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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Prescription Drug Container Labels: ADA Standard Section 10.
Review the updated information on the revisions to the ADA Standards regarding prescription drug container labels.
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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...
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Protruding Objects [1016.9]
Objects that protrude into ORARs, passing spaces, and resting intervals can pose hazards to people who are blind or have low vision....
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Brailling Printed Materials
To locate a resource to transcribe printed materials into hardcopy Braille, call local organizations that serve people who are blind or have low vision, independent living centers, or state...
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Audio Description Associates Audio Description Services
For instance, the images in children's books become more accessible for kids who have low vision or are blind, and all children benefit from hearing concise and imaginative word choices....
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3.4 Disability/Accessibility Organizations.
American Council of the Blind (www.acb.org); 3. American Foundation for the Blind (www.afb.org); 4. Assistance Dogs International (www.assistancedogsinternational.org); 5....
