and not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about individuals with disabilities. Are required to make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures that deny access to individuals with disabilities, unless a fundamental alteration in the program would result. For example, a city office building would be required to make an exception to a rule prohibiting animals in public areas in order to admit guide dogs and other service animals assisting individuals with disabilities. Must furnish auxiliary aids and services when necessary to ensure effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result. May provide special benefits, beyond those required by the regulation, to individuals with disabilities. May not special charges on individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures necessary to ensure nondiscriminatory treatment, such as making modifications required to provide program accessibility or providing qualified interpreters. Shall operate their programs so that, when viewed in their entirety, they are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. III. "Qualified Individuals with Disabilities" Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act provides comprehensive civil rights protections for "qualified individuals with disabilities." An "individual with a disability" is a person who -- Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a "major life activity", or Has a record of such an impairment, or Is regarded as having such an impairment. Examples of physical or mental impairments include, but are not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Homosexuality and bisexuality are not physical or mental impairments under the ADA. "Major life activities" include functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
and not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about individuals with disabilities. Are required to make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures that deny access to individuals with disabilities, unless a fundamental alteration in the program would result. For example, a city office building would be required to make an exception to a rule prohibiting animals in public areas in order to admit guide dogs and other service animals assisting individuals with disabilities. Must furnish auxiliary aids and services when necessary to ensure effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result. May provide special benefits, beyond those required by the regulation, to individuals with disabilities. May not special charges on individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures necessary to ensure nondiscriminatory treatment, such as making modifications required to provide program accessibility or providing qualified interpreters. Shall operate their programs so that, when viewed in their entirety, they are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. III. "Qualified Individuals with Disabilities" Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act provides comprehensive civil rights protections for "qualified individuals with disabilities." An "individual with a disability" is a person who -- Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a "major life activity", or Has a record of such an impairment, or Is regarded as having such an impairment. Examples of physical or mental impairments include, but are not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments; cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Homosexuality and bisexuality are not physical or mental impairments under the ADA. "Major life activities" include functions such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.