OVERVIEW

Americans with Disabilities Act: Protecting and Accommodating Special Populations - Part 2 is organized by AAACEUs. This Course has been approved for a maximum of Credit Hours: 8.

Course Overview:
This class will present an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act, who is protected by the law, and the requirements for businesses, schools and other public entities. After a reintroduction of the law, special populations and the protections that the law gives for those people will be discussed. We will cover the following special populations: deafness, pregnancy, blindness & visual impairment, epilepsy, diabetes, cancer, HIV, and other considerations/dress code.

Course Objectives:
• Describe the protections under the law and those whom the law protects
• Define what constitutes a "reasonable accommodation"
• Explain what exceptions exist in the ADA law.
• List those "special populations" protected under the ADA and some "reasonable accommodations" for those special disabilities.

Course Outline:
• Overview and History of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Special Populations
1. Deafness
2. Pregnancy
3. Blindness & Visual Impairment
4. Epilepsy
5. Diabetes
6. Cancer
7. HIV
8. Other considerations/dress code.