Is the person a qualified individual with a disability?	Yes, No or Maybe
Todd broke his leg when he fell down the stairs at work. He can't work at all for four weeks, then after that he can return to work, but he will not be able to take the stairs again for three or four more months and someone will have to drive him to court.
Penny has been a guest room attendant for 25 years. About 3 years ago, she started having low back pain, but she kept working. Now her doctor says she can't lift more than 5 pounds or bend over frequently any more due to her chronic back condition, so she can't be a guest room attendant any more.
Garlen is applying for a job as front desk agent. He has three years experience in the same job at another hotel. Because of an old back injury from falling off a balcony, Garlen is unable to stand for more than ten minutes at a time. He can do the job, but he will need a chair or stool to use while he's working. It was no problem at his last job.
Ginga is a night auditor who works alone in the hotel office. She has a severe hearing impairment that requires her to wear hearing aids in both ears all the time. When she is wearing them, she can hear just fine, but without them, she hears almost nothing at all.
Bennie is applying for a job as a food server. He has no prior experience, but the job advertisement did not say experience was required. He's physically able to do the job, but due to post-traumatic stress disorder, he needs to take frequent breaks of about 10 minutes when he becomes anxious or stressed.

Is the employer required to make the requested acommodation? Assume the person is a qualified individual with a disability	Yes, No or Maybe
A front desk agent is injured in a diving accident and must use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He can return to work at the front desk, but the hotel would have to lower a part of the front desk for him to talk to the guests.
A lawyer in a hotel's legal department is diagnosed with a permanent anxiety disorder from being a lawyer too long. He asks for an office in a quiet part of the building and permission to take extra breaks when necessary to help him stay calm.
A new food server has epilepsy. She wants the restaurant to stop the flashing lights on the Christmas tree near the front door while she's working because they can cause her to have seizures.
A hotel reservations agent asks to work online at home because her disability makes it difficult to get to work. All the other reservations agents work in an office at the hotel and most of them would also like to work at home.
After a hip replacement surgery, a restaurant busser returns to work, but he can no longer carry heavy dish pans. He asks for a cart that he can push around to collect dishes, but none of the other bussers are allowed to use carts because it's crowded.

Go to the EEOC Newsroom eeoc.gov/newsroom and search "ADA settlement." Scroll and skim the headlines of any 5 pages of results. You don't have to open any of the links - just look at the money.

What was the highest settlement you saw? $_ What was the lowest? $_

Estimate: Most of the settlements were somewhere between $_ and $_.