In such cases, barrier removal measures may be taken that do not fully comply with the standards, so long as the measures do not pose a significant risk to the health or safety of individuals...
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III-4.4300 Standards to apply
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Publications
A Braille literate visitor may consider a Braille version to be easier and faster for obtaining information, whereas for those who are not Braille readers require other alternate formats...
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III. Results of the Study
Results of the Study Approximately 35 playground sites were recruited for participation during the evaluation period from October 2008 through May 2011. ...
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APPENDIX A GENERAL POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
In order for detainees with disabilities to participate in UPDC’s services, programs, and activities, UPDC may need to make reasonable changes (modifications) in policies, practices, and...
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Dimensions for Adults and Children [§102]
The ADA Standards do not require provision of additional accessible elements in order to separately accommodate both children and adults, although doing so may be advisable in mixed use...
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Section 4.1.1, Application (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Section 4.1.1(3) preserves the basic principle of the proposed rule: Areas that may be used by employees with disabilities shall be designed and constructed so that an individual with a...
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Alternate formats (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed definition noted that the formats may include Braille, ASCII text, large print, recorded audio, and accessible internet programming or coding languages, among others....
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Free Technical Assistance
You may also order the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and other ADA publications, including regulations for private businesses or State and local governments, at any time day or night...
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11B-106.5 Defined terms
For simplicity, the following terms defined in Section 202 do not have hyperlinks, unless the Editor has judged that the particular context may benefit from the added clarity of the definition...
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11B-406.5.3 Landings
This design is not compliant with the building code and may result in a condition where a wheelchair user cannot safely turn and proceed along the intersecting walk....
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11B-410.8 Restriction sign
For lifts with a signed installation contract before May 1, 2008: CCR, Title 8, Section 3094 provides safety regulations for Vertical Platform (Wheelchair) Lifts....
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11B-405.7.5 Doorways
Where a door swings onto a ramp landing width, additional ramp landing length as specified may be necessary to accommodate a clear level area for the wheelchair user to clear the door swing...
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PUBLIC HOUSING
Note: A public entity’s program to provide housing may include but is not limited to: the allocation of local, state, or federal financial assistance, Community Development Block Grants,...
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Structural Impracticability—28 CFR 35.151
As emphasized above, HUD cannot allow the use of an alternative standard which conflicts with HUD’s regulatory requirements and may reduce accessibility in housing settings without the opportunity...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(vii) Impairments That Are Episodic or in Remission
Supp. 2d 177, 182-83 (D.N.H. 2002)] where the courts have discounted the impact of an impairment [such as cancer] that may be in remission as too short-lived to be substantially limiting...
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ADA Title III: Public Accommodations
Complaints of title III violations may be filed with the Department of Justice. In certain situations, cases may be referred to a mediation program sponsored by the Department....
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3. Modified Work Schedules
Modified work schedules may include flexibility in work hours or the work week, or part-time work, where this will not be an undue hardship....
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Effective Communication Provisions
In a retail setting, pointing to product information or writing notes back and forth to answer simple questions about a product may allow a person who is deaf to decide whether to purchase...
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4.3.5 Patient Positions During Diagnostic Imaging
An experienced radiologist who presented to the Committee (see Section 3.3.3) indicated that in some circumstances examinations of equivalent quality may be obtained by patients who are...
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23. Q: What types of modifications in law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures does the ADA require?
Such individuals are pedestrians, but may need to use streets where curb cuts are unavailable....
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Grab Bar and Backrest Evaluation
The backrest may have helped to provide a sense of security, comfort or support for participants when seated on the platform but it did not appear to be as useful as the grab bars were for...
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17. Tests and selection criteria
Section 104.13(b) requires that a recipient take into account that some tests and criteria depend upon sensory, manual, or speaking skills that may not themselves be necessary to the job...
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24. Educational setting
A handicapped student may be removed from the regular educational setting only where the recipient can show that the needs of the student would, on balance, be served by placement in another...
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1. Getting Started
If you answered “no” to any of these questions, you may not be getting the same equal access to health care as that provided to others....