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ADA SELF TEST

First Name:   Last Name:   Workshop Date:

1.  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, is a federal law, which provides a clear and comprehensive national mandate to end discrimination against individuals with disabilities.

      True     False

2.  Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 responds specifically to the needs of employees with disabilities.

      True     False

3.  A parent requests a sign language interpreter to attend a Parent-Teacher conference.  The request should be denied since there is no obligation under Title II of the ADA to provide the service.

      True     False

4.  A student with a physical or mental impairment that does not limit any major life activities is considered a qualified individual with a disability under Title II of the ADA.

      True     False

5.  Functions such as caring for oneself, hearing, breathing, walking, speaking, seeing, learning and working are considered major life activities.

      True     False

6.  An employee, who is perceived or regarded by their supervisor as having an impairment, is considered a qualified individual with a disability under Title I of the ADA.

      True     False

7.  Schools are allowed to exclude wheel chair students from Field Trip activities, because the schools are not required to provide specially equipped buses for wheel chair students to participate in the activities.

      True     False

8.  The District is required to make reasonable accommodations to qualified disabled applicants and employees upon their request.

      True     False

9.  It is discriminatory for schools to add a surcharge to the tickets of hearing impaired attendees of a school event to help defray the cost for a new assistive listening device for hearing impaired attendants.

      True     False

10.  A third grade wheel chair student is enrolled at JFK Elementary School.  The third grade classes are held on the second floor.  The school was built in 1960 and it has no elevators.  The school can deny the student from enrollment since it will be an inconvenience to move a whole class to the first floor to accommodate only one student.

      True     False