When streets, roads, or highways are newly built or altered, they must have ramps or sloped areas wherever there are curbs or other barriers to entry from a sidewalk or path....
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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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II-6.6000 Curb ramps
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11B-903.1 General
benches provided at outdoor locations may be found in the Revised Draft Guidelines for Accessible Public Rights-of-Way, California State Parks Accessibility Guidelines and Architectural Barriers...
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A. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
Farmhouse"), and the building located at 81 Spring Street, South Salem, New York 10590, which houses Lewisboro's Police Department (the "Police Station"), are not accessible because structural barriers...
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IV. ACCESSIBLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
If equipment fully meeting the height requirements set forth in Paragraph IV.A.2 is not readily commercially available, WHC shall purchase equipment that comes closest to meeting the height...
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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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Bobrick Swing-Up Grab Bar B-4998
Swing-up grab bar can support loads in excess of 250 pounds (113kg) if properly installed, complying with barrier-free accessibility guidelines (including ADAAG in the U.S.A.) for structural...
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American Foundation for the Blind® Support, Programs and Services
We change lives—breaking through barriers, challenging misconceptions, and expanding possibilities....
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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...
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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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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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Efforts to maximize benefits
While no product can be readily used by everyone, accessible design can impact market size and market share through consideration of the functional needs of all consumers, including those...
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QUESTION: WHAT QUESTIONS IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO ASK OF A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY CONCERNING A SERVICE ANIMAL?
* Generally, a PVO may not make these inquiries about a service animal when it is readily apparent that an animal is trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a...
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402.2 Speech-Output Enabled
Speech output shall be delivered through a mechanism that is readily available to all users, including, but not limited to, an industry standard connector or a telephone handset....
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Shower Stalls [4.21]
Roll-in showers are most practical where shower chairs can be made readily available (e.g., dwelling units, dormitories, rehabilitation facilities)....
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SHELTERING
Action Steps: Accessible Shelters Survey your community’s shelters for barriers to access for persons with disabilities....
