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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/foia/letters/2006/ada_license_function_accommodation.html">http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/foia/letters/2006/ada_license_function_accommodation.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To me, this is the heart of the matter:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">Furthermore, it is important to determine whether driving is the objective to be accomplished or an incidental means for accomplishing the true
objective. For example, driving could be an essential function for a person whose job requires that he deliver water pipes. This is especially true where others load and unload the pipes and this individual’s function is simply to drive the truck to make the
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">But, driving may not be an essential function for an engineer who must inspect pipes around the district. Engineers generally may drive themselves, but the essential function is to
inspect the pipes. Driving is incidental to this job function -- the means to get to the site where pipes need to be inspected. The critical function is using one’s experience, skills, and expertise to inspect pipes, evaluate the need for repairs or replacements,
to bring in other skilled workers if necessary, and to order appropriate repairs or replacements.</span><span style="color:#1F497D">”</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carlton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Carlton Anne Cook Walker, J.D., M.B.A., M.Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Manager of Braille Education Programs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">200 East Wells Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(410) 659-9314, extension 2225<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:CWalker@nfb.org"><span style="color:black">CWalker@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black;background:white">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people,
because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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