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Grass Roots Activism
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II. ENFORCING THE ADA PART 1
And if government websites are not designed to work with assistive technologies – like screen readers and voice recognition software – blind individuals and persons who cannot use a mouse...
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Rulemaking Process
And yes, it will probably impact Hopkins and our optometry friends, because people need to be able to use the sitting devices in order to obtain a diagnosis....
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Annex A THE ADA: A BEGINNING
We have voice-activated software that can “type” into a computer to assist people with limited use of their hands and fingers....
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Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
A voice to policy makers in Washington, DC regarding issues that directly impact adults with ADHD, such as reporting discrimination faced by students seeking accommodations for high stakes...
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Mobilizing the Disability Community
And Dart, who was a full-fledged supporter and close ally of CCD, nonetheless did not officially represent a CCD member organization: he served the ADA coalition as a voice of the people...
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Accessible Parking
This aisle is needed to permit a person using a wheelchair, electric scooter, or other mobility device to get out of their car or van....
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2.6 Brief History of Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Instrumentation’s Human Factors Engineering Committee (AAMI/HE) to include a chapter on Accessibility Considerations into its standard, HE75:2009, “Human factors engineering – Design of Medical Devices...
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STATUTORY AND REGULATORY BACKGROUND
While the CVAA addresses a range of communication technology and devices, at issue in this case are the provisions relating to closed captioning of video programming (i.e., television programming...
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Purpose of Proposed Rule
facilities—including movie theaters—to explicitly require movie theaters to exhibit movies with closed captioning and audio description, as well as to provide individual captioning and audio-description devices...
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Case Study #1: Auxiliary aids and services under Title II are different from special education and related services under the IDEA.
The IEP Team also must consider whether the child needs assistive technology devices and services....
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 4
For example, a university has properly maintained that the structural changes and devices necessary to adapt its oceanographic vessel for use by mobility impaired persons are prohibitively...
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Summary of Significant Changes
field experience and research studies have shown that 1:4 ramps are difficult to use and have resulted in safety concerns for many transit operators and passengers who use wheeled mobility devices...
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M307 Operable Parts
M307.3 and M307.4 are also consistent with recommendations in ANSI/AAMI HE 75 that “devices should have at least one mode of use that does not require fine motor control or the performance...
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EQUITABLE RELIEF
interpreter’s face, arms, hands, and fingers, and the participating individual’s face, arms, hands, and fingers, regardless of his or her body position; (3) A clear, audible transmission of voices...
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V. ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS WITH DISABILITIES
assistance to customers who are blind or have low vision; and assistance in operating equipment, including food and beverage service equipment, vending machines, and point-of-sale payment devices...
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3.4 Some Basic Principles of Reasonable Accommodation
Equipment or devices that assist a person in daily activities on and off the job are considered personal items that an employer is not required to provide....
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M301.4.1 Clearance in Base (Section-by-Section Analysis)
beneath the diagnostic equipment to allow sufficient space for the legs of a portable patient lift to fit underneath the equipment so that the patient could be raised out of their mobility device...
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Rulemaking History
industry professionals, including the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Institute of Transportation Engineers, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices...
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General Tips for Interacting with Individuals with Disabilities
People with disabilities consider their assistive devices to be part of their personal space. Speak directly to the passenger....
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Performance and the Surface Deficiency Score
Openings in the surface greater than a .50 inch can pose safety concerns for people using assistive devices such as canes, crutches or walkers. The second issue was with the seams. ...
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Excel Dryer, Inc. CAST Cover Series HANDS ON® Push Button Activated Hand Dryers and Hair Dryers
The timer is a state of the art electronic device with an adjustable time cycle. For hand dryers, timers are set at 30 seconds and at 3 minutes for hair drying....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(vi) Mitigating Measures
Nevertheless, the use of a service animal, job coach, or personal assistant on the job would certainly be considered types of mitigating measures, as would the use of any device that could...
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c. Transfer Surface Size for Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in the Supine, Prone, or Side-lying Position
ability to transfer with a large surface preventing the patient from reaching transfer supports on the opposite side of the transfer surface, while still seated in the wheeled mobility device...
