accommodations under the ADA act.
Q1.
The pipe welder in the question is eligible for accommodations such as a sign language interpreter under ADA. The court has previously stated that "the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities" (Berger, 2013, p. 74).
Under this provision, the pipe welder is eligible for such accommodations because he is clearly qualified due to the fact that he is deaf and has been working at his job for a long time. He has had no issues working at this position before and has no had his disability hinder his work performance in any way.
I agree that he is eligible for such accommodations because, from the information that was given, this welder is able to perform his job perfectly fine. The only issue that he currently has in oral communication and his inability to speak with the examiners. However, if he is given an ASL interpreter, this issue is erased and he can continue to do his job just like before.
Q2.
Anne does not have to modify the building to make the bathroom accessible. According to Title III of the ADA, "It also requires public accommodations to remove barriers in existing buildings where it is easy to do so without much difficulty or expense" (adata.org).
Anne states that she does want her business to be as accessible as possible, but she cannot modify the bathroom without altering the building structurally. The ADA law states that a public building must accommodate if it can be done without much difficulty expense. However, based off of the description Anne gave, it does not seem like a cheap or easy fix to alter the building's structure.
I personally do not agree because this means that the book store's bathroom can only accommodate some customers. Customers with a disability that have to use the bathroom are unable to use it and there is nothing that can be done about it. I believe if the building is 140 years old and hard and expensive o fix, then there should be some type of funding or government assistance given to Anne in order for her to make the .
I believe that the pipe welder is eligible for accommodations under the ADA act. The purpose of the ADA is to ensure that people with disabilities are given equal rights and opportunities. It is against the law to discriminate any individual who has a disability in areas such as life, jobs, school, transportation and private places (What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?). Unfortunately, the pipe welder isn't being given the same opportunity as everyone else. He is being discriminated against within his own job. Firing the pipe welder broke the civil rights law for denying him a translator which led to him failing the test. The message being sent to the welder is that he doesn't have the ability to perform the same tasks as anyone else and therefore must pursue a different career.
I don’t think that Anne has to modify the building to make the bathrooms accessible. It is not required by law but if Anna had the time and money to do so then she should. Under Title III it requires public accommodations if it doesn't cause much difficulty or expense (What is the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA)?). In Anna's case the building is extremely small and 140 years old. If she wanted to make the bathrooms accessible it would require her to knock down multiple walls which is very expensive. This would be a long lengthy process which would lead Annes store to close down for some time. Then Anna would be out of a job which adds on to the difficulty of the situation.
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