Response. The final rule requires one companion seat for each wheelchair space, but allows the seat to be movable....
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Companion Seats
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Back Support
Response. In the final rule, the specifications for back support have been clarified and relocated to a separate provision (903.4)....
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The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice
The passage of the ADA expanded the Access Board’s responsibilities....
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68.50. Submission of Construction Documents
(b) An architect, registered interior designer, landscape architect, or engineer with overall responsibility for the design of a building or facility subject to §469.101 of the Act, shall...
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The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice
The passage of the ADA expanded the Access Board's responsibilities....
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Section 35.136 Service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department received extensive comments in response to proposed § 35.136 from individuals, disability advocacy groups, organizations involved in training service animals, and public entities...
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Communicating with Customers
It is a business’s responsibility to provide a sign language, oral interpreter, or VRI service unless doing so in a particular situation would result in an undue burden, which means significant...
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Notice Requirement (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department received numerous comments in response to this question. ...
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Shared Use Paths: ADA Standard Section 2.
“In response, the Board is supplementing its rulemaking on public rights-of-way to also cover shared use paths. ...
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23. Q: What types of modifications in law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures does the ADA require?
Sometimes, because of the demand for police services, third party calls are treated less seriously....
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Sections 35.101 and 36.101—Purpose and Broad Coverage
The question of whether an individual meets the definition of disability should not demand extensive analysis....
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§ 382.49 Security screening of passengers
individual with a disability of an aid used for independent travel shall not subject the person or the aid to special screening procedures if the person using the aid clears the security system...
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Deaf or Hard of Hearing
hearing or deaf may have difficulty understanding oral communication and receiving notification by equipment that is exclusively auditory, such as telephones, fire alarms, and public address systems...
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Auxiliary aids and services
notetakers; real-time computer-aided transcription services; written materials; exchange of written notes; telephone handset amplifiers; assistive listening devices; assistive listening systems...
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Symbols of Accessibility [4.30.7]
Consider using: light-on-dark, which is considered more effective than dark-on-light contrast of at least 70 % (light reflectance value) non-glare finishes system-wide...
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Literature Cited
ASTM F1292 Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment, ASTM, West Conshohocken,PA 19428 American Society for Testing and Materials...
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II. MODEL FACILITIES
development of effective policies, procedures, and programs to increase access and improve the delivery of health services for people with disabilities throughout Kaiser’s health care system...
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ALTERATION
Normal maintenance, reroofing, painting or wallpapering, or changes to mechanical and electrical systems are not alterations unless they affect the usability of the building or facility....
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904 Sales and Service Counters
Response. The Board has clarified requirements for check-out aisles by adding a provision specific to check-writing surfaces (904.3.3)....
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A. Designating an ADA Coordinator
If a public entity has 50 or more employees, it is required to designate at least one responsible employee to coordinate ADA compliance.1 A government entity may elect to have more than...
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405 Ramps
Response....
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A. Whether Sidewalks Are a Service Program, or Activity Covered by Title II of the ADA and Section 564 of the Rehabilitation Act
City of Charleston, the Southern District of West Virginia held that although a city enacted an ordinance holding landowners responsible for adjacent sidewalks, the city had authority over...
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Issue 1: What are the effects of energy-efficient lamps and fixtures on persons with low vision
Response by Dave Munson: Those are sciences that evolve so quickly today, that by the time you write a rule for it, it doesn’t exist....
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Organization of This Rule
The section entitled ‘‘Section-by-Section Analysis and Response to Comments’’ in Appendix A provides a detailed discussion of the changes to the title III regulation....