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ADA Requirements - Wheelchairs, Mobility Aids, and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices
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Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations
By June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant © June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant, Playa del Rey, California and The Center for Disability Issues and the...
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Executive Summary
Executive Summary Standards for accessible design include requirements based on the anthropometry of wheeled mobility users. Key requirements apply to clear floor area, reach...
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Is a transportation operator required to carry these “overweight” wheelchairs?
Some wheelchairs weigh more than 600 pounds when occupied, and the design load of the lifts on our vehicles is 800 pounds....
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Are transportation operators required to retrofit their vehicles to accommodate larger and heavier wheelchairs?
No. 49 CFR Part 38 continues to require that lifts have a minimum design load of 600 pounds and the lift platform accommodates a wheelchair measuring 30 inches by 48 inches....
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1.0 Background
1.0 Background The standards used to ensure accessibility for people who use wheeled mobility devices like wheelchairs and scooters are based on research in anthropometry, the measurement...
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Introduction
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Will you need assistance in an emergency evacuation?
Yes No Limitations that interfere with walking or using stairs (joint pain, mobility device user - wheelchair, canes, crutches, walker)....
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7. Q: What procedures should law enforcement officers follow to arrest and transport a person who uses a wheelchair?
Officers should use caution not to harm an individual or damage his or her wheelchair....
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Tips for Communicating with Individuals with Mobility Impairments
If possible, put yourself at the wheelchair user's eye level. Do not lean on a wheelchair or any other assistive device....
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382.125 What procedures do carriers follow when wheelchairs, other mobility aids, and other assistive devices must be stowed in the cargo compartment?
382.125 What procedures do carriers follow when wheelchairs, other mobility aids, and other assistive devices must be stowed in the cargo compartment?...
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382.127 What procedures apply to the stowage of battery-powered mobility aids?
382.127 What procedures apply to the stowage of battery-powered mobility aids?...
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382.131 Do baggage liability limits apply to mobility aids and other assistive devices?
382.131 Do baggage liability limits apply to mobility aids and other assistive devices? These provisions are substantively the same as their counterparts in the existing rule....
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Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Take Responsibility for Your Safety
The media repeatedly reported stories about the two wheelchair users who successfully escaped from the World Trade Center using evacuation chairs on September 11th, 2001....
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Advance Notice Only for Particular Services and Equipment
require up to 48 hours’ advance notice and one hour’s advance check-in from a passenger with a disability who wishes to receive the following services: Transportation for a battery-powered...
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"Other Power-Driven Mobility Device" and "Wheelchair" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
‘‘Other Power-Driven Mobility Device'' and ‘‘Wheelchair'' (Section-by-Section Analysis) Because relatively few individuals with disabilities were using nontraditional mobility devices...
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Section 36.311 Mobility Devices (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.311 set forth specific requirements for the accommodation of mobility devices, including wheelchairs, manually-powered mobility aids, and other power-driven mobility devices....
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Legal standard for other power-driven mobility devices. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Legal standard for other power-driven mobility devices....
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§ 382.33 Advance notice requirements
aircraft, if this service is available on the flight; (2) Carriage of an incubator, if this service is available on the flight; (3) Hook-up for a respirator to the aircraft electrical power...
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C. Mobility Aids and Assistive Devices
[Secs. 382.43(a) and (b)] You must permit passengers with a disability to provide written instructions concerning the disassembly and reassembly of their wheelchairs....
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§ 382.41 Stowage of personal equipment
(e) Carriers shall provide for on-board stowage of passengers’ wheelchairs (including collapsible or break-down battery-powered wheelchairs, subject to the provisions of paragraph (g)(5)...
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§ 382.43 Treatment of mobility aids and assistive devices
Wheelchairs and other assistive devices shall be returned to the passenger in the condition received by the carrier....
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Communication / Devices / Equipment / Other
Equipment examples: I use a: Motorized wheelchair Suction machine Home dialysis Respirator Cochlear implant Indwelling catheter...
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Ability Self-Assessment
Will they work if the power goes out? Yes No Do you know all their locations?...