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3. Statutory and Regulatory Background
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PUBLIC ENTITY
Any State or local government; any department, agency, special-purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or local government....
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PUBLIC ENTITY
Any state or local government; any department, agency, special-purpose district, or other instrumentality of a state or local government....
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3. Q: What are the basic requirements of title III?
disabilities on the basis of disability, that is, that they provide children and parents with disabilities with an equal opportunity to participate in the child care center's programs and services...
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Thresholds: ADA Standard Section 404.3.3
Section 404.3.3 covers the current ADA Standards for thresholds at automatic and power-assisted doors and gates.
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Controls: ADA Standard Section 404.3.5
Section 404.3.5 covers the current ADA Standards for controls at automatic and power-assisted doors and gates.
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Attitudinal Barriers
Health care providers may view physical disability as an illness or an abnormality that needs to be “fixed” rather than a natural condition of a person’s life....
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Websites
These websites may include, but are not limited to, patient web portals, e-prescriptions, and personal health tools....
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§1630.14(d)(3)(iv)
(iv) Thirty percent of the cost of self-only coverage under the second lowest cost Silver Plan for a 40-year-old non-smoker on the state or federal health care Exchange in the location that...
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The invisibility of people with disabilities
In addition to people with disabilities being a protected class under civil rights laws, a larger group actually benefits from physical, equipment, communication, service and program access...
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"Minimal protection." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
There were many comments by service dog users urging the Department to remove from the definition the phrase "providing minimal protection." ...
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§35.161 Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD's)
Of course, where relay services, such as those required by title IV of the ADA are available, a public entity may use those services to meet the requirements of this section....
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19. Q: Does the ADA require all police stations to be accessible to people with disabilities?
Individuals with disabilities must have equal access to law enforcement services, but the ADA is flexible in how to achieve that goal....
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1.9.1.1.2
The Department of General Services requires newly leased facilities, and lease renewals, to be accessible by first surveying the facility for code compliance and then making necessary corrections...
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B. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Section 510 of the Rehabilitation Act
However, this list is not exclusive and the statute covers any equipment used by health care providers for diagnostic purposes....
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What constitutes discrimination?
A health club that charged extra fees to persons who had HIV, or that prohibited members with HIV from using the steam room or sauna, or that limited the hours during which members with...
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GRADE (Adjacent Ground Elevation)
See Health and Safety Code Section 19955.3(d)....
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REFERENCES
., Disability and Health in the United States, 2001–2005, (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2008)....
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2.2 Evidence of Physical Accessibility Barriers
Barriers and strategies affecting the utilisation of primary preventive services for people with physical disabilities: A qualitative inquiry....
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A. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
. §§ 12131-12134, with the United States Department of Justice ("Department") against the Town of Lewisboro, New York ("Lewisboro"), which was received by the Civil Rights Division of the...
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Question: What are the obligations of a public entity receiving federal financial assistance that owns and controls track through a station?
Answer: Under 49 CFR section 37.42(c), when a new or altered platform is adjacent to a track shared with existing freight operations, the railroad providing passenger service, and...
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Who Has Responsibilities under the ADA?
_____________________________________________________________________________________ Title II of the ADA applies to all State and local governments and all departments, agencies, special...
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GENERAL EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION PROVISIONS
that can put documents in Braille, and will implement and report to the Department its written procedures, with time frames, for fulfilling requests from the public for sign language or...
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1.1.4 Appendices
Provisions contained in the appendices of this code shall not apply unless specifically adopted by a state agency or adopted by a local enforcing agency in compliance with Health and Safety...