A: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities must have direct access to "911" or similar emergency telephone services, meaning that emergency response centers must be equipped to...
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17. Q. What about "911" calls? How are those made accessible to people with speech or hearing disabilities?
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Project Civic Access
Some reviews were initiated in response to complaints and others were not. The settlement agreements are posted on the Department’s website at www.ada.gov....
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ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters
Disclaimer The ADA authorizes the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to individuals and entities that have rights or responsibilities under the Act....
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502.2.2 No Disruption of Accessibility Features (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Advisory Committee strongly recommended that the Board include this requirement in the proposed rule not only to ensure accessibility, but also to avoid platform developers from being responsible...
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Using TTYs
Certain conventions are standard, such as typing "GA" (go ahead) after each message; this tells the other person on the line to begin typing a response....
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2. Referenced Documents
Measure Longitudinal and Transverse Profiles of a Traveled Surface 1This standard practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems and is the direct responsibility...
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Section 1193.43 Output, display, and control functions [1193.37 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
functions covered by this section, the Board sought comment (Question 10) on whether moving the requirements of paragraphs (b)(9) and (b)(10) to a different section would be less confusing to designers...
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2.7 Existing ADA and Rehabilitation Act Requirements for Accessible Medical Care
In July 2010, DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a guidance document for health care providers regarding their responsibilities to make their services and facilities...
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VII. Effective Date
With respect to Section 255, application of the Board’s final revised 255 Guidelines to new telecommunications products and customer premises equipment designed, developed, and fabricated...
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Future Work
There is ongoing research, development, and validation to design an apparatus capable of measuring surface roughness of sidewalks....
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Equivalent Facilitation [§103]
It is not to be used as a means to resolve oversights in design or construction....
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Companion Seats
Response. The final rule requires one companion seat for each wheelchair space, but allows the seat to be movable....
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Back Support
Response. In the final rule, the specifications for back support have been clarified and relocated to a separate provision (903.4)....
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Section 35.136 Service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department received extensive comments in response to proposed § 35.136 from individuals, disability advocacy groups, organizations involved in training service animals, and public entities...
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904 Sales and Service Counters
Response. The Board has clarified requirements for check-out aisles by adding a provision specific to check-writing surfaces (904.3.3)....
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A. Whether Sidewalks Are a Service Program, or Activity Covered by Title II of the ADA and Section 564 of the Rehabilitation Act
City of Charleston, the Southern District of West Virginia held that although a city enacted an ordinance holding landowners responsible for adjacent sidewalks, the city had authority over...
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2.5 Physical Accessibility.
and Section 504. 2.5.1 Design Standards....
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Standards Development
In 2008, an effort began to develop universal design (UD) standards through the newly formed Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC)....
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Section 35.151(j) Residential housing for sale to individual owners
All of the public comments received by the Department in response to this question were supportive of the Department’s ensuring that the residential standards apply to housing built on behalf...
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Section 35.151(j) Residential housing for sale to individual owners (Section-by-Section Analysis)
All of the public comments received by the Department in response to this question were supportive of the Department's ensuring that the residential standards apply to housing built on behalf...
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Tom Sachs, AIA, Oudens Knoop Knoop + Sachs, Architects
Design Excellence must include function...
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Altered Rides
Rides Altered rides refer to changes in structural or operational characteristics of an existing ride vehicle configuration from those specified by the manufacturer or the original design...
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11B-215.3 Employee work areas
Where employee work areas have audible alarm coverage, the wiring system shall be designed so that visible alarms complying with Chapter 9, Section 907.5.2.3.2 can be integrated into the...
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Play Areas Separated by Age
In applying the guidelines, play areas designed for different age groups should be considered separately. ...