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Guide for Employers: Veterans and the ADA
– Guide for Veterans: Employment Rights Under the ADA
– Publications: Employment of Veterans with Disabilities
Source: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Accessible Pools Fact Sheet [PDF] – Accessible Pools: Means of Entry & Exit
Fact sheet on new requirements for swimming pools, especially existing pools, for Title II and Title III entities.
Source: Department of Justice (DOJ)
Title II & III Regulations - Fact Sheet Series
(English) - Title II & III Regulations - Fact Sheet Series (Español)
**Many regulations took effect March 15, 2011; some requirements went into effect March 15, 2012.
Source: ADA National Network
ADA Amendments Act 'Dear Colleague Letter' & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Guidance on requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) in elementary and secondary schools, given changes to those laws made by Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA).
Source: Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Updates & Notices

Report and Order on Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming
Adopted rules to implement certain closed captioning provisions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA).
Source: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Working Paper: Towards a Right under ADA: Web Access for People with Cognitive Disabilities [PDF, 6 pages]
Insight into the question: “Is there a right to technology access for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities?” The work is to be completed in 2012 and will be discussed at the 2012 Annual Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology.
Source: Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities and Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University

NEW! Case Law

Name	Keywords	Court
Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC -- Update	Ministerial Exception	U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 12, 2012
White v. Interstate Distributor Company	Essential Job Functions Modified or Accommodated Positions	6th Circuit Court Aug. 23, 2011
AAPD v. Harris	Voting Effective Communication Program Access	11th Circuit Court Jul. 27, 2011
MacDonald v. United Parcel Service	Definition of Disability Major Life Activity Substantially Limited	6th Circuit Court Jul. 14, 2011
Stansberry v. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation	Association Associational Discrimination	6th Circuit Court June 1, 2011
Picard v. St. Tammany Parish Hospital	Definition of Disability Interactive Process	5th Circuit Court Apr. 28, 2011

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