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American Disabilities Act
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prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities in all programs and activities- including physical education, recreation, and sports
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Accomodation Expectations
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Sport officials are expected to make necessary accommodations so individuals with disabilities do not have to compete in segregated activities.
Must accommodate activity and/or facility If an acceptable modification is available it is expected to be exercised. Separate but equal is not good enough (Stein 1993) |
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Places of Public Accomodation
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Lodging
Food or drink service Exhibition or entertainment Public gathering Sales or rental establishments Public transportation Displays or collections Recreation Education Social Centers Exercise or recreation |
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What constitutes a disability?
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a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual;
b) a record of such impairment; c) being regarded as having such an impairment. |
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US Skiing and National Governing Bodies
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The National Governing Body for skiing in the US has taken the most bold steps in including athletes with disabilities by outfitting an entire National Team that is afforded the same benefits of the able-bodied U.S. Skiing Team.
Other NGB’s have following suit and have sub-groups of disabled teams, still, some have done nothing to accommodate these athletes. |
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Ways to avoid litigation
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ALL rules committees should continually review their rules to make sure they do not discriminate against any individuals
Examine to determine what, if any, accommodations need to be made to allow individual with disabilities to compete as close to normal as possible and without putting non-disabled at an unfair disadvantage ALL rules committees should review their rules annually to find new ways to accommodate individuals with disabilities and make sure they are not discriminating unnecessarily |
