Recessed ashtrays should not be placed near elevator call buttons so that persons who are blind or visually impaired do not inadvertently contact them or their contents as they reach for...
Search Results "Personal Compatibility"
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407.2.1.3 Clear Floor or Ground Space
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Safety Assistants/Attendants
with personal needs such as eating, drinking, and elimination....
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UNICEF: Disability and Child Protection
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Defining and Delivering Disability-Competent Care - The Care Coordination Relationship
importance of establishing the relationship between each participant and the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) Lessons from care management studies The difference between case management and person-centered...
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Public Rights-of-Way: ADA Standard Section 1.
The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
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Congressional Hearings
The remaining witnesses were all from the disability community— persons and parents of persons with disabilities, and people who worked with disabled persons in such settings as independent...
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V. REMEDIAL ACTIONS
The SCDC and its officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns, and all other persons in active concert or participation with them, will not discriminate on the basis of disability...
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b. Training
A person with mental retardation may need materials in simplified language or may need help in understanding test instructions; modifying the manner in which training is provided...
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9.8 What if an Employee Provides False Information About his/her Health or Physical Condition?
An employer may refuse to hire or may fire a person who knowingly provides a false answer to a lawful post-offer inquiry about his/her condition or workers' compensation history....
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V. Modifications in Policies, Practices, and Procedures
For example, a department store may need to modify a policy of only permitting one person at a time in a dressing room if an individual with mental retardation needs the assistance of a...
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VI. Auxiliary Aids
"Auxiliary aids" include such services or devices as qualified interpreters, assistive listening headsets, television captioning and decoders, telecommunications devices for deaf persons...
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[ADA Title III] Maximum Extent Feasible
., those who use wheelchairs) would not be feasible, the facility shall be made accessible to persons with other types of disabilities (e.g., those who use crutches, those who have impaired...
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Who Is Protected by Title I?
A person with a "disability" is an individual who: has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his/her major life activities; has a record...
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Examples of making a program accessible are:
If a person who uses a wheelchair volunteers to serve on a city Parks and Recreation Commission and the Commission's regular meeting place is inaccessible, the Commission must remove barriers...
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II-7.1100 Primary consideration.
The election procedures specify that an individual who requests assistance will be aided by two poll workers, or by one person selected by the voter....
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11B-409.1 General
DSA regulates the usability of elevators and platform (wheelchair) lifts for persons with disabilities. ...
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Is it OK to tell a patient who has a disability to bring along someone who can help at the exam?
Once on the exam table, some patients may need a staff person to stay with them to help maintain balance and positioning....
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3. What types of complaints does the ADA Mediation Program resolve?
or alternate formats of written materials to a patient's spouse who is blind; Modification of policies, practices, and procedures: alleging that a restaurant refuses to serve a person...
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About Us
About Us The Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Mediation Program (the Program) informally resolves ADA complaints, allowing parties – the person who...
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Issue 9: Reach (how far?)
Besides the inaccessibility for wheelchair users, a person who is blind will have difficulty finding and getting to the pushbutton, even with the pushbutton locator tone sounding. ...
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Seats
Although not required, seats with backs will enable a larger number of persons with disabilities to use the lift independently....
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QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS
Family members are not considered appropriate interpreters because of their emotional or personal involvement and because it would be difficult to maintain confidentiality....
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It appears that the accessibility standards may result in lots of chargers in ADA spaces not being used or “stranded assets.” Was this issue addressed in development of the standards?
which display the International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA), sometimes referred to as the wheelchair symbol, are generally understood to be reserved for the exclusive use of a disabled person...
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FCC Consumer Guide: Video Relay Services
Video Relay Services Video Relay Service is a form of Telecommunications Relay Service that enables persons with hearing disabilities who use American Sign Language to communicate...