For example, section 504 requires that all federally assisted programs and activities be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps, even if major structural alterations...
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Section 36.103 Relationship to Other Laws (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
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Organization of This Rule
As noted above, the 2004 ADAAG, taken together with the requirements contained in § 35.151 (New Construction and Alterations) of the final rule, will be referred to as the ‘‘2010 Standards...
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Background
A building owner is expected to maintain compliance with that edition, but is not expected to perform alterations to become compliant with later editions when issued....
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Comments to the NPRM
Some of these commenters also objected to the proposal that the head of an entity, or his designee, would be required to make the decision that a requested modification was a fundamental alteration...
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Subpart F-Certification of State Laws or Local Building Codes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The ADA establishes certification as a voluntary process; altering the statutory scheme is beyond the Department's authority....
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8. What are auxiliary aids and services? What does it mean to provide effective communication?
who are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals who are not), the agency must provide a qualified oral transliterator, unless the agency can demonstrate that it would pose a fundamental alteration...
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A. TITLE II OF THE ADA
promulgated by the United States Attorney General to implement the requirements of Title II differentiate between structures built before the effective date of the ADA and those built or altered...
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Impacts on State and Local Governments
For example, a state or local transportation department that finances the design, construction, or alteration of a pedestrian facility in the public right-of- way with a federal grant or...
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General Exceptions in FSTAG
the basis for the determination that either of the general exceptions applies to a trail or a portion of a trail and maintain the documentation with the records of the construction or alteration...
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Speech Output
Some industry commenters expressed concern about the proposed requirements and existing machines, including those that are not altered....
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Wheelchairs and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices
device if requested by the customer; Whether legitimate safety standards can be established to permit the safe operation of the device; and Whether the use of the device creates a substantial...
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4. Benefits of the Proposed Rule
Overall, results from the Preliminary RIA demonstrate that the proposed 508 Standards will likely have substantial monetizable benefits to federal agencies and persons with disabilities....
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100% Healed Policies
Direct threat is the ADA standard for determining whether an employee's disability poses a "significant risk of substantial harm" to self or to others....
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A. The Release Provisions Appear To Waive Access Claims Arising After The Date Of The Settlement Agreements
The prospective release is especially troubling because it will substantially compromise the Department of Justice’s ADA enforcement efforts to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities...
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Proceedings of: Workshop on Improving Building Design for Persons with Low Vision
these public buildings: 1) GSA’s Design Excellence philosophy “to provide dramatic improvements in the design, preservation, and construction of federal buildings”, which has resulted in substantial...
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How should we describe facilities that only meet some of the accessibility guidelines?
For example, at a district office that was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the front entrance could not be retrofitted for accessibility without substantially impairing the...
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Scope of coverage. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Generally, entities are considered private clubs where members exercise a high degree of control over club operations; the membership selection is highly selective; substantial membership...
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Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title II)
Under the ADA (including Title II), a disability is (1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity; (2) a record of such an impairment; or (3) being...
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6. General prohibitions against discrimination
Among the criteria to be considered in each case are the substantiality of the relationship between the recipient and the other entity, including financial support by the recipient, and...
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Must Gluten-free Be Free? What You Should Know About Celiac Disease and the ADA
A disability under the ADA is any mental or physical impairment that substantially limits a major life activity....
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§1607.17 Policy statement on affirmative action (see section 13B).
of any affirmative action plan should be an analysis of the employer's work force to determine whether precentages of sex, race, or ethnic groups in individual job classifications are substantially...
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Sides of Curb Ramps
However, a similar exception has been added for alterations. Under this exception, 1:12 maximum side flares are required where there is no landing at the top of curb ramps....
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11B-216.1 General
New or altered signs shall be provided in accordance with Section 11B-216 and shall comply with Section 11B-703....