Question

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Discuss the Americans with Disablility Act.

Examine accommodations that need to be made for various disabiliities for a person to work in Health Information Managment.

Analyze the ADA legistration and discuss when it would be approprioate as an Health information management director to refrain from hiring a person with a disability

What evidence exists to support this action

Answer 1

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) was passed in the year 1990. This law was passed with an objective of safeguarding the rights of individuals with any kind of disabilities and protect them from any kind of discrimination. This law tries to facilitate the lives of people with disability and give them same rights and opportunities as normal people, in the society.

This law lays guidelines about the ways in which employers must make accommodation for the people with disability at the workplace. Employers are obliged to make reasonable accommodation for the employees with disabilities and provide them favorable conditions to work. There are primarily 5 Titles in this law:

• Title I: This title states that no discrimination can be practiced with the people with disability in hiring process, compensation and benefits, career advancement, etc. at the workplace.
• Title II: This title makes it compulsory for the state as well as local government to make reasonable accommodations for people with disability.
• Title III: Any kind of discrimination cannot be practiced with the people with disability at any public place.
• Title IV: This title makes it imperative for telecommunication companies to provide favorable services for people with hearing and speaking disabilities
• Title V: This title illustrates various provisions for people with disability

A qualified individual with disability is one who has the skills, knowledge as well as experience to handle a job role. For any individual to be protected under ADA, he must be able to perform the essential functions of any role. This must be possible with or without the provision of reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation provided by employer for an employee in Health Information Management, may include the following:

• Equipment change to facilitate the disability of the employee
• Reserved and accessible parking for the employees with disability
• Reassignment of job in case the employee is not able to perform in the current allotted job
• Purchase of devices and equipment to facilitate the work life of people with disability

The job of Health Information Management may require regular work with documentation and medical records. Employees with vision defect may would not be able to cope with the work. Similarly for some jobs, typing on computer can be an essential skill. In such scenario, the employer can deny job to a candidate who is incapable of typing. This will not be considered as discrimination.