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V. Request for Public Comments
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Text Telephones (or TTYs) [4.31.9]
These are different names for the same thing: it is a device that allows people with hearing or speech impairments to communicate over the telephone....
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Enshrining the ADA: House-Senate Conference and the Signing
But the Chapman amendment passed in the House threatened to kill the bill: the disability community and its congressional sponsors decided not to support an ADA with the amendment....
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VII. New Construction and Alterations
Public entities must ensure that newly constructed buildings and facilities are free of architectural and communication barriers that restrict access or use by individuals with disabilities...
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1. Movies in American Culture
More than half a century ago, the Supreme Court observed that motion pictures “are a significant medium for the communication of ideas,” and their “importance * * * as an organ of public...
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Integration of inmates and detainees with disabilities. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, if an inmate is deaf and communicates only using sign language, a prison may consider whether it is more appropriate to give priority to housing the prisoner in a facility close...
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Situations and Solutions
He has a verbal communication deficit, though can communicate through handwriting and by email....
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Social Skills
This might manifest itself as interrupting others when working or talking, difficulty listening, not making eye contact when communicating, or difficulty interpreting typical body language...
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Chapter 5: Fashioning a Durable ADA: The House of Representatives
A grassroots disability community had made its presence known on Capitol Hill by uniting to advocate aggressively for the ADA. Meanwhile, no considerable opposition had organized....
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Water Closet Location.
At Creekview at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh, WI, 26" was available (Figure 6), while at Village Shalom, a nursing home in Overland Park, KS, only 24" was available (Figure...
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Phase I: Education and Labor Committee
Congress to local communities. The purpose of the field hearing was to demonstrate to Bartlett that his own constituents strongly supported the ADA....
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On My Own, Inc. - Nevada and Collins, MO
Independent Living Transition Education for Teens/Young Adults Home Modification/Ramp Program Adaptive Telephone Program ADA Assessments Help At Hand Emergency...
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Circulation Path
An area of refuge serves as a temporary haven from the effects of a fire or other emergency....
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Prohibition against discrimination in services, programs, and activities
Law enforcement street interactions, taking and responding to complaints or calls for assistance, vehicle stops and searches, arrests, detentions, interviews, interrogations, and emergency...
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Introduction
with disabilities have too often been excluded from participating in basic civic activities like using the public transportation system, serving on a jury, voting, seeking refuge at an emergency...
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Automated Revolving Doors
Other recommendations from this study include: a minimum 32 inch clearance for each leaf when hinged out for emergency use safety systems such as motion detectors within...
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III-7.5170 Telephones
per facility) must be provided whenever there is an interior public pay phone in a stadium or arena; convention center; hotel with a convention center; covered shopping mall; or hospital emergency...
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11B-604.5.1 Side wall
Hospital signaling and nurse call equipment includes four types of call stations: patient stations, bath stations, staff emergency stations, and code call stations. ...
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402.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Some VMS also convey information relevant to emergencies. VMS with closed functionality would be covered by this section....
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Station 5-Lateral Operating Space (Sweep Width)
The proportion of inline skating and other emerging transportation and recreational modes is rapidly increasing on our Nation's shared path facilities....
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Small Businesses
guidelines: (1) Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wire telephone and telegraph equipment.1 Included are establishments manufacturing modems and other telephone and telegraph communications...
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Even though the ATM requirement appears in the 1991 Standards, the Department has traditionally treated the speech or communication element as subject to the requirements for auxiliary aids...
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Equipment and furniture.
In addition, some equipment may also be subject to the effective communication requirements. 28 CFR 35.160. ...
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F. Electronic and information technology
Equipment and furniture are covered for both physical access and effective communication....
