by persons with handicaps; (2) All doors within such dwellings which are designed to allow passage into and within the premises are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons in wheelchairs...
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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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II. Statutory and Regulatory Background
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Tips for Assisting People Who Are Blind or Visually-Impaired
Be aware that many people who are blind prefer to walk rather than use wheelchairs, electric carts, etc....
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"Service Animal'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair...
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Step 2: Identify the Presence of Limiting Factors
(Bicycle tires are similar to the large rear wheels of a wheelchair.)...
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Inquiries Related to Ability to Perform Job Functions and Accommodations
An employer might require all applicants for a telemarketing job to demonstrate selling ability by taking a simulated telephone sales test, but could not require that a person using a wheelchair...
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Accessible Route Into and Through the Business
These create trip hazards for customers with low vision and snag under patrons' crutches, canes, and walkers and in their wheelchair wheels....
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23. Q: What types of modifications in law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures does the ADA require?
Example: A department modifies its enforcement of a law requiring a license to use motorized vehicles on the streets, in order to accommodate individuals who use scooters or motorized wheelchairs...
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49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 -- Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments, Preamble
The rule also codifies the existing DOT mechanism for issuing ADA guidance, modifies provisions concerning the carriage of wheelchairs, and makes minor technical changes to the Department's...
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4.5 Other Tips for Making Equipment More Useable
Some wheelchairs have a removable strap that goes behind the lower legs. This strap, if it is long enough, works well for this purpose....
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Trailhead Signs
envelopes, and so forth, need to be obtained from or filled out at a sign or kiosk, design the sign or kiosk to display the materials within the standard reach ranges of a person in a wheelchair...
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RECOMMENDATIONS
12.8 sec for a distance of 24.4 m Hand cyclists 17.9 sec for a distance of 24.4 m Pedestrian clearance intervals 20.0 sec for a distance of 24.4 m Manual wheelchairs...
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Required Means of Egress [IBC §1007.1 (2003), §1003.2.13 (2000)]
The IBC (2003) permits one accessible means of egress from: wheelchair seating in assembly areas with sloped floors where the common path of travel meets aisle requirements for...
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Section 36.306 Personal Devices and Services (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
This section states that a public accommodation is not required to provide its customers, clients, or participants with personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices...
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Introduction
persons with a wide variety of disabilities, including persons who are blind or who have low vision, persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, persons with mobility impairments who use wheelchairs...
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11B-603.2.3 Door swing
.◼ ETA Editor's Note Limiting the encroachment of door swings into the wheelchair turning space, and lacking Exception 1 above allowed by 2010 ADAS, the CBC requirements pertaining...
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11B-603.2.3 Door swing
. ◼ ETA Editor's Note Limiting the encroachment of door swings into the wheelchair turning space, and lacking Exception 1 above allowed by 2010 ADA Standards, the CBC requirements pertaining...
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IV. ACCESSIBLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
gurneys, shall lower to a point no greater than 17 - 19 inches from the floor, shall be capable of being locked or otherwise fixed into position so as to permit a safe transfer from a wheelchair...
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Caroma® USA Caravelle Smart 270 One Piece Toilet
The versatility of the Caravelle Smart One Piece Easy Height Elongated toilet makes it ideal for able bodied, ambulant persons with disabilities or for wheelchair users....
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Pilot Rock T300/T400 Series Round, Pedestal Table With CURVED Seats - Using Perforated Steel
One seat and support arm have been removed from the standard T300 Series and T400 Series Tables to provide wheelchair accessibility....
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Guldmann GL5 Mobile Lifter
The ability to lift high and the long reach result in the user can be placed correctly into the middle of the bed, or be positioned correctly into a wheelchair....
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IV. RESOLVING ADA COMPLAINTS THROUGH MEDIATION
A wheelchair user can now shop at the local grocery store because there is a ramp, a citizen who is deaf can testify at a county hearing because there is a sign language interpreter, and...
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Service Animals
People with mobility disabilities often use dogs to pull their wheelchairs or retrieve items....
