Sentences with phrase «in accommodating a disability»

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2) The woman in this case is basically arguing that she has a kind of disability, one that the workplace ought to accommodate.

But refusal to accommodate this particular disability wouldn't need to be based in a repressive Victorian view of human sexuality.

How the Liberals are navigating the two sides in the debate is laid out in more than 150 pages of documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the access to information law that outline how the issue is complicated by existing human rights decisions, the requirement to accommodate workers whose addictions constitute a disability, workers» privacy rights and actually proving impairment, particularly from cannabis.

The District participates as a member of the Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA) to work in cooperation with its partner districts to make certain that professional consideration and inclusion is accomplished in accommodating all residents with a disability.

Best of ANC # 17 1 of 3: Modifications to Accommodate Disabilities Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 2:00 pm ET Register for this webinar and learn important updates to requirements related to accommodating children with disabilities participating in the School MeDisabilities Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 2:00 pm ET Register for this webinar and learn important updates to requirements related to accommodating children with disabilities participating in the School Medisabilities participating in the School Meal Programs.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 2:00 pm ET Register for this webinar and learn important updates to requirements related to accommodating children with disabilities participating in the School Meal Programs.

When a Postdoctoral Scholar requests reasonable accommodation for a disability or the University has reason to believe that a reasonable accommodation is needed, the parties will engage in the interactive process, which is an ongoing dialogue between the Postdoctoral Scholar and appropriate University representatives (e.g., supervisor, departmental administrator, Principal Investigator, department or unit head, or vocational rehabilitation counselor) about possible options for reasonably accommodating the Postdoctoral Scholar's disability.

Although awareness of dyslexia is steadily growing due to campaigns by grassroots movements like Decoding Dyslexia and national organizations like the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD), many educators are still unfamiliar with what dyslexia is and how to accommodate it in the classroom.

The nature of chronic illness — and a lot of disabilities — is that it is ever in flux, which both makes it difficult to accommodate and difficult to discuss.

I have also been able to discuss invisible disabilities with various classrooms, which has helped other students with invisible disabilities accommodate and feel comfortable in their own difference.

INTERVIEWER: In 1975 U.S. public schools accommodated only one out of five children with disabilities.

In many cases, public schools simply do not have the facilities or staff to accommodate students with certain disabilities, and those students are sent by the public schools to specialized private schools.

In 1975, public schools in the United States accommodated only 1 out of 5 children with disabilitieIn 1975, public schools in the United States accommodated only 1 out of 5 children with disabilitiein the United States accommodated only 1 out of 5 children with disabilities.

While accommodating the needs of people with disabilities in online learning environments, it also serves as a best practice for creating and developing learning opportunities that are accessible to everyone.

In addition, special education teachers collaborate with teacher assistants, psychologists, and social workers to accommodate requirements of students with disabilities.

One parent described «changing schools because they learned aspects of their child's disability could not be accommodated only after enrolling their child in a school.»

Do you know whether you have any students with disabilities who should be accommodated in your room arrangement or in instruction?

A child may be found eligible for special education and related services as a child with multiple disabilities if there is an adverse effect on the child's educational performance due to documented characteristics of multiple disabilities which are described as simultaneous impairments (Such as intellectual disability with blindness, intellectual disability with orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they can not be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments (this terms does not include deaf - blindness).

SPED 123/223 Methods and Strategies for Exceptional Learners This course is designed for special and general educators, and other professionals who have need of knowledge and experience in adapting and accommodating classroom learning environments (socio - emotional, behavioral, and physical) for students with disabilities.

Certainly, for a school or district to change and accommodate a more inclusive approach to providing services to students with disabilities as well as a host of other «at - risk» students, and do it in a way that ensures the success of all, will require significant restructuring.

In the intermediate term, create or allow teachers to create alternative assessments like those used with students with disabilities to accommodate different ways of demonstrating mastery of a subject.

The Education Department document does strongly indicate that students with disabilities have the right to access separate, competitive sports leagues that can accommodate their disability, whether at school or in the community.

When charter schools fail to accommodate students with special needs, they limit the opportunities of students with disabilities and, at the same time, exacerbate fiscal inequities among different public schools incorporated in the choice system.

The complaint claims choice schools like Messmer, in flagging the limits of their responsibility to accommodate disabled students, are «discouraging or dissuading families of children with disabilities from even seeking to enroll.»

Through training of all air travel personnel who come in day - to - day contact with persons with disabilities, to understand their needs and how they can be accommodated quickly, safely, and with dignity.

The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities.

Must an airline provide me with a seat in a different class of service to accommodate my disability?

It is particularly important to include pet needs in evacuation planning, as many shelters will not be able to accommodate animals other than those assisting people with disabilities.

Should you or any of your fellow travel buddies have some sort of disability there is accommodation to suit those in a wheelchair or other types of mobility issues and we also have Great Barrier Reef tours and rainforest tours that can also accommodate for your individual needs.

I am also very interested in a design that would accommodate someone with a potential disability.

In doing so, you must meet these standards to accommodate the needs of employees and job applicants who have disabilities.

In this case, the Tribunal addressed two applications against a school board in which a parent alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate his children's respective disabilities under Ontario's Human Rights Code (the «Code»In this case, the Tribunal addressed two applications against a school board in which a parent alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate his children's respective disabilities under Ontario's Human Rights Code (the «Code»in which a parent alleged discrimination and failure to accommodate his children's respective disabilities under Ontario's Human Rights Code (the «Code»).

Concluding Keays was dismissed, in part, because he hired a lawyer and to avoid accommodating his disability, an Ontario judge granted him the largest punitive damages award in Canadian employment law history.

This includes dealing with employees in good faith, not subjecting them to workplace harassment, and accommodating their disabilities.

«Barbara in San Luis Obispo,» who may or may not specialize in bathroom law, opined that while handicapped parking spaces are legally reserved for people who have a disability, «handicapped restroom stalls are built to accommodate the disabled — not reserved for them.»

If you have been out of work for a significant period of time due to accident, illness, injury, or disability of any kind, you may also be eligible to change your child support order in order to accommodate your present circumstances.

Tom Stefanik discusses issues in accommodating mental health disabilities and addictions as part of the Torkin Manes LegalPoint Video Series.

They further asserted that the implementation of a 1P1F rule would result in undue and unreasonable hardship to them, including an increase in the financial burden already borne in accommodating persons with disabilities, as well as prejudice to their competitive advantage.

notify current and prospective employees that the organization accommodates the needs of persons with disabilities, e.g. in job postings, and internal employee policies;

Dr. David Lewis, an expert in the economic impact of accommodating the transportation needs of persons with disabilities on both transportation service providers and persons with disabilities.

Furthermore, in certain cases, such as alcohol or substance abuse, an employer may be expected to accommodate the employee since such substance abuse may be a disability that prohibits the employer from terminating the employee under the Human Rights Code or Canadian Human Rights Act.

The LCO Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services aDisabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services and supports.

The judge found that Mr Hardy suffered from chronic pain such that smoking marijuana might relieve it but also that «there is no persuasive evidence before me that smoking marijuana, rather than ingesting it in another form, is necessary to accommodate his disability.»

The OHRC's Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability, released in September 2016, updated the policy and guidelines on disability and the duty to accommodate of 2001; at 99 pages, it is two and a half times as long as the version released 15 years earlier.

The policy statement refers to the OHRC's updated policy on the duty to accommodate disabilities and protect the disabled against discrimination that was released last year, noting the role of medical professionals in the accommodation process and the type and scope of medical information needed to give employers.

In an attempt to accommodate her disability, the School Board and the employee agreed upon an exposure control plan that would allow the employee to take steps to minimize her allergic reaction, including leaving the workplace if necessary.

Fittingly, on November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered a landmark decision in Moore v. British Columbia (Education) affirming that students with learning disabilities have a right to an education, and to be accommodated when accessing that right when there is a need.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the «Tribunal») found that the School Board discriminated against Ms. Fair on the basis of disability by failing to accommodate her starting in April 2003.

At the Court of Appeal, UBC alleged that the Tribunal had made several errors of fact and law, including in refusing to consider modifications of the residency program as relevant to finding that disability was a factor in Dr. Kelly's adverse treatment and in considering both the procedural and substantive elements of the duty to accommodate.