when we do, we may risk overlooking critical services such as scheduling routine preventive screenings and making usable referrals for these screenings that take into account physical, communication...
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The ADA on the Eve of the 1988 Election
The disability community reached this objective with a pronouncement from Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) at the joint hearing....
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Staff Training
Covered entities should teach staff about the ADA's requirements for communicating effectively with people who have communication disabilities....
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Diversion and Coordination with Mental Health Providers
settlement agreement in Portland led to the creation of a crisis center available to first responders seeking to divert individuals with disabilities from the criminal justice system into the community...
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"Qualified Interpreter" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Likewise, a qualified sign language interpreter would not include someone who is fluent in sign language but unable to translate spoken communication into ASL or to translate signed communication...
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"Qualified Interpreter" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Likewise, a qualified sign language interpreter would not include someone who is fluent in sign language but unable to translate spoken communication into ASL or to translate signed communication...
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In Closing
The disability community’s abiding commitment to act as one unified voice helped keep the ADA a strong act and prevented exclusion of specific subgroups of disabilities....
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Toilet Room Configuration
This basic configuration was found in numerous facilities including: a nursing care addition at Pennswood Village Retirement Community, Newton, PA (Lewis and Rodgers Architects, Fort Washington...
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Patient or designated support person’s answers these questions.
These questions help determine patients’ access needs including communication access....
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QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS
., where the interpreter is not familiar with the specialized vocabulary involved in the communication at issue. (2) 2. There are a number of different sign language systems....
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E. Promotional Activities
If a recipient's service area contains a community of national origin minority persons with limited English language skills, promotional literature must be distributed to that community...
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Staff Training
It is important that staff -- especially front line staff who routinely interact with the public -- understand the requirements on modifying policies and practices, communicating with and...
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§104.52(c) Emergency treatment for the hearing impaired
A recipient hospital that provides health services or benefits shall establish a procedure for effective communication with persons with impaired hearing for the purpose of providing emergency...
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§35.178 State Immunity
Immunity Section 35.178 restates the provision of section 502 of the Act that a State is not immune under the eleventh amendment to the Constitution of the United States from an action in Federal...
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E. Paperwork Reduction Act
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), federal agencies are generally prohibited from conducting or sponsoring a “collection of information: as defined by the PRA, absent OMB approval....
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§8.50(a) Assurances
An applicant for Federal financial assistance for a program or activity to which this part applies shall submit an assurance to HUD, or in the case of a subrecipient to a primary recipient...
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I. Steps to Ensure Access for All in Emergencies and Disasters
Shelters – Physical Accessibility: Survey your community’s current shelters for barriers to access for persons with disabilities....
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Contact Information
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides information about the employment provisions of the ADA....
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"Disco" Elevator
For purposes of resolving this matter, the Museum will provide an attendant to operate the "Disco" elevator and to provide elevator emergency communication during the hours that the Museum...
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1.1.3.2, Item 11
Public elementary and secondary schools, community college buildings and state-owned or state-leased essential service buildings regulated by the Division of the State Architect....
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§100.305(a)
(a) In order for a housing facility or community to qualify as housing for older persons under §100.304, at least 80 percent of its occupied units must be occupied by at least one person...
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§100.308(b)(1)
(1) A person claiming the good faith belief defense must have actual knowledge that the housing facility or community has, through an authorized representative, asserted in writing that...
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TEXT TELEPHONE
Machinery or equipment that employs interactive text-based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the standard telephone network....