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A. Americans with Disabilities

B. How Does the ADA Apply?

Title I Prohibits employers from discrimination against job applicants who have a disability but are otherwise qualified. All aspects of employment are covered including the application process, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and other terms, conditions, or privilleges of employment. It applies to private emploers with 15 or more employees, state and local governments, and labor unions.
Title II prohibits state and local government programs and acitivitys from discrimination against individuals with disabilities including structural accessibility requirements.
Title III prohibits private entities that provide public accommodations and service (such as healthcare institutions and physician's offices) from denying their goods and services to individuals with disabilities—based on the disability. Structures must be accessible.
Title IV required that telecommunication device and services such as interpreters be available for people who are deaf or hard of hearing and for nonspeaking individuals hearing and speech impaired.
Title V includes the miscellaneous the provisions necessary for the construction and application of the act.

ADA not applicable

Qualified individual?

Yes

No

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ADA not applicable

Covered disability?

Yes

No

ADA not applicable

Meets "essential functions" (meets skill requirements and can perform essential function of job with or without reasonable accommodation)?

Yes

No

ADA applicable

Without an accommodation?
or

With an accommodation (any modification/adjustment to job or work environment that is reasonable)?

ADA may be not applicable

Does accommodation cause undue hardship (modification with significant difficulty on employer)?

Yes

No

ADA applicable

ADA may be not applicable because unable to accommodate

Does accommodation pose public health or safety threat?

Yes

No