Missouri Laws 161.900 – Definitions
As used in sections 161.900 to 161.945, the following terms mean:
(1) “Accessibility”, compliance with nationally accepted accessibility and usability standards, such as those established in Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 161.900
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Handicap: means a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, whether the impairment is congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or disease, and where the impairment is verified by medical findings. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Assistive technology device”, any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities;
(3) “Assistive technology service”, any service that directly assists an individual with a disability in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive technology device. Such term includes:
(a) The evaluation of the needs of an individual with a disability, including a functional evaluation of the individual in the individual’s customary environment;
(b) Purchasing, leasing or otherwise providing for the acquisition of assistive technology devices by individuals with disabilities;
(c) Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining, repairing or replacing assistive technology devices;
(d) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions or services with assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing education and rehabilitation plans and programs;
(e) Training or technical assistance for an individual with disabilities, or, where appropriate, the family of an individual with disabilities; and
(f) Training or technical assistance for professionals, including individuals providing education and rehabilitation services, employers, or other individuals who provide services to, who employ, or who are otherwise substantially involved in the major life functions of individuals with disabilities;
(4) “Individual with disabilities”, any individual who is considered to have a disability or handicap for the purposes of any federal or Missouri law;
(5) “Information technology”, any electronic information equipment or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information, including audio, graphic and text;
(6) “State department or agency”, each department, office, board, bureau, commission, or other unit of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of state government, including public four-year and two-year colleges and universities;
(7) “Undue burden”, significant difficulty or expense, including, but not limited to, difficulty or expense associated with technical feasibility.