(R-CT) and Congressman Tony Coelho (DCA) first introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act in April, 1988, many persons in and out of the disability community did not give it a fighting...
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Chapter 2: Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
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Background
Background Although the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) were initially issued in 1991, many of the guidelines were based on design standards for people...
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XI. GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
) the purposes of this Agreement, as described in its Recitals, (ii) the circumstances that allegedly make the provision(s) unjust, including whether the modification-seeking party has acted...
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Designed and Constructed for First Occupancy (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The proposed rule set forth for comment two alternative ways by which to determine what facilities are subject to the Act and what standards apply....
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S STATEMENT OF INTEREST ON THE PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
this Statement of Interest because the pending motions for summary judgment raise questions about the proper interpretation and application of title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Web site accessibility. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Federal agencies are required to make their Web sites accessible. 29 U.S.C. 794(d); 36 CFR 1194....
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LIFTT - Billings, MT
It is funded in part by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended in 2014 (Title VII- Independent Living Services), and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Disability...
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Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Professional
Background Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires Federal agencies to make electronic and information technology (E&IT) accessible to users with disabilities, including:...
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Disability Advocates of Kent County - Grand Rapids, MI
Throughout our entire thirty-three year history, we have maintained our status as a federally and state-recognized "center for independent living" as defined in the Rehabilitation Act....
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Southwest Center for Independent Living (SCIL) - Springfield, MO
According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) a disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities....
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Tile Tech Pavers® IPE Deck Tiles
Smooth Surface: Structural IPE Deck tiles is our most popular tile and exceeds the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for Static Coefficient of friction in a wet environment (ASTM-C1028...
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Movie captioning. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
captioning be accessible from each seat; that the captions be of sufficient size and contrast to the background so as to be readable easily; and that the recent recommendations of the Telecommunications...
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II. Rulemaking History
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the Access Board to issue guidelines for transportation vehicles—including buses, OTRBs, and vans—to ensure that new, used and remanufactured...
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Attachment B – Code References
Alterations solely for the purpose of barrier removal undertaken pursuant to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336, 28 C.F.R., Section 36.304) or the...
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Senate Approval
Humphrey (R-NH) called it “one of the most radical pieces of legislation I have encountered."71 Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) cynically suggested the bill should be called the “Lawyers Relief Act...
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III-4.4200 Readily achievable barrier removal
achievable. " The administrative and fiscal relationship between the local facility and the parent entity must also be considered in evaluating what resources are available for any particular act...
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C.
That prior draft made the Rehabilitation Act's remedies available ''with respect to any individual who believes that he or she is being subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability...
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II-9.2000 Complaints
A complaint must be filed within 180 days of the date of the alleged act(s) of discrimination, unless the time for filing is extended by the Federal agency for good cause....
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Section 1630.2(k) Record of a Substantially Limiting Impairment
This conclusion, which has been the Commission's long-standing position, is confirmed by language in the ADA Amendments Act stating that individuals covered only under the “regarded as”...
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Section 36.207 Places of Public Accommodation Located in Private Residences (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
If it is not readily achievable to remove existing architectural barriers, a public accommodation located in a private residence may meet its obligations under the Act and this part by providing...
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B. How Does a TTY Work?
Wherever the emergency numbers are listed, the TTY number must be listed as prominently as the voice number. 2 See Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Technical...
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Time periods
that the transition plan include a schedule for providing curb ramps or other sloped areas at existing pedestrian walkways, giving priority to walkways serving entities covered by the Act...
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Official Definitions
In the United States, blindness is defined as part of the Social Security Act for purposes of defining disability for disability benefits (slide 5)....
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Section 36.406(c) Places of Lodging (Section-by-Section Analysis)
condominiums or corporate hotels that do not meet this definition will not be covered by § 36.406(c) of the proposed regulation, but will likely be covered by the requirements of the Fair Housing Act...
