Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the ADA is an "equal opportunity" law, not a benefit...
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Introduction
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Ground Surfaces
These ground surfaces must follow special rules, incorporated by reference from nationally recognized standards for accessibility and safety in play areas, including those issued by the...
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ABBREVIATIONS
Reg. 7-26-91) plus revisions to date ANSI A117.1 American National Standard for Buildings and Facilities - Providing Accessibility and Usability for Physically Handicapped People -...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities
Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities Voting is one of our nation’s...
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Introduction
The Americans with Disabilities Act gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin...
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Acronyms
Board—Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ADA—Americans with Disabilities Act ADASAD—Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design ANSI—American National...
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Electronic File(s) As An Alternate Format
The National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE) website provides helpful "cheatsheets" for creating accessible documents in various file formats....
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III−1.6000 Private clubs
entity is a private club for purposes of the ADA if it is a private club under title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national...
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Provisions of the Final Rule
., difficulty in access to a paratransit vehicle from the passenger's residence; the need to eat a snack on a rail car to maintain a diabetic's blood sugar levels; lack of an accessible...
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Indiana AgrAbility
between the USDA, the BNG Outreach Program, and several disability- and agriculture-related organizations, the Arthritis Foundation-Indiana Chapter, Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corporation...
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206 Accessible Routes
New 4.1.3(5) One passenger elevator complying with 4.10 shall serve each level, including mezzanines, in all multi-story buildings and facilities unless exempted below...
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2.6 Brief History of Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
In 2002, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) in the U.S....
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Rebuilding Together Howard County - Columbia, MD
Rebuilding Together’s national headquarters was launched in 1988 with a commitment to spread the program to every state....
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Disabled Access Credit
Taxpayers, other than partnerships or S corporations, whose only source of this credit is from those pass-through entities, are not required to complete or file this form....
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3. Alternative Regulatory Approaches: Automated Announcement Systems
final rule – as opposed to specification of a different numeric threshold – was based on not only these policy and legal considerations, but also quantitative analysis of data from the National...
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
Under this regulation, the Department of Justice covers passenger vessels operated by private entities not primarily engaged in the business of transporting people with respect to the provision...
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A. Electronic Content
On the other hand, if a federal agency is the plaintiff in a lawsuit and serves an electronic version of a legal brief on a corporate defendant, the agency’s legal brief would not be considered...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) motor vehicle safety regulations require that a wheelchair lift be tested to withstand a 600-pound load. If the manufacturer states that the design load is 800 pounds, can the transportation operator limit actual use to 600 pounds for safety reasons?
No. The NHTSA safety standards and the DOT ADA regulations were designed to complement each other. The manufacturer’s design load represents the amount of weight that the lift is...
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V. PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Since 2001, more than 640 participants from small and mid-sized businesses, large corporations, and organizations of people with disabilities have attended 16 dynamic ADA Business Connection...
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3.9 The Undue Hardship Limitation
For example: A local, independently owned fast food franchise of a national company that receives no funding from that company may assert that it would be an undue hardship to provide an...
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Conditions for Exceptions [1019]
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq.) National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 470 et seq.)...
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Executive Summary
The National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that, currently, more than 38 million Americans age 40 and older experience blindness, low vision, and...
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II. Summary of Regulatory Assessment
The data used to support the estimates in this Final Regulatory Assessment (Final RA) focus on (1) the increase in the number of postsecondary students or national examination test takers...
