[BlindTlk] employment: DOD exempted itself from Americans With Disabilities Act

[Jude DaShiell]

Your information may be outdated.  In any event I forwarded your email to
my contact and if he has updated information I'll post it here.


-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that
order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Sat, 13 May 2023, Marci Carpenter via BlindTlk wrote:

> If you are referring to the Department of Defense (DOD) it is an agency of the federal government and is definitely not exempt from the ADA. Below is a link to relevant employment provisions.
>
> https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/titles-i-and-v-americans-disabilities-act-1990-ada
>
> Marci Carpenter, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Washington
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
> 206-604-5507
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>
> > On May 13, 2023, at 9:04 AM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > DOD stated it would make best efforts toward accommodations but is now
> > exempt.  Anyone working as a DOD component or at DOD and anyone
> > considering employment should keep this in mind going forward.  I talked
> > with a former work colleague a few minutes ago and that's what he told me.
> >
> >
> > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that
> > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >
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