SPH-R 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reasonable Accommodation, Golf Cart, Personal Flotation Device
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Rights under ada: right to participate, a person with a disability has the right to register for and participate in recreation or leisure activities. In effect, every single parks and recreation program offered for people with disabilities is available to people without disabilities. An accommodation that results in an unfair competitive advantage in a competitive sport is unreasonable: right to adaptive equipment, another type of reasonable accommodation is the use of adaptive equipment. There are many examples of the successful use of adaptive equipment in current sport and recreation programs. Devices to enable better grasping are readily available on fishing rods, golf clubs, and other equipment. Recreation and sport providers must assess risk and the individual participant"s ability and experience in the sport or activity. Many rules and policies exist for good reasons. For a golfer who is deaf, the oral instruction will not be understandable.
