., 1:20, means one unit of vertical rise for each 20 units of horizontal length); or a percentage (e.g., 8.33% which equates to a ratio of 1:12 or 4.76 degrees)....
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Sloped Surfaces
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2. May an employer ask a job applicant whether he has or had a hearing impairment or about his treatment related to any hearing impairment prior to making a job offer?
This means that an employer cannot legally ask an applicant such questions as: whether she has ever had any medical procedures related to her hearing (for example, whether the applicant...
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3.2 Why Is a Reasonable Accommodation Necessary?
For this reason, the ADA requires reasonable accommodation as a means of overcoming unnecessary barriers that prevent or restrict employment opportunities for otherwise qualified individuals...
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M306.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board has concluded that providing two means of communication will serve the majority of people and that there was not enough information provided to warrant an increase in this...
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Accessible Surfaces Located In The Use Zone
The fact that a specific product meets the ASTM 1951-99 standard does not necessarily mean that all other similar products will meet the standard....
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QUESTION: WHAT ADVANCE NOTICE CAN A PVO REQUIRE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PARTICULAR AUXILIARY AID OR SERVICE?
A PVO should ask for a reasonable amount of advance notice, meaning enough to determine what aid or service is most appropriate and to make sure that the aid or service is provided in a...
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What materials may satisfy ADAAG requirements?
Such mats are not considered carpets within the meaning of ADAAG 4.5.3....
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Running Slope [1017.7.1]
For example, a running slope of 1:20 (5 percent) means that for every foot of vertical rise, there are 20 feet of horizontal distance....
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Q2: What is the Amendments Act?
with what Congress originally intended . . . ." 4 The Amendments Act not only amends the ADA but also includes a conforming amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that affects the meaning...
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Issue 16: What environmental and perceptual data on artificial/electric lighting are available from buildings with low vision occupants?
So an ANSI standard means that they [are to be used] where we feel appropriate. And because it’s there, it’s a federal law that says we should be adopting those types of standards....
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Maximum Extent Feasible
- Source: Definition from ADA Title III Regulations The Senate Report provides guidance on what the phrase "maximum extent feasible" means – The phrase "to the maximum extent...
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Place Of Public Accommodation
Place Of Public Accommodation means a facility, operated by a private entity, whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one of the following categories -- (1) An inn,...
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Video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 35.160(d) has been added to establish performance standards for video interpreting services (VIS), a system the Department recognizes as a means to provide qualified interpreters...
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Place of public accommodation
Place of public accommodation means a facility, operated by a private entity, whose operations affect commerce and fall within at least one of the following categories -- (1) An inn,...
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408.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The word “stationary” in this proposed section would have the same meaning as in proposed 407.12....
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General [4.1.6(1)]
parking where work involves resurfacing but not regrading limitations imposed by existing walls that are not being moved or altered, elevator hoistway shafts, electrical closets, or means...
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RESULTS OF OBJECTIVE SURFACE MEASUREMENT
Wheelchair Work Values for Straight Propulsion Note: The “I” shaped vertical lines indicate the standard error of the mean, a statistic that estimates the variability expected if repeated...
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III-9.1000 General
Does this mean that if an architectural firm follows a certified State or local code, it will be safe from any Federal lawsuits because the State or local government will be implementing...
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11B-223.1 General
The lack of a design requirement does not mean that covered entities are not required to provide services to people with disabilities where accessible patient bedrooms or resident sleeping...
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A. The ADA and Its Legislative History
make a separate print of the movie and then laser-etch, or “burn,” the captions onto that separate print.[13] The House and Senate committees nonetheless endorsed open captioning as a means...
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7.9 Health Insurance and Other Employee Benefit Plans
This means that: If an employer provides insurance or other benefit plans to its employees, it must provide the same coverage to its employees with disabilities....
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[2010 ADAS] 105.2.3 ASTM
ASTM F 1292-99 and ASTM F 1292-04 establish a uniform means to measure and compare characteristics of surfacing materials to determine whether materials provide a safe surface under and...
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Issue 1: What are the effects of energy-efficient lamps and fixtures on persons with low vision
I mean, there’s tremendous drive to reduce energy usage in building that impacts lighting because that impacts air conditioning and blah, blah, blah....
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"Existing Facility" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Rather, it means that in addition to the new construction requirements, the public accommodation has a continuing obligation to remove barriers that arise, or are deemed barriers, only after...