They urged the Department and the Board to coordinate the ADAAG provisions and any substantive changes to them with the ANSI A117 committee in order to maintain a consistent and uniform...
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General Comments (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
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Wheelchair Securement Systems
The Access Board’s existing guidelines require buses, OTRBs, and vans to provide wheelchair securement systems that comply with specified technical requirements at each wheelchair space....
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5. Interoperability Requirements for Assistive Technology
In the 2010 and 2011 ANPRMs, which drew heavily from the TEITAC Report, the Board took similar approaches to assistive technology....
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3. Comparison of WCAG 2.0 to Existing 508 Standards
The Access Board has created a comprehensive table comparing WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA Success Criteria to the corresponding requirements in the existing 508 Standards....
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(C) NYCT’s interpretation of the ADA and DOT’s implementing regulations is too narrow.
See 49 CFR § 37.43(a)(1); SEPTA II, 635 F.3d at 93–98. 1 This argument was raised by NYCT in its letter dated December 15, 2014 to FTA Region 2 regarding the Middletown Road Station...
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42. May an employer tell other employees that an individual is receiving a reasonable accommodation when employees ask questions about a coworker with a disability?
Since responding to specific coworker questions may be difficult, employers might find it helpful before such questions are raised to provide all employees with information about various...
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The Basis for this Pocket Guide
This publication has been compiled from the General Services Administration (GSA) Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standard downloaded from the US Access Board website at http://...
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Storing Assistive Devices in the Aircraft Cabin
Storing Assistive Devices in the Aircraft Cabin You must allow passengers with a disability to bring their personal ventilators/respirators, including non-spillable batteries, on board...
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M305.2.8 Fittings (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board concurs with the majority of the commenters and the MDE Advisory Committee....
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Transit Shelters (R308.2) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Transit Shelters (R308.2) (Section-by-Section Analysis) Transit shelters must be connected by a pedestrian access route to boarding and alighting areas or boarding platforms....
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1. GET ORGANIZED
Examples include: Email Website Text Flyering/bulletin boards Conference calls/phone tree Meetings/forums/events Communications...
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407.3 Tactilely Discernible (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Board is also proposing an exception to the requirement for tactile discernibility for touchscreen-based devices in today’s marketplace that have proven to be accessible to—and popular...
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A4.5.1 General
A research project sponsored by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) conducted tests with persons with disabilities and concluded that a higher coefficient...
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413.1.1 Caption Controls (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While the Board believes that proposed 413.1.1 would greatly benefit persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, we did not monetize the benefits or costs of providing caption controls on covered...
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805 Medical Care and Long-Term Care Facilities
For consistency with specifications for wheelchair turning space in section 304, the Board as removed the requirement prohibiting beds from overlapping this space....
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Accessibility Engineering Specialists
The Board appreciates the fact that NARTE established the Association of Accessibility Engineering Specialists and believes that this group will contribute to advances in the field of accessible...
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M307 Operable Parts (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board did receive comments in response to question 43, which sought public input on whether the final rule should include reach range requirements such as those in the 2004 ADA...
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MORE INFORMATION
Access Board The Access Board has posted the 2010 ADA Standards as well as all previous accessibility design standards along with guidance, explanations, and technical assistance....
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Section 36.406(g) Medical Care Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is aware that the Access Board sought comment on how dispersion of accessible sleeping rooms can effectively be achieved and maintained in medical care facilities such as...
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Who has Obligations
employees; Whether the entity receives significant assistance from the government by provision of property or equipment; and Whether the entity is governed by an independent board...
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B.3.i. - What is equivalent facilitation?
The Access Board’s standards provide that agencies may accept EIT offered by vendors which uses designs or technologies that do not meet the applicable technical provisions in Section 508...
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ADA Training
Participants should include staff, board members, committee chairs and others involved in running the public entity. ...
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Questions Posed in the NPRM Regarding Costs and Benefits of Complying With the 2010 Standards (Section-by-Section Analysis)
pursuant to the ADA, the Department does not have statutory authority to modify the 2004 ADAAG and is required instead to issue regulations implementing the ADA that are consistent with the Board's...
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Alterations to stairs (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A majority of the commenters did not want this requirement returned to the Access Board for further consideration....