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SUMMARY:Unreasonable Delays in Facilitating Reasonable Accommodations May Impose ADA Liability – A Legal Update on the Widespread Problem of Unreasonably Delayed Accommodations in Employment, Education, Public Entity, and Public Accommodations
DESCRIPTION:ADA Legal Webinar Series\nDate and Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time Zone | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time Zone\nSponsored by the Great Lakes ADA Center and the ADA National Network (ADANN). For help, contact Great Lakes ADA Center: 1-877-232-1990 (Voice/TTY) or email webinars@adaconferences.org ( mailto:webinars@adaconferences.org )\nRegister for the Zoom Webinar ( https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ada-legal/session?id=111215 )\nDescription: In 2025 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit revived an ADA failure-to-accommodate claim brought by an Army veteran whose employer delayed granting her request to bring a service dog to work. The court concluded that a six-month delay in providing the requested accommodation could itself constitute a failure to accommodate if the delay was unjustified–reflecting a lack of good-faith participation in the ADA-required interactive process. EEOC backed this decision emphasizing that unreasonable delays in providing reasonable accommodations may violate the ADA when employers impose unnecessary procedural barriers or require excessive medical documentation. Many organizations maintain formal ADA accommodation procedures, yet employees may still encounter prolonged internal review processes that effectively delay resolution of a request or request to revise existing accommodations. We will review ADA timing obligations, court decisions, and administrative guidance to emphasize that Courts have increasingly stressed that bureaucratic or unreasonable delays do not exempt ADA compliance and may amount to actual ADA liability even in cases where the accommodation was eventually provided.\nReal-time captioning will be available via Zoom and Streamtext.\nParticipants are able to submit questions prior to the session once they are registered.\nContinuing Education Credit Available: Certificate of Attendance: 1.5 Credit hours; ADA Coordinator Certification: 1.5 Credit hours.\nSpeaker: Diego Demaya JD ( https://www.accessibilityonline.org/speakers/speaker.aspx?id=10484&ret=Unreasonable%20Delays%20in%20Facilitating%20Reasonable%20Accommodations%20may%20Impose%20ADA%20Liability%20-%20A%20Legal%20Update%20on%20the%20Widespread%20Problem%20of%20Unreasonably%20Delayed%20Accommodations%20in%20Employment,%20Education,%20Public%20Entity,%20and%20Public%20Accommodations ), Legal Specialist, Southwest ADA Center at ILRU\n
URL:https://adasoutheast.org/events/unreasonable-delays-in-facilitating-reasonable-accommodations-may-impose-ada-liability-a-legal-update-on-the-widespread-problem-of-unreasonably-delayed-accommodations-in-employment-education-publi/
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