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Medical Accessibility LLC
About Us The idea for the UpScale was sparked while members of our current executive team were engaged as accessibility consultants focused on helping clients comply with the Americans...
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The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
NCAM's mission is to ensure that the 40 million Americans with little or no access to media's sights and sounds will not be left out of the Information Age....
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Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (CIDNY) - New York and Kew Gardens, NY
CIDNY's staff is also ethnically diverse, with language capacity to assist consumers in Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Toysanese, Tagalog, and American Sign Language. ...
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Assisted Living Directory - New Hampshire Assisted Living Facilities & Senior Care
Agencies on Aging came about from the passing of the Older American’s Act of 1965....
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Senate Hearings and the Quest for Bipartisanship
“There is not one disabled American alive today who has not experienced some form of discrimination,” I. King Jordan said.35 The most vivid imagery came from Justin Dart....
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Program Development Associates (PDA)
are the primary focus, diversity products that focus on training and education are also important elements to achieve full community participation, Topics like disability awareness, the Americans...
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Handicap Awareness and Support League (HASL)
self-determination, make choices, contribute to society, pursue meaningful careers, and enjoy full inclusion and integration in the economic, political, social, cultural, and educational mainstream of American...
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Service Dog Central
In 1990, Congress found that there were 43 million Americans with disabilities, suggesting there are approximately 387,000 service dogs across the US....
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Medical Certificates/Communicable Diseases
Disability community commenters expressed the concern that use of this term -- derived from the Americans with Disabilities Act – would make it too easy for carriers to use their discretion...
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3.4 Some Basic Principles of Reasonable Accommodation
ETA Editor's Note Since A Technical Assistance Manual on the Employment Provisions (Title I) of the Americans with Disabilities Act was published, the Supreme Court has issued three rulings...
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3. Voluntary Compliance
and ever-increasing number of individuals with hearing and vision disabilities who are unable to enjoy the services offered by movie theaters are afforded equal access to this facet of American...
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QUESTION: WHAT ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS APPLY TO PASSENGER RAIL CARS WHEN SPECIFIC DESIGN STANDARDS ARE NOT PROVIDED IN 49 CFR PART 38?
Part 38 provides “minimum guidelines and requirements for accessibility standards in part 37 . . . for transportation vehicles required to be accessible by the Americans With Disabilities...
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11B-212.3 Sinks
Oxford American Dictionaries have no definitions for "Mop Sink," "Service Sink" or "Scullery Sink." "Sink" is defined as: A fixed basin with a water supply and a drain. ...
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Costs and Benefits
The Final RA discusses how the new and revised provisions in the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines are expected to directly benefit a significant number of Americans with disabilities by...
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A. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
WHEREAS, this matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, with the United States Department...
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I. BACKGROUND
The FTA reviews grant applications for, among other things, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)....
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Regulatory Process Matters
Benefits Since the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), accessibility requirements have been increasingly incorporated in the model codes....
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Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Both the 2004 ADAAG and the proposed requirements have been made public for some time and are already being incorporated into design plans by architects and builders....
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Texas Health and Human Services (HHS): Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program (BCVDDP)
This obligation to comply with federal and state laws and regulations extends to service contractors, as well as any other agency, institution, or organization participating in a health...
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European Commission: Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
It lists some tangible successes and describes the implementation of the UNCRPD by the EU, including within the EU institutions....
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Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA)
CHASA has partnered with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the Office of Rare Diseases Research, and the Child Neurology Society to co-sponsor an international...
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Access North Center for Independent Living of Northeastern Minnesota - Hibbing, Brainerd, Duluth, Walker, MN
Transition to Community: Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings, preventing institutionalization, as well...
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Kurt Knight: Development of VA Standards
But in no cases, to our knowledge, would we not be in compliance with national codes, and also, compliance with national institute standards, in excess of [those], in many cases....
