Graham Sisson, J.D. and Ph.D. candidate is an attorney with over 23 years of experience practicing law in the area of disabilities. ...
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ADA Professional Training Certificate Program
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II. ENFORCING THE ADA PART 1
On September 12, 2006, the Attorney General recognized a team of dedicated attorneys in the Disability Rights Section (DRS) of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for their accomplishments...
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ADA Business BRIEF: Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings
including group or individual therapy, or counseling for patients and family members • providing information about blood or organ donations • explaining living wills and powers of attorney...
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A. Electronic Content
First, the Board proposes in E205.2 that all public-facing content—which encompasses electronic information and data made available by agencies to members of the general public—must satisfy...
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Designing with People
This website presents resources that support a general shift in design practice from designing for people to designing with people....
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Providing Real Opportunities for Income through Technology (PROFITT)
What makes this training program unique is an added focus on the generation of computerized graphics, providing high-demand, transferable software skills that prepare offenders for gainful...
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Supporting Students with Hearing Impairments: Tools, Technology and Key Resources
Let’s see which tech tools are helping make classrooms – and learning environments in general – more accommodating for students with hearing loss. Read more in the Guidebook here....
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The Government Response
The Government Response While persons with disabilities throughout the country were mobilizing to learn about and support the ADA, the general public remained largely unaware of the legislation...
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E102.5 IETF (Section-by-Section Analysis)
When using RTT, text is received at the same time it is generated....
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Additional Resources
General information about civil rights and child welfare issues can be found at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/adoption/index.html....
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Kitchen Appliances
This provision has been replaced by an exception to general scoping provisions for operable parts that addresses redundant controls (205.1, Exception 6)....
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Assistive Listening Systems
Assistive listening systems are generally categorized by their mode of transmission....
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706 Assistive Listening Systems
Assistive listening systems are generally categorized by their mode of transmission....
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Arriving at the Polling Place: Parking
Generally, the access aisle must be at least 60 inches wide for cars and 96 inches wide for vans....
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Reasonable Modification
To be eligible to enroll, an individual must have either a high school diploma or a General Educational Development certificate (“G.E.D”)....
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Handrails
Consistent with this change, provisions in section 505 have been modified to specifically reference walking surfaces, including the general charging statement at 505.1....
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree of convenience, connection, and safety afforded the public generally...
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Types of Maximum Leave Policies
Employees with disabilities are not exempt from these policies as a general rule....
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What employment practices are covered by the ADA?
A retail store that generally rotated all sales associates between the sales floor (where they could earn commissions) and the stock room (where they processed merchandise) except for the...
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216 Signs
For simplicity, they have been relocated as exceptions to the general scoping provision (216.1) which exempts them from this section entirely....
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Accessibility of Facilities
In general they apply to foreign carriers with respect to aircraft ordered after May 13, 2009 or delivered after May 13, 2010....
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1133B.7.1
SECTION 1133B GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR ENTRANCES, EXITS AND PATHS OF TRAVEL 1133B.7 Walks and sidewalks. 1133B.7.1 Continuous surface. ...
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1117B.2.8
Telephones shall be equipped with a receiver that generates a magnetic field in the area of the receiver cap....
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IMPLICATION OF A 19-INCH MINIMUM STANDARD FOR THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE LOWEST ADJUSTABLE POSITION
First, as depicted in Figure 3, adjustable tables currently on the market generally feature contoured bolsters that provide greater security once an individual is seated or lying on the...
