By the year 2020, the number of people who are blind or have low vision is projected to increase substantially.* * * Blindness or low vision affects 3.3 million Americans age 40 or over,...
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E. Increasing Numbers of Individuals with Hearing and Vision Impairments
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9. Is an employer required to provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?
The attorney explains that a reader enables her to review substantial amounts of written materials in an efficient manner....
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28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities NPRM (2008 Title III NPRM)
requirements issued by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board" (Access Board); and perform periodic reviews of any rule judged to have a significant economic impact on a substantial...
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4.3.9 Doorway Design
Automating frequently used doors that are kept closed and require closers will increase accessibility substantially, especially on exterior doors where the operating forces are higher to...
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Category 3 Eligibility
., someone cannot find the bus stop, someone cannot push a wheelchair through the foot of snow or up a steep hill) but also where the difficulties are so substantial that a reasonable person...
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1134A.6 Showers
Doors and panels of shower enclosures shall be substantially constructed from approved, shatter-resistant materials. Hinged shower doors shall open outward....
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 3
If such a recipient finds, after consulting with a handicapped person seeking services, that only a significant alteration to its existing facilities will make its program accessible, the...
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E. Effective Communication
Under the ADA, shelter operators must provide “effective communication” to people with disabilities unless doing so would result in a fundamental alteration or would impose undue financial...
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1. Making Facilities Accessible and Usable
program or activity in existing facilities so that, when viewed in its entirety, it is readily accessible to and useable by persons with disabilities, unless this would cause a "fundamental alteration...
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 4
However, if "program accessibility" can be achieved only through "alterations of existing facilities (or) construction of new facilities," the construction must be completed "as expeditiously...
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A. Statutory and rulemaking history
The ADA also requires newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable...
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INTRODUCTION
The Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) set minimum standards for constructing and altering pedestrian facilities, including shared use paths, sidewalks, and...
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Overview
Newly constructed and altered pools must meet these requirements. Public entities and public accommodations also have obligations with respect to existing pools....
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3.5 Some Examples of Reasonable Accommodation
making facilities readily accessible to and usable by an individual with a disability; restructuring a job by reallocating or redistributing marginal job functions; altering...
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Residential Facilities
compliance date for the 2010 Standards, state and local governments will no longer have the option of complying with the UFAS, but will have to use the 2010 Standards for new construction and alterations...
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OTHER PROVISIONS
However, if the severance of any such provision materially alters the rights or obligations of the parties, the Department and the University shall engage in good faith negotiations in order...
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Issue 2: Location relative to the crosswalk
For recommended pedestrian pushbutton locations at a variety of ramp types, see Chapter 6 in Special Report: Accessible Public Rights-of-Way, Planning and Designing for Alterations, which...
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Accessible Boat Slips
In alterations, facilities with finger piers must have at least one accessible finger pier, which is the length of the boat slip and a minimum of 60 inches wide....
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1003.3.1 Boat Slip Clearance
However, where mooring systems for floating piers are replaced as part of pier alteration projects, an opportunity may exist for increasing accessibility....
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Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
We will not enforce new standards on any existing building, unless that existing building is altered or added to....
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Q8: Does the Amendments Act affect a school district's obligation to provide a free appropriate public education as described in the Section 504 regulation?
The Amendments Act does not alter the school district's obligation to provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE), as described in the Section 504 regulation; rather, it amends Section...
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5. Policies, Practices, and Procedures
While this requirement applies to all policies, practices, and procedures of the town, the town does not have to make modifications that would result in a fundamental alteration in the program...
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I. Purpose of the Regulatory Action
enable him or her to participate in the recipient's program or activity, unless providing such accommodations are an undue financial and administrative burden or constitute a fundamental alteration...
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a. Summary of Reasons for Proposed Regulation
all showings whenever movies are produced, distributed, or otherwise made available with captioning and audio description, unless to do so would result in an undue burden or fundamental alteration...