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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch.3
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7-702. STATE POLICY.
(A) SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION.
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE BLEND, VISUALLY
IMPAIRED, DEAF, AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE STATE AND TO BE EMPLOYED.
(B) EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS.
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE THAT BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, DEAF, AND
HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE EMPLOYED BY THE STATE, POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND OTHER EMPLOYERS
SUPPORTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY BY PUBLIC FUNDS ON THE SAME TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT THOSE DISABILITIES, UNLESS AN
INDIVIDUAL'S DISABILITY PREVENTS DOING THE WORK REQUIRED.
(C) DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING RECOGNIZED AS CULTURAL MINORITY.
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE ARE RECOGNIZED AS
A CULTURAL MINORITY WITH SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATION NEEDS.
(D) AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
(1) EN THIS SUBSECTION, "AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE" MEANS A
VISUAL-SPATIAL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION THAT IS A DISTINCT LANGUAGE
INVOLVING THE HANDS, ARMS, FACIAL MARKERS, AND BODY MOVEMENTS TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS, INCLUDING THE CONVEYANCE OF THOUGHTS,
WORDS, EMOTIONS, AND GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION.
(2) AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS RECOGNIZED AS A LANGUAGE
SYSTEM DESIGNED TO MEET THE SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF DEAF
AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 30, §§ 34 and 33(a) and (b).
As to the substitution of the references to "hard of hearing" and "visually
impaired" individuals for the former references to "hearing impaired" and
"visually handicapped" individuals in subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, see General Revisor's Note to subtitle.
In subsection (a) of this section, the reference to "be[ing] employed" is
substituted for the former reference to "engag[ing] in remunerative
employment" for brevity.
In subsection (b) of this section, the references to "disabilities" and a
"disability" are substituted for the former obsolete references to
"handicapped" and a "handicap".
Also in subsection (b) of this section, the reference to being employed "by
the State [or] political subdivisions of the State" is substituted for the
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