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2010 ADA Definition
Readily Achievable Barrier Removal: Readily achievable means easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action is readily achievable factors to be considered include –
(1) The nature and cost of the action needed under this part;
(2) The overall financial resources of the site or sites involved in the action; the number of persons employed at the site; the effect on expenses and resources; legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation, including crime prevention measures; or the impact otherwise of the action upon the operation of the site;
(3) The geographic separateness, and the administrative or fiscal relationship of the site or sites in question to any parent corporation or entity;
(4) If applicable, the overall financial resources of any parent corporation or entity; the overall size of the parent corporation or entity with respect to the number of its employees; the number, type, and location of its facilities; and
(5) If applicable, the type of operation or operations of any parent corporation or entity, including the composition, structure, and functions of the workforce of the parent corporation or entity.
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11B-108 Maintenance of accessible features.
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11B-108 Maintenance of accessible features
Features for accessibility must be permanently functional, unobstructed and may not be removed....
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ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments
It will also teach state and local officials how to conduct accessibility surveys of their buildings and facilities to identify and remove architectural barriers to access....
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Section 35.151(b)(4)(ii)(C) Path of travel--safe harbor
One commenter proposed that a previous record of barrier removal be one of the factors in determining, prospectively, what renders a facility, when viewed in its entirety, usable and accessible...
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Can an employer consider health and safety when deciding whether to hire an applicant or retain an employee who has HIV or AIDS?
However, the use of universal precautions among emergency responders means that the EMT will be using a barrier device while performing resuscitation....
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A. Accessible Voting Program
Relocating furniture or other moveable barriers. Door stops. Propping open doors. Unlocking doors....
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A. Accessible Voting Program
Relocating furniture or other moveable barriers. Door stops. Propping open doors. Unlocking doors....
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Section 35.151(b)(4)(ii)(C) Path of travel—safe harbor (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One commenter proposed that a previous record of barrier removal be one of the factors in determining, prospectively, what renders a facility, when viewed in its entirety, usable and accessible...
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SHELTERING
Action Steps: Accessible Shelters Survey your community’s shelters for barriers to access for persons with disabilities....
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Issue 23: Should design guidance for persons with low vision be prescriptive or performance based?
Well, first of all there’s no lighting standard at all, I mean, there’s none at all in the barriers act standards or in the IBC accessibility in chapter 11....
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D. Second Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2011 ANPRM)
The Board also removed scoping and application language from the chapters containing technical provisions and relocated them to new chapters applicable to Section 508 (508 Chapters 1 and...
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3. How can state and local governments’ employment service systems ensure that people with disabilities have access to competitive integrated employment?
integrated setting appropriate, including ensuring that employment services are individualized, sufficiently intense and of sufficient duration, provided in integrated settings, and designed to achieve...
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Jean Tessmer
It is an excellent tool for laying out and placement of ADA routes, ramps, landings, random directional surfaces, and curb ramps. 1oo% compliance can be achieved when using the sliding...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1) Rules of Construction
It concluded that “adopting a new, undefined term that is subject to widely disparate meanings is not the best way to achieve the goal of ensuring consistent and appropriately broad coverage...
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Chapter 5: Fashioning a Durable ADA: The House of Representatives
Much more work had to be done to achieve the bipartisan support that ADA advocates sought. Hopes for quick passage were dashed; debate in the House took nearly nine more months....
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What Are Testing Accommodations?
Testing accommodations are changes to the regular testing environment and auxiliary aids and services2 that allow individuals with disabilities to demonstrate their true aptitude or achievement...
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Specific Remedial Measures
description, captioning or other means of effectively communicating the experience and content of the Museum's artifacts and other offerings will require substantial time and resources to achieve...
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(3) Usable bathrooms
The two sets of specifications provide different approaches as to how compliance with this maneuvering space requirement may be achieved. ...
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§8.21(c)(2)(i) General
A recipient is not required to make structural changes in existing facilities where other methods are effective in achieving compliance with this section....
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Example: One Step Entry Police Station
Therefore, alterations are limited to those items necessary to achieve program accessibility....
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A4.5.3 Carpet
Firm carpeting can be achieved through proper selection and combination of pad and carpet, sometimes with the elimination of the pad or cushion, and with proper installation....
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4.4.4 Clear Floor or Ground Space
Shoulder alignment generally can be achieved by positioning the back of the bench so it is 8 inches (200 millimeters) closer to the outdoor recreation access route, trail, or beach access...
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2.1.2 Standards
In ensuring that the prescribed magnetic field goals are achieved, the utilization of a "magnetic field-strength" meter is assumed (see figure 3)....
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16(a)(iii)
Compliance with ADA Standards § 9.3 may be achieved by either providing (1) visual alarms that are connected to the building emergency alarm system, and visual notification devices for incoming...