After the worker asked for an accommodation, ABM...

Share your experience with accessibility while flying

Posted on August 26, 2024

Do you use a wheelchair or scooter and have traveled by air or have traveled with a mobility device user on an airplane? Researchers want to hear about your experiences. A new study by the Human Engineering Research Laboratories wants to “estimate pent-up demand” among mobility device users and caregivers to travel by air and...

Accommodating employees with gender dysphoria

Posted on August 26, 2024

Gender dysphoria may be a protected disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. For some people whose gender identity is different than their assigned sex at birth, the experience may cause a lot of distress or they may have a hard time functioning, including at work. They may experience symptoms of depression, chronic anxiety, and...

AI and Disability Inclusion Toolkit

Posted on August 15, 2024

The Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology has a new resource, the AI & Disability Inclusion Toolkit. It provides information for businesses including: How artificial intelligence (AI) works, How it is being used for employment-related purposes, such as screening job applicants and monitoring employee actions, The  risks of discriminating against people with disabilities and other...

New fact sheet: Enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act

Posted on August 15, 2024

The ADA National Network has a new fact sheet, Enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It reviews how the ADA is enforced and which federal agencies are responsible for enforcing the different titles! This resource is helpful for those who: Are just learning about the ADA, Want to learn more about the law, or...

2024 National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) poster

Posted on August 15, 2024

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has released its 2024 NDEAM poster for download. Printed posters will be coming soon. There is also a poster version that organizations can change, so they can make it their own! Spanish versions of both NDEAM posters are available too. NDEM celebrates the value and talent workers with...

Title II Rule to improve access to medical care for people with disabilities published

Posted on August 9, 2024

On August 9, 2024, the Federal Register published the Department of Justice’s final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to improve access to medical diagnostic equipment (MDE) for people with disabilities. MDE includes equipment like: Medical examination tables, Weight scales, Dental chairs, X-ray machines and Mammography machines. The rule puts...

Video on Long COVID accommodations

Posted on August 2, 2024

Symptoms of Long COVID may qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.  People with Long COVID can request reasonable accommodations in the workplace so they can continue to work while managing their symptoms.  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created a short video with important information about this topic.

Supporting digital accessibility in the workplace

Posted on August 2, 2024

The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)  has a new resource, “Supporting Digital Accessibility in the Public and Private Sectors." It reviews research-based strategies and practices that help organizations improve digital accessibility.  When organizations in the public and private sectors take into account the experiences of applicants and employees with disabilities, they...

CDC data shows over 70 million U.S. adults reported having a disability

Posted on August 2, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the yearly update to the Disability and Health Data System, providing quick and easy online access to state-level health data on adults with disabilities. The latest data, from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, show that more than 1 in 4—over 70 million—adults in the...

Justice Department reached agreement with Los Angeles County to increase accessibility for voters with disabilities

Posted on August 1, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California reached an agreement with Los Angeles County, California. They settled the Department’s lawsuit that the County violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying voters with mobility and vision disabilities an equal opportunity to vote....