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COMMON USE
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3.4 Disability/Accessibility Organizations.
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation (www.rercapt.org); 28. Psychiatric Service Dog Partners (www.psychdogpartners.org); 29....
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8. Providing Qualified Readers
For example: A court has held under the Rehabilitation Act that it was not an undue hardship for a large state agency to provide full-time readers for three blind employees, in view of its...
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PART 1: OVERVIEW AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities on the basis of their disability in...
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Q1: What disability-related Federal laws does OCR enforce?
A: OCR enforces Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), a Federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that...
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Resources
The contents of this factsheet were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RT5015)....
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28 CFR Part 35 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (1991 ADA Title II Regulations)
It extends the prohibition of discrimination in federally assisted programs established by section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to all activities of State and local governments,...
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Service animal access to areas of a public accommodation. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
service animal may accompany its handler to such areas as admissions and discharge offices, the emergency room, inpatient and outpatient rooms, examining and diagnostic rooms, clinics, rehabilitation...
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34 CFR Part 104 Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities - Notice of interpretation
SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department or Education) provides notice of its interpretation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Department's implementing...
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Literature Cited
Arlington, VA Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. 11-20. info@resna.org...
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Foot Travel on Trails and Roads With Restrictions
purposes, but foot travel is encouraged beyond the closure, people who use wheelchairs that meet the legal definition must be able to get behind the closure, as required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation...
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LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
Federal employers are covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973....
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Workshops
The participants represented the fields of anthropometry, biomechanics, human factors engineering, human modeling, rehabilitation engineering, standards development, wheelchair manufacturer...
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6. Dissemination Activities
Presented at Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Annual Meeting....
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Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project
The Access Board and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research sponsored a Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project to collect measurements of approximately 500 people...
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36 CFR Part 1194 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508 Standards) - Preamble
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) is issuing final accessibility standards for electronic and information technology covered by section 508 of the Rehabilitation...
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Section 37.75 Remanufacture of Non-Rail Vehicles and Purchase or Lease of Remanufactured Non-rail Vehicles by Public Entities Operating Fixed Route Systems
The ADA imposes no requirements on what FTA traditionally considers bus rehabilitation....
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Section 37.41 Construction of Transportation Facilities by Public Entities
First, if an entity is a Federal recipient and uses Federal dollars to construct the facility, regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), require...
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SUMMARY:
this document to permit recipients of Federal financial assistance from HUD (HUD recipients) to use an alternative accessibility standard for purposes of complying with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation...
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Official Definitions
And to be eligible for payment for services that are provided for rehabilitation of your vision – receiving rehabilitation related to your visual impairment, Medicare defines low vision...
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A4.33.7 Types of Listening Systems
Table A2, reprinted from a National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research “Rehab Brief,” shows some of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of assistive listening...
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Wheelchair Space Overlap in Assembly Areas
An advisory note clarifies that this prohibition applies only to the circulation path width required by applicable building codes and fire and life safety codes since the codes prohibit...
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Kitchens and Kitchenettes
One commenter supported the provisions of section 804 of the 2010 Standards but sought clarification whether this section applies to residential units only, or to lodging and office buildings...
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Operable Parts of Windows
considerations that would specify installation above an accessible height in certain occupancies for security or safety reasons, such as to guard against break-ins or to prevent improper use by building...