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"Wheelchair" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Guest Rooms and In-Room Guest Services
Staff should always inform guests as to the location of the nearest fire exit, using specific language such as, “In case of a fire, exit your room to the left....
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B. The 2010 Standards Regarding Public Entrances Are Intended To Achieve the Same Result As the 1991 Standards Regarding Public Entrances
Defendants argue that because the language was changed in the 2010 Standards to state “Accessible routes shall coincide with or be located in the same area as general circulation paths,”...
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Senate Hearings and the Quest for Bipartisanship
Arlene Mayerson of the Disability rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) declared in reference to the ADA’s foundation in Section 504.44 “We tried very hard to avoid any kind of new language...
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Emergency Readiness for People with Disabilities
Emergency Readiness for People with Disabilities For the 57 million Americans with disabilities, medical emergencies and natural disasters present real challenges....
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FamilyConnect
FamilyConnect is an online, multimedia community created by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the National Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI...
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Growth of the Disability Rights Movement
Growth of the Disability Rights Movement As Congress and HEW in Washington were writing civil rights language into federal laws and regulations, important work within the disability community...
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B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that the Access Board establish accessibility guidelines for transportation vehicles that are acquired or remanufactured by entities covered...
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B. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Captioning and Video Description
While the Department did not propose specific regulatory language, it noted that it was considering a rule that would require 50 percent of movie theater screens (auditoriums) [17] to offer...
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
The following advisory language clarifies the operational requirements of 28 CFR Part 36, Section 36.302(f)(4)(i)....
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Notes
Please note that the language (e.g., about the two low options for transfer surface height) reflects the Advisory Committee’s activities and thinking at the time of the request to the clinician...
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7. Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: Accessibility Considerations
For reasons described below, in drafting this report the Editorial Subcommittee changed this language to “imaging system accessibility configuration.”...
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4.1.1 Range of Examination Table and Chair Configurations
The word “prone” describes persons “lying on their stomachs” or “fronts” – in more technical language, in a ventral position....
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809.2.5 Bedrooms in Emergency Transportable Housing Units
Amendatory Language For the reasons stated in the preamble, we amend 36 CFR part 1191 as follows: Adding new sections 809.2.5, 809.2.5.1, 809.2.5.2, 809.2.5.3, and 809.2.6 to read...
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233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features, F233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features, F233.4.2 Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features
Amendatory Language For the reasons stated in the preamble, we amend 36 CFR part 1191 as follows: Redesignating section 233.3.2 as 233.3.3, and adding new section 233.3.2 to read as...
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Reservation Systems Requirements for Places of Lodging
The use of respectful language and practices for guests with disabilities. Effective communication practices that would benefit guests who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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3. MAP YOUR COMMUNITY
Examples include: Limited family income Language barriers Age Disabilities or access and functional needs Physical exposure to a risk, like living...
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7. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
Which languages would you need to provide information in? Which network members are regularly in contact with community members?...
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QUESTION: WHERE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42 APPLY, WHICH CARS OF A TRAIN DOES A RAILROAD OPERATOR HAVE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES?
The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed this document and approved it as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR Part 37....
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§35.130(b)(6) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Because of the variety of types of programs to which the definition of "qualified individual with a disability" applies, it is not possible to use more specific language in the definition...
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Exceptions When Conditions Do Not Permit Full Compliance
This language is more in keeping with the regulatory negotiation committee report, which considered the term “feasible” to mean “reasonably-doable.”...
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VI. Relationship of This Regulation to Revisions to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s ADA Title I Regulation Implementing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Differences in language between the title I rules and the Department’s title II and title III rules are noted in the Section-by-Section analysis and are generally attributable to structural...
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
The following advisory language clarifies the operational requirements of 28 CFR Part 36, Section 36.302(f)(4)(i)....
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
The following advisory language clarifies the operational requirements of 28 CFR Part 36, Section 36.302(f)(4)(i)....
