Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections.U.S. District CourtREHABILITATION rehabilitation: see physical therapy. ACT ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. -- Americans with Disabilities Act Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. civil-rights law, enacted 1990, that forbids discrimination of various sorts against persons with physical or mental handicaps. Arlt v. Missouri Department of Corrections, 229 F.Supp.2d 938 (D.Mo. 2002). An inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. brought an action under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, alleging that corrections officials failed to provide him with accommodations for taking a high school equivalency equivalency the combining power of an electrolyte. See also equivalent. test. The district court held that the department of corrections was liable under the Rehabilitation Act to the disabled inmate who allegedly lost his premium-pay job due to the department's refusal to make accommodations. The court awarded damages in the form of back pay from the date he lost his premium-pay job to the date he was transferred to a different facility. The court noted that it was undisputed that the inmate, who was blind in one eye and has learning disabilities, was disabled within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act, and that the accommodations requested (extra time to complete the test, as recommended by two psychologists) did not constitute an undue burden on the prison. (Missouri Department of Corrections, Moberly) |
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