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Guidelines for Reasonable Accommodations and Disabilities (GRAD)

 

 

 

Introduction

ADA Compliance Unit

Armstrong Injunction Requirements

BPT Legal Authority

ADA Benefits

Title II

BPT Forms 1073 & 1074

Auxiliary Aids & Services

Communication Services

Attorneys as Accommodations

Dept. of Corrections

Non-CDC Facilities

Reasonable Accommodation

Effective Communication

Physical Impairments

Hearing Impairments

Vision Impairments

Speech Impairments

Mental/ Psychological Disorders

Learning Disorders

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders

Developmental Disorders

Conclusion

ARMSTRONG INJUNCTION REQUIREMENTS:

The ADA Unit maintains a system for tracking inmates and parolees that are identified as having disabilities.
The ADACU is responsible in complying with the Permanent Injunction. The permanent injunction requires that the BPT” 

  • Provide or Complete a Self-Evaluation Plan

  • Develop a Transition Plan 

  • Develop policies & implement Procedures

  • Training-All BPT/CDC Staff-Parole 

  • Identify & Track ADA class members

  • Revise all forms to simple forms 

  • Provide to qualified inmates/parolees auxiliary Aids and services

  • Develop and Implement a Screening Process 

  • Hearings/Appeals-Time frames for appeals/ADA issues 

  • Develop a Grievance process 

  • Programs-Lifers 

  • Monitoring 

  • Enforcement 

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