"For over forty years, our focus has been to figure out ways people with disabilities can participate in everyday activities and all aspects of the community," explains Bill Kiernan, director...
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Institute for Community Inclusion - Boston, MA
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Section 35.160 Communications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Advocates stated that an individual who is unaware of his or her rights may decide to use a third party simply because he or she believes that is the only way to communicate with the public...
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The GRIT Freedom Chair
Our MIT-designed patented lever drive is easier to push than regular wheelchairs, but is way more powerful....
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#CripTheVoteStories with Michele Kaplan
“I think it’s really really really important especially when you’re disabled, or you’re from a demographic who is grossly underrepresented in the media, that you get out there whatever way...
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4. Perspectives of Equipment Types
The subcommittee believes alternate criteria or “accessibility packages”, to strive for equivalent facilitation, will be needed to best improve independent access in the most meaningful way...
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Guidance Documents, short-term
I thought, well, I’ve got a lot of it done, so I could bring in the collaborative thing and it started out that way anyhow....
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David L Munson, IALD Aff.
The minute we took the motor action out of it, the scores went way up. I mean – we lowered the time, the accuracy went way up....
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ADDENDUM TO PHASE I FINAL REPORT: Points of Clarification
More specifically, these subjects could not position themselves and/or their mobility devices in the way that they would normally do to perform an independent transfer because they were...
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4. Coverage of Real-Time Text
In this NPRM, the Board proposes to require that, where ICT provides real-time, two-way voice communication, such ICT must also support RTT functionality....
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First Victory
First Victory Sometimes, as in basketball, the best way to launch an offensive assault is to get a good defensive stop—a steal, a forced turnover....
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Online Guide Project Team
We feel that this document will go a long way to provide guidance and tools for more inclusive meetings!...
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Where do I measure for a handrail extension?
[emphasis added, typical] The phrase "in the same direction of" the stair flights or ramp runs simply means in the direction of the normal pedestrian flow up/down the stairs or ramp. ...
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Drafting the ADA
They concluded that the only way to overcome legislative inertia was for NCD to take the lead....
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Assisted Living Directory - New Mexico Assisted Living Facilities & Senior Care
Additional Support * Learn about a State-Sponsored senior care database, offered through the New Mexico Department on Aging – this is an excellent way to research care options statewide...
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Arkay Incoporated
Managed care initiatives at both the federal and state levels will demand even greater changes in the way services are funded and evaluated....
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Disabled Resource Services - Fort Collins, Loveland, CO
Johnson Foundation; local churches like First Baptist Church; service clubs like the Loveland Lion’s Club and United Way, as well as individual donors create this important infrastructure...
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C. Eligibility Criteria
Advance planning is the only way emergency managers and shelter operators can secure enough trained medical personnel and adequately trained volunteers to ensure the safety and comfort of...
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Paragraph (e) Availability of auditory information for people who are hard of hearing (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Also, industry commenters said that increasing gain may not be the only, or even the best way to provide better access since amplifying a noisy signal also amplifies the noise....
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8. What are auxiliary aids and services? What does it mean to provide effective communication?
In order to be effective, auxiliary aids and services must be provided in a timely manner and in such a way as to protect the privacy and independence of the individual with a disability...
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Identification of accessible features in hotels and guest rooms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Reservations services for these entities should include this information and provide a way for guests to contact the appropriate hotel employee for additional information....
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TTY Use
We would expect any carrier that operates TTY service and whose TTY callers experience a high incidence of busy signals to find some way of accommodating the TTY callers so as to avoid violating...
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III. Summary of Comments
The disability rights organizations generally supported the proposed rule and recommended multiple ways to increase accessibility....
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A. TITLE II OF THE ADA
By way of comparison, Title III, which applies to private entities operating a "place of public accommodation," imposes more stringent requirements aimed at ensuring that every facility...
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b) Library Program
Jensen also evaluated the path of travel from each branch library to the public right-of-way, nearby parking and public transportation....
