This course is available at www.section508.gov, which also provides information about the Federal government’s initiative to make its electronic and information technology accessible to...
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Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities
Taking advantage of new technology, many State and local governments are using the web to offer citizens a host of services including: corresponding online with local officials;...
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UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
Section 202 defines equivalent facilitation as "the use of designs, products or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility...
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is proposing to reorganize § 36.303(d) and make several substantive changes that reflect changing terminology and technology....
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410.6 Real-Time Text Functionality (Section-by-Section Analysis)
As noted previously, both the Advisory Committee and the Board believe that RTT represents an important technological advance that provides an equivalent alternative to voice communications...
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Acknowledgements
Herring, Intellectual & Developmental Disability Grant Coordinator, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management Chris Littlewood, Instructional Technology...
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3.2.2.2. Medium Accessibility Baseline
Table 3-9 : Medium Accessibility Baseline for Captioning and Audio Description Technology Auditoriums Equipped to Provide Captioning/ Audio Description*...
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3.3.4 Clear Floor Length
She recalled that there was one individual who had a “trailer” attached to her wheelchair that carried ventilator equipment which would not be required anymore due to advances in technology...
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Executive Summary
Advances in wheeled mobility technology and demographic changes that have occurred since that time suggest that the U.S. standards may be out of date....
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11B-805.7 Built-in cabinets and work surfaces
These units must also comply with US Access Board Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology....
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Toilet and Bathing Rooms
These types of toilet rooms provide flexibility for persons needing privacy so that they can obtain assistance from family members or persons of the opposite sex....
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Section 36.306 Personal Devices and Services (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
or participants with personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices, such as prescription eyeglasses or hearing aids; or services of a personal nature including assistance...
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§ 382.35 Attendants
A concern on the part of carrier personnel that a individual with a disability may need to use inaccessible lavatory facilities or may otherwise need extensive special assistance for personal...
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More Steps Toward Access
Coordinators: Ensure that you have designated a well-trained and knowledgeable ADA Coordinator, who knows the appropriate steps to take to retain sign language interpreters or obtain assistive...
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Relationship to Other Laws
This part does not affect the obligations of a recipient of federal financial assistance to comply with the requirements of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794,...
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2. PRIMARY FUNCTION AREAS
This includes areas in which a DoD entity or a recipient of DoD financial assistance provides services to the public or limited segments of the public, as well as offices and other work...
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Self-evaluation
Determine whether employees and officials know how to arrange for auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language interpreters, material in Braille and assistive listening systems; to...
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FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
The VRA requires election officials to allow a voter who is blind or has another disability to receive assistance from a person of the voter’s choice (other than the voter's employer or...
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VI. Relationship to Other Laws
Ziaya, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Programs. 21 The Act uses the term ‘‘handicap’’ instead of ‘‘disability.’’...
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Signs
Section 216.10 of the 2010 Standards requires each covered assembly area to provide signs at each auditorium to inform patrons that assistive listening systems are available....
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A Word about Benefit Programs
A Word about Benefit Programs You have probably already received information from your service branch or the Department of Veterans Affairs about programs designed to assist returning...
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Policies and Procedures
For example, if a store has a policy to exclude all animals, the policy should be changed to permit people who use service animals, such as "seeing-eye-dogs" and "hearing-assist-dogs" to...
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382.53 What information must carriers give individuals with a vision or hearing impairment at airports?
and customer service desk that a carrier owns, leases, or controls, a carrier must ensure that passengers with a disability who identify themselves as persons needing visual or hearing assistance...
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11B-225.2.3 Library book stacks
Book stacks available for public use may be higher than 54 inches (1372 mm) maximum above the finish floor when an attendant is available to assist persons with disabilities. 2. ...