Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Event Replay Channel
Kenneth Saunders, Director of the Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs, educates us about the Americans with Disabilities Act, what it provides, what a reasonable accommodation is, and helpful information to utilize these services. Timestamps coming soon. Visit youreyes.org for more information.
0:00:00 Opening Announcements
0:04:00 Introductions (Dr. Nguyen, Dr. Alibhai, Ken Saunders)
0:06:45 Presentation Begins
0:07:30 What is the ADA?, Who is a qualified individual?
0:11:30 How is a person without a disability covered by ADA?
0:14:00 What locations/businesses must abide by ADA?
0:16:30 Basics of reasonable accommodations
0:32:00 Who is exempt from ADA?
0:38:00 Buildings and ADA
0:42:30 Q&A
0:43:15 Commuting and reasonable accommodations?
0:49:00 Some gray areas in the previous questions
0:51:30 How to justify shortfalls?
0:54:30 Hearing aids and reasonable accommodation process?
0:57:40 Federal v. state v. private jobs and ADA
1:02:30 Where to go with employment issues?
1:07:00 How to advocate for self v. without using accommodations
1:11:20 Open conversation about topic