___________________________________________________ 6/25/1938 The Wagner-O’Day Act is passed, requiring all federal agencies to purchase specified products made by people who are blind...
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Wagner-O’Day Act
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Check-In and Check-Out Procedures
Many hotels have found it helpful to have a package prepared for guests who are blind or who have low vision....
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602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-electronic Support Documentation
Alternate formats usable by individuals who are blind or have low vision shall be provided upon request for support documentation in non-electronic formats....
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The Participants
Thirty six participants were blind (18 blind since birth, 18 adventitious); 33 had low vision (18 low vision since birth, 15 became low vision); and 23 had normal or corrected normal vision...
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11. Protruding Objects in the Circulation Path
11. ...since blind persons and persons with low vision can walk on any sidewalks, are all sidewalks and walkways free of any objects (i.e.: fire extinguishers, wall mounted lights, electrical...
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Additional Acknowledgements
Team wishes to thank a number of organizations and individuals who have provided input and comment on the creation of this guide, including: Lou Ann Blake, Managing Editor, Journal of Blindness...
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Providing Background Information to People with Sensory Disabilities
This not only serves as an ice-breaker, but also lets people who are blind or have low vision know who is at the meeting....
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13. Do not mention someone’s disability unless it is essential to the story.
The fact that someone is blind or uses a wheelchair may or may not be relevant to the article you are writing....
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A. BACKGROUND
Michael Byington, the president of the Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Mr....
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Ensuring Online Files and Documents are Accessible
Documents and online content should be accessible and optimized for screen readers and other assistive technologies used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with...
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C2-2. Undersides of Exterior Stairs
Are the undersides of exterior stairs enclosed or protected with a cane detectable barrier so that people who are blind or have low vision will not hit their heads on the underside?...
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G. What are Detectable Warnings, Why are They Required, and Where Must They be Provided?
Detectable warnings are intended to function much like stop signs for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision....
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II-9.2000 Complaints.
ILLUSTRATION: A county court system is found by a Federal court to have violated title II of the ADA by excluding a blind individual from a jury because of his blindness....
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND FINDING
LSAC's electronic application forms are inaccessible to prospective blind students; they cannot be navigated with conventional screen access software....
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Protruding Objects
Protruding Objects: Some people who are blind or have low vision use canes to detect objects along a route....
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R205 Alternate Pedestrian Access Routes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MUTCD standards require alternate pedestrian routes to be accessible and detectable, including warning pedestrians who are blind or have low vision about sidewalk closures....
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14. Inconsistent State laws
Thus, a law school could not deny admission to a blind applicant because blind laywers [sic] may find it more difficult to find jobs than do nonhandicapped [sic] lawyers....
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Clear Floor or Ground Space: ADA Standard Section 407.2.1.3
Section 407.2.1.3 covers the current ADA Standards for the clear floor or ground space at elevator call controls.
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Automatic Curtain Ltd. Automatic Roman Shade System IV
Quiet running, db level below 45 dB Precise limit switch, repeat limiting precise degree +3˚C or -3˚C Suit for window products (roller blind, roman shade, screen, shutters, ect.)...
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D. Protruding Objects
Protruding Objects - Examine all interior hallways, stairways and other pedestrian routes: ...to minimize the risks to blind persons and persons with low vision, are all of these areas...
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28. Private education
A private recipient without a special program for blind students, however, would not be permitted to exclude, on the basis of blindness, a blind applicant who is able to participate in the...
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Issue 10: Braille (right side up?)
If the installation agency is not in contact with someone who reads Braille, individuals may be located through vocational rehabilitation agencies, schools for the blind, special education...
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Curtain.Com Remote Controlled Automatic Roller Shade System IV
Characteristics: Quiet running, db level below 45 dB Precise limit switch, repeat limiting precise degree +3˚C or -3˚C Suit for window products (roller blind, roman shade, screen...
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11B-407.2.1.3 Clear floor or ground space
Recessed ashtrays should not be placed near elevator call buttons so that persons who are blind or visually impaired do not inadvertently contact them or their contents as they reach for...
