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32. If an employer has provided one reasonable accommodation, does it have to provide additional reasonable accommodations requested by an individual with a disability?
If there is no alternative accommodation, then the employer must attempt to reassign the employee to a vacant position for which s/he is qualified, unless to do so would cause an undue hardship...
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404.2.7 Door and Gate Hardware
Where sliding doors are in the fully open position, operating hardware shall be exposed and usable from both sides. EXCEPTIONS: 1....
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Training requirement. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While some groups have urged the Department to modify this position, the Department has determined that such a modification would not serve the full array of individuals with disabilities...
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Transit Stops (R308.1) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Boarding platforms at transit stops must be positioned to coordinate with vehicles to minimize the vertical and horizontal gaps....
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3.4.4. Audio Description Device Unit Costs
$300 Average (Excluding Sony) $95 Average (All Technologies) $163 Source: NATO, Statement of Position...
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3.3.6 Knee Clearance Height, minimum
. ** Does not include individuals with an above-knee right leg amputation (n=6) or with the right leg constrained in fully extended position (n=3) such as in an orthopedic cast....
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Baby Strollers
On most strollers, the babies sit in a partially prone position facing away from the person pushing the device....
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Training requirement. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While some groups have urged the Department to modify this position, the Department has determined that such a modification would not serve the full array of individuals with disabilities...
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Lavatories Adjacent to Partitions
Per 11B-606.2, we know that a clear space positioned for a forward approach is required (with exceptions), with proper knee and toe clearance. ...
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I. Steps to Ensure Access for All in Emergencies and Disasters
phases of your emergency management plan, including: preparation; notification; evacuation and transportation; sheltering; first aid...
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND FINDINGS
A healthcare provider cannot refer a patient with HIV or AIDS to another provider simply because the patient has HIV or AIDS. ...
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Section 36.301 Eligibility Criteria (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
may not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures, such as the provision of auxiliary aids...
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Attachment D
Provide aids or services as necessary to ensure that the deaf or hard of hearing individual understands what you are saying and that you understand him or her....
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Section 36.301 Eligibility Criteria (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
may not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the costs of measures, such as the provision of auxiliary aids...
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G. Access to Social Services, Temporary Lodging or Housing, and Other Benefit Programs
Procedures that allow people to apply in different ways – providing auxiliary aids and services and reasonable modifications to application procedures when people with disabilities need...
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1. Importance of Movies in American Culture
Commenters who have some functional degree of hearing, like those who use hearing aids or cochlear implants, explained that going to the movies is frustrating and unenjoyable for them. ...
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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title II)
, that public schools provide students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in all school activities and that public schools ensure, through the provision of auxiliary aids...
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6. General prohibitions against discrimination
Paragraph (b)(1(i) prohibits the exclusion of qualified handicapped persons from aids, benefits, or services, and paragraph (ii) requires that equal opportunity to participate or benefit...
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Section 37.3 Definitions
“Wheelchair” is defined in this rule as a mobility aid belonging to any class of three-or more-wheeled devices, usable indoors, designed or modified for and used by individuals with mobility...
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BACKGROUND
penalties, and full compliance with title III provisions, such as requiring public accommodations to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures and provide auxiliary aids...
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II-2.8000 Qualified individual with a disability
Reasonable modifications to a public entity's rules, policies, or practices; 2) Removal of architectural, communication, or transportation barriers; or 3) Provision of auxiliary aids...
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Overview
Covered entities must provide auxiliary aids and services when needed to communicate effectively with people who have communication disabilities....
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8.3 Illegal Use of Drugs
The illegal use of drugs does not include drugs taken under supervision of a licensed health care professional, including experimental drugs for people with AIDS, epilepsy, or mental illness...