Maricopa Community Colleges  ESS110   19942-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/23/93
ESS110 19942-99999 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Americans with Disabilities Act Overview
Titles of Americans with Disabilities Act regulations and requirements including employment, transportation, accessibility, community awareness and assertive technology. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ESS110   19942-99999 Americans with Disabilities Act Overview
1. Name the major Titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the general area each covers. (I)
2. Describe the key elements in identifying who is protected under the law. (I)
3. Explain compliance and enforcement procedures and legal remedies. (I)
4. Describe the process state and local governments are required to develop including the timeframes. (I, II)
5. Describe philosophy in hiring, promoting and maintaining employees with disabilities. (I, II, IV)
6. Describe the major types of auxiliary aids and services for employees with disabilities and how they are applied. (I, II, IV, VI)
7. Describe the difference between readily achievable, readily accessible and usable in relation to reasonable accommodation. (I, II, IV)
8. Describe and contrast a public accommodation/a place of public accommodation and tenant/landlord division of responsibility. (I, IV, V)
9. Describe and contrast auxiliary aids and services and modification in policies, practices and procedures. (I, IV, VI)
10. Compare program access and physical access in public entities and programs. (II)
11. Describe major considerations in interviewing, testing and accommodating applicants and employees with disabilities. (II, V, VI)
12. Describe eligibility criteria for complementary paratransit. (III)
13. Describe and contrast fixed route service, complementary paratransit and demand responsive transit services. (III)
14. Compare and contrast physical requirements in buildings and facilities that are existing, altered and new. (IV, V)
15. Explain accessibility as a total concept. (V)
16. List major accessibility components that relate to facility types. (V)
17. Interpret checklists for accessibility. (V)
18. List specific forms of assistive technology and their uses. (VI)
19. Describe assistive technology devices to specific needs. (VI)
20. Describe examples of assistive technology being used to accomplish reasonable accommodation, modification in policies, practices and procedures, and auxiliary aids and services. (VI)
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ESS110   19942-99999 Americans with Disabilities Act Overview
    I. Americans Disabilities Act (ADA)
        A. Definition - general areas
        B. Key elements - philosophy
        C. Reasonable accommodation
          1. Readily achievable
          2. Readily accessible to
          3. Usability - auxiliary aids
          4. Policies, practices and procedures
        D. Compliance
          1. Process
          2. Timeframes
        E. Enforcement
        F. Legal remedies
      II. Employment Considerations
          A. Philosophy
          B. Qualified applicants
          C. Job descriptions
          D. Interviewing
          E. Reasonable accommodations
            1. Program access
            2. Physical access
          F. Entrance exams and testing procedures
        III. Transportation
            A. Eligibility
            B. Fixed route service
            C. Complementary paratransit requirements
            D. Responsive service
            E. Private transit providers
            F. Vehicle accessibility requirements
          IV. Public Versus Private Facilities
              A. Major differences between Title II (Public ) and Title III (Private) requirements
              B. Program access versus physical access
              C. Modifications in policies, practices and procedures
              D. Provision of auxiliary aids and services - existing, altered, new
              E. Compliance and enforcement
                1. Remedies
                2. Other
            V. Accessibility Guidelines - total concept
                A. ANSI
                B. Scoping
                C. Checklists
                D. Occupancy differences
                  1. Public
                  2. Tenant/landlord
                E. Facility Types
              VI. Auxiliary Aids and Services
                  A. Assistive Technology - needs, uses
                    1. TDD's
                    2. Assistive learning systems
                    3. Notification devices
                    4. Computers
                    5. Optical scanners
                    6. Brailers
                    7. Wayfinding devices
                    8. Other
                  B. Solutions
                    1. Simple
                    2. Inexpensive
                  C. Reasonable accommodation
                  D. Modifications
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