The opportunity to effect a side transfer will often obviate the need for a wheelchair user or individual with another type of mobility impairment to obtain the assistance of another person...
Search Results "Physical Impairment"
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Additional benefits of water closet clearance standards
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Attachment E: GUIDE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
Remember that deaf or hard of hearing persons must be able to understand you as well as those who do not have hearing impairments....
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Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired...
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Rebuilding Together Long Beach - Long Beach, CA
Together Long Beach is part of Rebuilding Together, Inc.’s network of more than 150 affiliates that provide free rehabilitation and critical repairs for homeowners who are financially and/or physically...
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Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley - San Jose, CA
The majority of the low-income homeowners we serve are elderly seniors and/or people with disabilities, who are physically and financially unable to maintain safe and warm living conditions...
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Ability360 - Phoenix, AZ
Ability360 began in 1977 as the Arizona Congress for Action (ACA), a group of people with diverse physical disabilities who launched a grassroots effort to educate the community about disability-related...
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Rebuilding Together Broward County - Oakland Park, FL
The physical improvement of a home, neighborhood and non-profit entity should have an immediate and enduring impact on their well-being....
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National Research and Training Center (NRTC) on Blindness and Low Vision Continuing Education Courses
These courses are designed for professionals who are working in or with the field of rehabilitation of persons who are blind or visually impaired, although anyone is welcome to take them...
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The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
In 1990, WGBH's access mission resulted in the development of video description for television audiences who are blind and visually impaired....
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Sampling Strategies
Sanford (1996), "There appears to be no single data source that directly assesses the prevalence of mobility impairments in the U.S. population."...
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TTY Use
the requirement that response time for TTY users and other callers be “equivalent,” arguing that the delay inherent in typing text rather than speaking it makes equivalent response times physically...
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Boston Center for Independent Living, Inc.
In this work we have connected with many persons with significant physical disabilities who have encountered major barriers to care and services in a medical setting, and these persons’...
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b) Library Program
coordinators—one who specializes in programmatic access and who trains staff on a variety of issues related to accessibility, and another who specializes in ensuring that library facilities are physically...
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ADA Title III: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities Fact Sheet
ADA Title III: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities Fact Sheet" (20 KB PDF)] Purpose of the Act: Address the concerns of the 43 million Americans that have one of more physical...
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15. ADA Coordinator for the Pedestrian Right of Way
Coordinator for the Pedestrian Right of Way shall have: (a) Responsibility and authority to receive and respond to Settlement Class members’ reasonable inquiries and complaints concerning physical...
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E103.4 Defined Terms (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed definition would not include the requirement for physical contact found in the definition in the existing 508 Standards and would not include examples of controls....
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A Day to Remember
One of them couldn't help physically, so he scouted ahead....
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISABILITY LAW GUIDANCE: Origin-to-Destination Service
A physical barrier (e.g., sidewalk construction) may prevent a passenger from traveling between the curb and the door of his or her destination point. ...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The same individual in the same physical location should be responsible for both the checking in and checking out of the receivers This individual should be trained to operate, troubleshoot...
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B. The ADA Standards for Accessible Design
The ADA Standards do not address, however, every conceivable disability impact in a physical space....
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Need for and Benefits of the Proposed Standards
Survey respondents reported difficulties with getting on and off the equipment, positioning their bodies on the equipment, physical comfort and safety, and communication issues....
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11B-206.2.3 Multi-story buildings and facilities
Many people with non-mobility (for example sight or hearing impairments) or semi-ambulatory conditions are served by the remaining access features required by this code....
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Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (MS Focus)
This presents physical, emotional, and financial challenges families must face....
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Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania
Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania provides services to more than 2,300 children and young adults with physical disabilities and developmental delays, including individuals affected by conditions...
