Machinery or equipment that employs interactive text based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the standard telephone network....
Search Results "AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication"
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TTY
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Voices for Independence (VFI) - Erie, PA
Voices for Independence (VFI) was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in December 1993 by a group of individuals with disabilities who wanted to create an alternative to...
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Foreword, July 26, 2010
The ADA’s history also provides a sober reminder to the disability community about the challenges of and need for cross-community collaboration....
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The Family Cafe
Family Café exists to provide individuals with disabilities and their families with an opportunity for collaboration, advocacy, friendship and empowerment by serving as a facilitator of communication...
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Spacing: ADA Standard Section 609.3
Section 609.3 covers the current ADA Standards for the grab bar spacing between the wall, objects above, below and at the ends of the grab bar.
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12101(a)(5)
individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication...
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B. Recruitment
Recipients may not limit their recruitment for employees to schools, communities, or companies disproportionately composed of persons of a particular race, color, national origin, sex, or...
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NPRM and Comments
The Department received several comments from disability community persons or organizations, recommending that the final rule impose such a requirement....
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12182(b)(2)(A)(iv)
(iv) a failure to remove architectural barriers, and communication barriers that are structural in nature, in existing facilities, and transportation barriers in existing vehicles and rail...
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§100.305(d)
For purposes of this section, newly constructed housing includes a facility or community that has been wholly unoccupied for at least 90 days prior to re-occupancy due to renovation or rehabilitation...
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§100.305(e)(1)
(1) On September 13, 1988, under 80 percent of the occupied units in the housing facility or community were occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older, provided that at least...
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4.27.3* HEIGHT
Except where the use of special equipment dictates otherwise, electrical and communications system receptacles on walls shall be mounted no less than 15 in (380 mm) above the floor....
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Operable Parts Covered [§205]
Operable parts include light switches, electrical and communication receptacles, thermostats, alarm pulls, automatic door controls, and other elements used by facility occupants....
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Q. How does the ADA recognize public health concerns?
No provision in the ADA is intended to supplant the role of public health authorities in protecting the community from legitimate health threats....
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3001.3 Accessibility
serve as part of an accessible means of egress shall comply with Section 1009 and either Chapter 11A for applications listed in Section 1.8.2.1.2 regulated by the Department of Housing and Community...
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3001.4 Accessibility
as part of an accessible means of egress shall comply with Sections 1009 and either Chapter 11A for applications listed in Section 1.8.2.1.2 regulated by the Department of Housing and Community...
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Public Rights-of-Way
which the Board created to make recommendations on the guidelines, included representatives from the transportation industry, Federal, State and local government agencies, the disability community...
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Suggested best practices for architects and other design professionals
It is simply a matter of clearly communicating four things: (1) what is wanted, (2) the standards used, (3) how compliance will be verified, and (4) what the result of noncompliance will...
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"Qualified interpreter.'' (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.303 requires the use of a qualified interpreter where necessary to achieve effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result....
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SHELTERS + SERVICE CENTERS
Join your local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and get trained to help support shelter and service center operations....
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Never Assume You have been Included in Emergency Plans
People with vision and hearing loss and people with speech related disabilities often encounter many more communication barriers, especially when regular communication channels are down...
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Qualified interpreter (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Section 36.303 requires the use of a qualified interpreter where necessary to achieve effective communication, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result....
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II-8.2000 Self-evaluation
If a public entity communicates with applicants and beneficiaries by telephone, it should ensure that TDD's or equally effective telecommunication systems are used to communicate with individuals...
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[2010 ADAS] 105.2.2 ASME
ASME A17.1 requires a two-way means of emergency communications in passenger elevators....
