Research indicates that high levels of background noise in classrooms compromises speech intelligibility for many children to such an extent that their reading, communication, and learning...
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Classroom Acoustics
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When is an Employer Obligated to Make a Reasonable Accommodation?
Information about the reasonable accommodation obligation also can be included in job application forms, job vacancy notices, and in personnel manuals, and may be communicated orally....
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Limitations
In general, a business or nonprofit with greater resources is expected to do more to ensure effective communication than one with fewer resources....
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Issue: Self-Evaluation and Transition Plans
alternative accessible manner; (3) structural changes to provide program access; (4) policy modifications to ensure nondiscrimination; and (5) auxiliary aids needed to provide effective communication...
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Q6. Does the Amendments Act address the "major life activities" referred to in the Section 504 and Title II regulations?
sleeping walking standing lifting bending speaking breathing learning reading concentrating thinking communicating...
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Motivational Characteristics
One reason I feel that way is one of the first facilities that I was involved with was an assisted-living community, and there was an Alzheimer’s area....
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D. Examples of Schools to Which These Guidelines Apply
A junior college, a community college, or four-year college that has a department or division that provides vocational education to students seeking immediate employment, an associate degree...
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B.2.ii. - How should an agency proceed in identifying "applicable" technical provisions in Subparts B, C, and D of the Access Board’s standards to ensure acquired products provide comparable access?
., help desk) for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end users with disabilities....
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First Occupancy
Several commenters requested clarification of "first occupancy", with respect to projects involving several buildings, or projects with extended build-out terms, such as planned communities...
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Section 36.406(c) Places of Lodging (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A significant focus of these comments was on how the Department should define and regulate vacation rental units in timeshares, vacation communities, and condo-hotels where the units are...
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§35.130(b)(6) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In Southeastern Community College v....
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a. Summary of Reasons for Proposed Regulation
And, lastly, despite the availability of these auxiliary aids and the general ADA obligation to provide effective communication to patrons with disabilities, individuals with disabilities...
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Benefits
diminishes risk of chronic disease; and increases life expectancy; Mental health benefits, including reduces depression, relieves stress, and improves quality of life; and Community...
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Alternative Designs
Young Retirement Community, Dallas, TX (OWP&P) ...
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VI. Relationship of This Regulation to Revisions to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s ADA Title I Regulation Implementing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Hall Listening Sessions’’ throughout the United States and heard testimony from more than 60 individuals and representatives of the business/employer industry and the disability advocacy community...
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2 - Specifications
The four items that should be communicated as stated in the introduction to this guide can clearly be defined in the specifications with corresponding dimensions shown on the drawings....
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REMEDIAL ACTIONS
. § 36.302; THE CREDIT UNION shall furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services, free of charge, when necessary to ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities...
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Section 37.161 Maintenance of Accessible Features--General
This section recognizes that it is not sufficient to provide features such as lift-equipped vehicles, elevators, communications systems to provide information to people with vision or hearing...
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1. Covered Entities
seats because of the costs associated with the regulation, particularly the cost of testing to determine if the electronic respiratory assistive devices interfere with the navigation or communication...
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DSA IR 11B-4: DETECTABLE WARNINGS (with revisions issued through Nov. 2011)
under Division of the State Architect (DSA) jurisdiction, which includes state funded buildings and facilities, State of California public elementary and secondary schools (grades K-12), community...
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I. BACKGROUND
Specifically, title III requires public accommodations to provide auxiliary aids and services when necessary to ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities. 42 U.S.C...
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The Market Case for Accessible Events, Meetings and Conferences
Census, 57.6 million Americans reported having a disability in the 2010 American Community Survey (published July 2012)....
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Background
construction costs, unnecessary demolition and rebuilding, litigation, uncertainty, and - too often - animosity among members of the building team, regulatory agencies, and the disabled community...
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Assistive listening systems. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Requiring ALS may allow individuals with disabilities to contribute to the community by joining in government and public events, and through increased economic activity associated with community...