ILLUSTRATION: An individual who uses a wheelchair may be excluded from playing in a basketball league, if the recreation center can demonstrate that the exclusion is necessary for safe operation...
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2010 ADA Definition
Wheelchair: Wheelchair means a manually-operated or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor and outdoor locomotion. This definition does not apply to Federal wilderness areas; wheelchairs in such areas are defined in section 508(c)(2) of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12207(c)(2).
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III-3.4200 Right to participate in the regular program
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Section 36.213 Relationship of Subpart 8 to Subparts C and D (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
This general requirement would appear to categorically prohibit "segregated'' seating for persons in wheelchairs....
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Size or weight limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For instance, service animals may perform tasks such as providing balance and support or pulling a wheelchair. Small animals may not be suitable for large adults....
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Section 37.27 Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education Systems
financial assistance; (2) the school is subject to section 504; and (3) the school's transportation system provides transportation services to individuals with disabilities, including wheelchair...
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ADA25: Cloritta's Story
Since then, Cloritta has had to learn how to do life from a wheelchair....
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Aquatic Access Pool Lift IGAT-180
It is user-operable, and its seat height is easily adjustable to accommodate various wheelchair heights....
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Pilot Rock FSW-26/18 Campfire Ring
The fire ring is filled with aggregate (not included) to about 9" above the ground to provide the elevated fire surface needed for wheelchair access. ...
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ClickAndGo Tactile Maps
Information for individuals who are mobility impaired can also be included, allowing users to easily identify and plan wheelchair accessible routes....
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Garaventa Evacu-Trac CD7 Evacuation Chair
This poses a problem when evacuating wheelchair users and other mobility impaired persons from school storey floors and above....
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11B-202.3 Alterations
., people who use wheelchairs) is not feasible, accessibility must still be provided in compliance with the requirements for people with other types of disabilities (e.g., people who have...
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II. Cost-disproportionality Is Only a Factor Under Certain Circumstances
permitted to consider cost-disproportionality in determining whether to make an altered path of travel readily accessible to individuals with disabilities (including individuals who use wheelchairs...
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Study Limitations
Every effort was made to recruit women into the study and the proportion of women examined in this study is similar to other studies that have involved community dwelling adult wheelchair...
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Location of accessible routes to stages. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Commenters described the impact felt by persons in wheelchairs who are unable to access the stage at all when others are able to do so....
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Location of accessible routes to stages. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Commenters described the impact felt by persons in wheelchairs who are unable to access the stage at all when others are able to do so....
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D. Reasonable Modifications
Examples include alerting people who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds; pulling wheelchairs; carrying or retrieving items for people with mobility disabilities or limited use of arms...
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F. Shelter Environment
Cots and other furniture need to be placed to ensure that accessible routes – routes that people who use wheelchairs, crutches, or walkers can navigate – connect all features of the shelter...
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382.61 What are the requirements for movable aisle armrests?
As discussed elsewhere in the preamble, if the seats in a given class of service, such as first class, can be accessed by a wheelchair user without a movable aisle armrest being provided...
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1. How must an individual request a reasonable accommodation?
Example C: A new employee, who uses a wheelchair, informs the employer that her wheelchair cannot fit under the desk in her office. This is a request for reasonable accommodation....
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Definition of "other power-driven mobility device.''
commenters supported the definition of ‘‘other power-driven mobility device'' because it allows new technologies to be added in the future, maintains the existing legal protections for wheelchairs...
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About this Study
Interagency Agreement 00-CO-11111124-154, 2002 by Laufenberg et al 2001), basic processing techniques to produce wood-resin composite playground surfaces with improved accessibility for users of wheelchairs...
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Definition of "other power-driven mobility device." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
commenters supported the definition of ‘‘other power-driven mobility device'' because it allows new technologies to be added in the future, maintains the existing legal protections for wheelchairs...
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Section 37.173 Training
If an employee will be assisting wheelchair users in transferring from a wheelchair to a vehicle seat, the employee needs training in how to do this safely....
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Smooth Surface
This provision derives from the ANSI A117.1‒1992 standard and is intended to permit wheelchair footrests to be used in pushing open doors without risking entrapment on the stile....
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PART 1: OVERVIEW AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
provides guidance for medical care providers on the requirements of the ADA in medical settings with respect to people with mobility disabilities, which include, for example, those who use wheelchairs...
