Americans with disabilities Act. Diplomatura en Ingles juridico. U.C.C- Adela Perez del Viso. 2021. Unidad VI. Persons with Disability. Older Persons.

1. RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED.
RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS
DIPLOMATURA EN INGLES
JURIDICO PARA
DERECHOS HUMANOS
Adela Perez del Viso
Universidad Catolica de Cuyo sede
San Luis.
Legal English- August 2021

2. “Empowering Employees with Disabilities”.
(FROM YOUTUBE)
FIRST ACTIVITY:
Watching Activity

3. “Empowering Employees
with Disabilities”.
(FROM YOUTUBE)
The video is related to the fact that lifelong intellectual
disabilities often can hinder a person's
ability to acquire skills or get a job. But the people who
run the Wildflower Company (A Company located near
Washington DC) have made a special effort to hire
people with disabilities.
Amy Katz, the narrator of this video, has visited
"Wildflower" and has learned that the company gives its
employees real marketable skills, and that the
Company sends them home with more than
just a paycheck.

4. Options, to fill in the gaps:

5. Fill in the gaps…
Wildflour is a 1) ……………………………………
business in Virginia,
where more than half of the
2)……………………………………..
employees have intellectual disabilities.
The non-profit corporation trains them to work in
3)……………………………..
The employees make
4)…………………………………….., 7. 50
dollars an hour, and Wildflour offers some time
off for
5)……………………………………. .

6. Fill in the gaps…
Paul Miller: “They love 6)……………………………. , they
7)……………………………… , and 8)……………………………
that you
wouldn´t believe.”
9)…………………………………………………. , who trains them to
pack biscuits, 10)…………………………… :
They teach me more than I teach them. They are very
11)………………………………… , they
are very 12)………………………………………. .
They are 13)………………………… all the time.

7. Fill in the gaps…
Jonh Stephens, who has 16)…………………… ,
says: this job is the key to 17)……………………….
all kinds of 18)……………………. John has worked
for Wilflower since 19)……………………….
.Stephens says he wants to be an
20)……………………………… .
Nevertheless, meanwhile, he works as a chef

8. The Americans
with Disabilities Act
REGULATIONS IN U.S.A.:

9. Purpose of the ADA
Extends protection to persons with
disabilities against discrimination in the
private sector and in state and local
government
Assures equality of opportunity, full
participation, independent living, and
economic self-sufficiency to persons
with disabilities

10. Protection Under
the ADA
Protects individuals defined as disabled
through Section 504:
 Physical or mental impairment that
substantially impacts on one or more major
life activities
 Record of such impairment
 Regarded as having such an impairment

11. Protection Under
the ADA
It does not include:
 Infectious disease that presents “direct
threat”
 Environmental, cultural, or economic
disadvantages
 Age, pregnancy, or obesity
 Gender identity disorders, sexual
behavior disorders, or compulsive
gambling disorders
 Disorders that result from the current
use of illegal drugs

12. Title I: Employment
Applies to:
 Employers with more than 15 employees
(excluding federal government and private
clubs)
 Schools that have more than 50 employees
 Employment agencies, labor organizations
and labor-management committees
 Qualified persons with a disability that are
able to perform the essential functions of a
job with or without reasonable
accommodations

13. Title I: Employment
Requires modification that will allow an
individual with disabilities to perform a
specific job, including:
 Making existing facilities accessible
 Job restructuring/reassignment
 Reduced/modified work schedules
 Assistive devices
 Modification of materials/policies
 Readers or interpreters

14. Title I: Employment
To determine reasonable
accommodations, consider:
 Purpose and essential functions of job
 Job-related limitations imposed by disability
 Effectiveness of potential accommodations
 Preference of individual with disability
 Nature and cost of the accommodations
 Financial resources of the covered entity

15. Title I Enforcement
It is enforced by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Claims must be filed within 180 days of
the discriminating action
Complainant/ PLAINTIFF/ CLAIMANT
can bring a private lawsuit
Compensatory and punitive damages
may be awarded

16. Title II:
Public Services
Protects against discrimination in
public transportation
Includes rail or bus services
Excludes air travel
Includes inter-city or commuter rail
services
Excludes public school
transportation

17. Title II Enforcement
Enforced by the Department of Justice
Complaints must be filed within 180 days
of the discrimination
Complainant can bring a private lawsuit
Only actual damages may be sought

18. Title III: Public
Accommodations
Applies to:
 Hotels and motels
 Bars and restaurants
 Theaters and museums
 Stores and shopping centers
 Hospitals and professional offices
 Amusement parks and zoos
 Nurseries and private schools
 Day care centers and homeless shelters
 Gyms and health clubs

19. Title III
Enforcement
Enforced by Department of Justice and
Department of Transportation
Court may award injunctive relief
No punitive damages available

20. PODCAST LISTENING
ACTIVITY
WORLD REPORT ON
DISABILITY- MULTIPLE
CHOICE ACTIVITY
LISTENING ACTIVITY
https://www.who.int/publications
/i/item/world-report-on-disability
You

21. PODCAST LISTENING
ACTIVITY
You are going to listen to some interviews referring to the
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
report on DISABILITY.
The speaker´s name is Tom Shakespeare.
Tom interviews different experts from Chile, India and
Africa, as regards this REPORT ON DISABILITY.
Listen to the podcast and answer the multiple choice
questions.

22. 1) The World Health Organisation has worked on this
Report on Disability along with…
a. The World Bank
b. The Swiss Government
c. The U.S. Government
2) Tom Shakespeare states that the C.R.P.D. has been
ratified by...
a. 1000 countries
b. 500 countries
c. 100 countries
3) Alana Officer talks about “widespread barriers in accessing
services”. She states that...
a. People with Disability are more likely to avoid poverty than others.
b. The World Health Organisation has prepared new services in health
and education for the Disabled
c. Services are often unavailable for the Disabled

23. 4) Somnath Chatterji states, as regards the concept of
“Disability”, that:
a. The concept of Disability is a problem in itself.
b. Disability has to be understood as some condition of
particular persons
c. They have defined disability in a very different way
5) This question is related to A.K. Dube speech. A.K. Dube, from
Africa, is the last person to be interviewed. A.K. Dube states that…
a. Governments have to understand how to mainstream disability
without any help
b. What is essential is the need to disseminate the World report.
c. Nowadays, the World report is, in itself , the most essential
outcome