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Accessing Assistive TechnologyThrough the IDEA
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), found in Volume 20 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) at Sections 1400 and following, was enacted in 1975 and is one of the federal laws that authorizes special education and related services, including assistive technology. The federal regulations that help to specify the requirements of the IDEA can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) in Volume 34, Part 300.
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Education
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Attorneys, Deaf Clients,
- Attorneys have responsibilities to provide deaf clients with sign language
interpreters and other accommodations that they may need to communicate.
A lawyer who fails to communicate effectively with a client is not meeting his or
her duty of competent and zealous representation under the Canons of Ethics. Furthermore, attorneys have a statutory duty to provide effective communication to deaf clients under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which went into effect on January 26, 1991. Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. ŠŠ12181 - 12183,provides people with disabilities the right to equal access to public accommodations. Both Title III of the ADA, and the U.S. Department of Justice regulation pursuant to Title III, 28 C.F.R. Part 36, specifically include the offices of lawyers in the definition of public accommodations.
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Access
Reasonable Accommodation
Community Services
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Auxiliary Aids at Events
- Places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination based on
disability. This federal mandate is found in Title III of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq. (Title III). Companies or
organizations which lease space in places of public accommodation for events, conferences, seminars or meetings must make sure those activities are accessible to persons with disabilities. In addition to physical access for persons with limited mobility, the ADA requires such organizations to provide auxiliary
aids to enable persons who are deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate effectively and to benefit from those meetings.
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Access
Community Services
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Dial 7-1-1 for WV Relay
- WV Relay is a free, 24-hour service that allows people who are Hearing, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, or Speech Disabled to communicate with each other via the telephone. Through the use of specialized equipment relay users communicate freely with friends, family and businesses who use a standard telephone. Just dial 7-1-1. See the various brochures indicated below for different aspects.
Also available:
 wv relay traditional relay.pdf
 Captioned phone
 Hearing carryover
 Spanish
 Speech-to-speech
 tty
 Voice carryover
 Voice relay
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Hotels and Deaf Access
- Hotels and motels, like other places of public accommodation, must be accessible to individuals with disabilities, pursuant to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213. The ADA applies to all inns,
hotels, motels or other places of lodging, except buildings in which the owner lives that contain not more than five rooms for rent.
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Access
Community Services
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List serve - WV Assistive Technology System
- WV Assistive Technology System (WVATS) has created an email listserve for assistive technology news and events in West Virginia. If you are interested in receiving current assistive technology news by email, call 800-841-8436, or email jhayhurst@hsc.wvu.edu. You can also learn more about WVATS by clicking this link to their web site.
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Paratransit and conditional eligibility
- In terms of ADA complementary paratransit, conditional eligibility (also known as trip-by-trip eligibility) refers to paratransit eligibility for some trips, but not all, as the customer’s ability to use fixed-route service is likely to change with differing circumstances. Conditional eligibility may be appropriate for individuals who can reasonably be expected to use fixed route service for some trips (when barriers that prevent travel are not present), but who cannot be expected to use fixed route service under other conditions.
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Transportation
Reasonable Accommodation
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Section 502 of the Rehab Act - Architectural and Transportat
- Section 502 is part of the federal Rehabilitation Act passed in 1973. Congress intended to protect the civil rights of persons with disabilities by removing architectural, transportation and communication barriers. Under Section 502, people with disabilities can participate in the same services and programs as other people.
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Community Services
Rehab Act
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Special Ed Funding of AT
- This version of the publication, The Public Schools Special Education System as an Assistive
Technology Funding Source: The Cutting Edge, is published through the National Assistive
Technology (AT) Advocacy Project as part of its Funding of AT booklet series.
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Education
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Special Ed funding for Assistive Technology
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Discrimination (IDEA)
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Telecommunications - Title IV
- Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires telephone companies to provide continued voice transmission relay services that allow people with hearing and speech impairments to communicate over the telephone through
teletypewriter. In addition, Title IV requires that federally funded television public
service messages be close captioned for viewers with hearing impairments.
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Access
Reasonable Accommodation
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WVCSR §192-01 - Fees for Qualified Interpreters
- This legislative rule establishes fees for the services of qualified interpreters for a deaf person in certain legal proceedings.
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Community Services
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Web site - National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project
- The National Assistive Technology Funding Link supports the advocacy efforts of attorneys, advocates, service agencies, persons with disabilities and their families as they seek funding for AT services and devices.
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Mental Health Issues
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Web site - WV Assistive Technology System
- The West Virginia Assistive Technology System (WVATS) is dedicated to increasing awareness of and accessibility to assistive technology (AT) for West Virginians of all ages and all types of disabilities. WVATS works within the Center for Excellence in Disabilities, at West Virginia University. Learn more at their web site by clicking here.
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