To help accommodate such situations, the rule refers to passenger boardings “over the entire period during which the station is made accessible.”...
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Section 37.49 Designation of Responsible Person(s) for Intercity and Commuter Rail Stations
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department announced its intention not to regulate equipment, proposing instead to continue with the current approach, under which equipment and furniture are covered by...
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Toward Independence and The ICD Survey of Disabled Americans
In June, NCD members held working sessions to sketch out the content of each proposed topic and finally settled on the following ten topics: equal opportunity laws, employment, disincentives...
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5.8.2.1 Height of Breast Platform at Time of Measurement
The NPRM proposed measuring the knee clearance under the breast platform at 27 inches above the ground....
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2.7 Existing ADA and Rehabilitation Act Requirements for Accessible Medical Care
In July 2010, DOJ also issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) announcing that, because of the obligation that has always existed under the ADA for covered entities to provide...
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M301.4 Lift Compatibility
M301.4 Lift Compatibility M01.4.1 Clearance in Base Proposed requirement: The base of the equipment shall provide a clearance 44 inches (1120 mm) wide minimum, 6 inches (150 mm)...
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17. Tests and selection criteria
Under the proposed section, a statistical showing of adverse impact on handicapped persons was required to trigger an employer's obligation to show that employment criteria and qualifications...
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11B-206.4.10 Medical care and long-term care facilities
A protected accessible entrance is required when an addition is proposed for a facility that does not have an existing accessible entrance. ...
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CASI California Survey Reports Acceptance Criteria - Equivalent Facilitation AC 01-12
______________________________________________________ Equivalent Facilitation AC 01-12 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Proposed...
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Base Support [No specific provision—affects M303.2.4]
Base Support [No specific provision—affects M303.2.4] Recommendation: The final proposal on the base support is for 1½ inch high maximum base support with additional sloping permitted...
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(v) and 36.105(d)(1)(v)—Comparisons to Most People in the Population, and Impairment Need Not Prevent or Significantly or Severely Restrict a Major Life Activity
Accordingly, proposed §§ 35.108(d)(1)(ii) and 36.105(d)(1)(ii) state that an impairment is a disability if it substantially limits the ability of an individual to perform a major life activity...
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(2) Adjustability: Minimum Low Transfer Height
In addressing what the low transfer height should be, 12 commenters responded to question 14 specifically addressing the proposed minimum low transfer surface height....
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Mobile or Portable Amusement Rides
A commenter requested that the final rule specifically allow for wheelchair access through the exit or other routes, or alternate means of wheelchair access routes to amusement rides....
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382.27 May a carrier require a passenger with a disability to provide advance notice in order to obtain specific services in connection with a flight?
There are a few new situations in which the rule permits carriers to require advance notice....
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Three: Is the limitation on any major life activity substantial?
The Supreme Court has ruled that, if an impairment does not substantially limit one or more major life activities because of a mitigating measure an individual is using, the impairment may...
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Fair Housing Act
For example, a landlord with a "no pets" policy may be required to grant an exception to this rule and allow an individual who is blind to keep a guide dog in the residence....
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Communication after an Employee Requests Leave
Communication after an Employee Requests Leave As a general rule, the individual with a disability - who has the most knowledge about the need for reasonable accommodation - must inform...
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Section 9, Accessible Transient Lodging (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The final rule establishes scoping requirements for accessibility of newly constructed hotels....
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809.3 Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features
809.3 Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features As discussed below, the final rule adds technical requirements to this section for smoke alarms and weather alert systems...
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4. Substitution of Class Representative
Kirkland, 118 F.3d 667, 669 (9th Cir. 1977) ("We reverse and remand for a ruling on the outstanding class certification motion, including a determination [of] whether Wade may remain as...
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What Consumers Should Know
The TRS rules do not require you to choose or use only one VRS provider. You can choose any of several different providers of VRS....
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Fire Department Issues
“(Byzek 2001) On September 11, 2001 two wheelchair users escaped from the World Trade Center using “evacuation chairs with inexperienced helpers because they broke the rules....
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3.2.2.1. Low Accessibility Baseline
The estimated costs of the final rule under the Low Accessibility baseline are estimated as a sensitivity analysis in Section 4.2.1....
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Section 9, Accessible Transient Lodging (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The final rule establishes scoping requirements for accessibility of newly constructed hotels....