Sentences with phrase «against people with disabilities»

Businesses that serve the public can't discriminate against people with disabilities.

It is the failure to accommodate needs to the point of undue hardship which results in discrimination against persons with disabilities.

This week we focus on the prevention of violence against people with disabilities.

According to the study, students who reported having a learning disability perceived more bias against people with disabilities on their campus than those who reported no disability.

The way we practice law is in itself discriminatory against people with disabilities.

The ADA makes it unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act: Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities.

Mrs Carmichael complained that changes to housing benefit unlawfully discriminate against people with disabilities who have a need for an additional bedroom because of that disability.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and amendments prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities by Federal agencies and their funding recipients in any program or activity.

The UM Book of Discipline's homophobia is highly offensive, and other slurs against people with disabilities, or of racial and ethnic groups (all of these communities overlap and intersect / contain LGBT persons) wouldn't be allowed, so why is this?

The MTA discriminates against people with disabilities because of its widespread lack of elevators and electric lifts in the subway system, rendering it significantly more inaccessible than other cities with large public transportation systems, according to two lawsuits filed yesterday.

In 2012, for example, 1.3 million violent crimes — including rape and physical assault — occurred against people with disabilities and that number has been steadily increasing since 2008, making people with disabilities one of the most harmed groups in the United States.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky may take criminal action against a nursing home staff member if a crime was committed against a person with a disability.

Lorna Turnbull, dean of Manitoba's Robson Hall Law School, confesses while her school must adhere to the province's human rights laws that preclude discriminating against people with disabilities for any reason, she's powerless to control how the LSAT is applied.

Canada's recent response to United Nations concerns over the discriminatory conduct of Canada Immigration against people with disabilities was to say that the excessive demand regime was under review.

When asked earlier this week about the Government's intended response to last year's Senate Committee Inquiry that uncovered appalling instances of violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability, a spokeswoman for the Federal Social Services Minister said the Government was taking the inquiry's findings and recommendations into account, as it developed a quality framework for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities.

Operate an online complaint system for identifying and redressing discrimination against persons with disabilities in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance from DOT.

On November 2, lawyers from Miami Law's Health Rights Clinic, with Florida Legal Services and the Community Justice Project, sued DCF and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the Miami Workers Center, New Florida Majority, and a class of disabled individuals claiming that the system discriminated against persons with disabilities who could not endure these conditions.

In this guidance, OCR reiterated that Section 504 prohibits public charter schools and other recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating against persons with disabilities in recruiting and enrolling students.

While the ability to correct devastating disabilities and diseases is an admirable goal, we can never as a society find excuses for neglecting or otherwise discriminating against persons with disabilities.

Following a class - action lawsuit alleging that the MTA discriminates against people with disabilities, Comptroller Scott Stringer's office undertook its own audit of a random sample of the subway system's escalators and elevators.

The government accuses Glenwood of being in violation of Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements and «unlawfully discriminated against persons with disabilities... by failing to design and construct Liberty Plaza so as to be accessible to persons with disabilities.»

He said by this singular demonstration, the NDC was out to abolish all forms of discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), adding that what physically challenged persons needed was support and not mere sympathy.

Section 504 is Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act and it was through a simple reauthorization of that piece of legislation that advocates were successful in putting in just one clause in that, in that law which was that basically that any entity that received federal funds that discriminated against people with disabilities, that that was illegal.

The Department is committed to building an accessible transportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities.

It also issues regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems; assures lack of discrimination against people with disabilities; promotes intermodal transportation; issues licenses for commercial expendable space launch vehicle operations and encourages minority enterprises in transportation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is fully committed to building an accessible transportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and prevents discrimination against persons with disabilities.

This decision has made it much easier for states to pass laws that discriminate against people with disabilities.

We often talk about how the law discriminates against people with disabilities.

But not much attention is given to how the structure of practicing law discriminates against people with disabilities.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

It discriminates against people with disabilities (by creating more barriers); it increases costs (by forcing people to take time out of their day or pay someone); and it hinders the development of an electronic document system.

There are also other laws, state laws, and federal laws that prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities.

The Americans With Disabilities Act («ADA») prohibits employment discrimination against persons with disabilities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that you not discriminate against people with disabilities and that you make reasonable accommodations for a disabled employee.

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities, including in the real estate industry.

The administrative law judge found the landlord liable for violating the Fair Housing Act, enjoined him from further discrimination against persons with disabilities, and awarded damages against the landlord for economic loss, emotional distress, civil penalties and court costs.

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in commercial facilities and places of public accommodation.