and are put in danger or are prevented from reaching their destination; some people with disabilities may simply choose not to take this risk and will not venture out of their homes or communities...
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DOJ/DOT Joint Technical Assistance on the Title II of the ADA Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, Roads, or Highways are Altered through Resurfacing
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2. Who is considered a person with a disability under Title II of the ADA and Section 504?
service, program, or activity, with or without the provision of reasonable modifications, the provision of appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or the removal of architectural and communication...
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b) Uniform Physical Access Strategy or UPhAS
Hopper and Gilda Puente Peters, another access consultant retained by the City, the capital plans of various City departments such as Library and Rec Park, and outreach to the disabled community...
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7. Online Disability Accommodation Request
., enplaning/deplaning assistance, deaf/hard of hearing communication assistance, escort to service animal relief area, etc.)....
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11B-233.1 General
Can residential dwelling units provide both mobility and communication features within the same unit?...
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SMILES Center for Independent Living - Fairmont, Mankato, New Ulm, Waseca, MN
Therefore, in all CIL’s, 51% or more of the staff and Board of Directors are people with disabilities who have personally experienced numerous barriers....
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Accessible Routes to Press Boxes
The Department anticipates that this change will significantly reduce the economic impact on smaller sports facilities, such as those associated with high schools or community colleges....
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217 Telephones
Provisions are provided for wheelchair access (217.2), volume controls (217.3), and TTYs (217.4), which are devices that enable people with hearing or speech impairments to communicate through...
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SUMMARY
Whether APS are installed at the request of a local resident or as part of a new pedestrian signalization scheme, they must function properly if they are to be useful in communicating the...
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Is it prohibited to draw majority-minority districts?
held that jurisdictions are free to draw majority-minority election districts that follow traditional, non-racial districting considerations, such as geographic compactness and keeping communities...
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Rollability and Smoothness of Walking Surfaces
The Access Board seeks information on related research and sources of expertise on measuring the rollability and smoothness of walking surfaces, including information from the medical community...
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3. Do requests for reasonable accommodation need to be in writing?
Individuals may request accommodations in conversation or may use any other mode of communication.(22)An employer may choose to write a memorandum or letter confirming the individual's request...
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Prevalence and Incidence of Low Vision and Blindness in the U.S.
There have only been five studies published where they’ve actually gone out and measured people’s vision and then corrected their refractive errors and counted how many people in the community...
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C. Examples of Recipients Covered by These Guidelines
The administrative board of a postsecondary institution, such as a technical institute, skill center, junior college, community college, or four year college that has a department or division...
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Part One: The ADA’s Requirements for Small Towns
To accomplish this, the ADA sets requirements for town facilities, new construction and alterations, communications with the public, and policies and procedures governing town programs,...
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A4.30.1 GENERAL
The type of map or instructions used must be based on the information to be communicated, which depends highly on the type of buildings or users....
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Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
After incorporating recommendations offered by representatives from the disability community at large, Weicker and Coelho introduced the ADA to the Senate and House on April 28 and April...
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A4.28.4 AUXILIARY ALARMS
Deaf people may not need accessibility features other than the emergency alarm connections and communications devices....
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Tips for Attendees
Communicate early and often with the event hosts; complete registration forms with as much detail as possible, and reach out to the hosts a few weeks before the event to ask if they have...
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Examinations and Courses. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
, the requirements contained in title II (including the general prohibitions against discrimination, the program access requirements, the reasonable modifications requirements, and the communications...
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II-3.5100 General
ILLUSTRATION 2: A community college requires students with certain disabilities to be accompanied to class by attendants, even when such individuals prefer to attend classes unaccompanied...
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Accessible Voting Technology Initiative
The Accessible Voting Technology Initiative is working to: Understand the barriers and facilitators to voting for people with disabilities Identify gaps where current technology...
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FREED Center for Independent Living - Grass Valley, Marysville, CA
FREED’s funders include Agency on Aging Area 4, California Department of Rehabilitation, US Administration of Community Living, SCAN Foundation, Dignity Health Foundation, Mental Health...
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"Religious entity.'' (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
When a church rents meeting space, which is not a place of worship, to a local community group or to a private, independent day care center, the ADA applies to the activities of the local...
