While there are instruments specifically designed for this purpose (e.g., tensionometer), a device as simple as a spring-loaded plunger or "fish" scale is effective in measuring the force...
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Measuring Opening Force
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Equivalent Facilitation [2.2]
This provides flexibility for new technologies and innovative designs solutions that may not have been taken into account when ADAAG was developed....
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Definitions
“Accessible on Election Day” means that a polling place is compliant with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (“2010 Standards”) on Election Day, whether such compliance is...
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Rotational Penetrometer
The Rotational Penetrometer, developed by Beneficial Designs, uses a wheelchair caster placed on a spring loaded caliber in a metal tripod frame which suspends the caster about 6 inches...
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On-Site Readers
If this happens, designate people to serve as on-site readers....
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Three Additional Features for Van-Accessible Parking Spaces
(plan drawing showing a van-accessible parking space with a 96 inch wide designated parking space, a 96 inch wide min. marked access aisle and the following notes) Sign with...
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Accessible Parking Spaces
When a business restripes a parking lot, it must provide accessible parking spaces as required by the ADA Standards for Accessible Design....
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1607A.8.2 Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seats
Grab bars, shower seats and dressing room bench seat systems shall be designed to resist a single concentrated load of 250 pounds (1.11 kN) applied in any direction at any point on the grab...
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11B-803.1 General
Partitions and doors should be designed to ensure people using accessible dressing and fitting rooms privacy equivalent to that afforded other users of the facility....
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11B-803.1 General
Partitions and doors should be designed to ensure people using accessible dressing and fitting rooms privacy equivalent to that afforded other users of the facility....
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1010.1.9.1 Hardware
These design requirements for door handles, pulls, latches, locks and other operating devices, intended for use on required means of egress doors in other than Group R and M occupancies...
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Ticket Prices and Dispersal of Wheelchair Spaces
Paragraph 5 of the "Line of Sight and Dispersion of Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Areas" section of the Department of Justice's Guidance on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design document...
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Section 36.205 Association (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
This provision was intended to ensure that entities such as health care providers, employees of social service agencies, and others who provide professional services to persons with disabilities...
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14 CFR Part 382 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel (Air Carrier Access Act): Preamble and Section-by-Section Analysis (with amendments issued through July 2010)
14 CFR Part 382 [Dockets OST–2004–19482; OST–2005–22298; OST–2006–23999] [RINs 2105–AC97; 2105–AC29; 2105–AD41] Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel AGENCY...
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C. Establishing and Publishing Grievance Procedures
Once a state or local government establishes a grievance procedure under the ADA, it should be distributed to all agency heads....
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C. Planning Ahead to Provide Effective Communication
Use the checklist included in this Chapter to assess your agency’s ability to provide effective communication and to figure out the next steps for achieving ADA compliance....
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A. Providing Equally Effective Communication
communication requirement applies to ALL members of the public with disabilities, including job applicants, program participants, and even people who simply contact state or local government agencies...
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2. Written Communications
Alternatively, an agency employee may be able to accompany the person and provide assistance in locating the office. Don’t forget . . . ...
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M306.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Three commenters (a manufacturer, a medical association, and a state agency concerned with accessibility) concurred with the proposed requirement to provide two methods of communication....
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The 2006 IBC/ADAAG Comparison
This new matrix, updated to the 2006 International Building Code, will serve a wider audience, as more jurisdictions move to adopt the 2006 International Codes and federal agencies implement...
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Make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when necessary to avoid disability discrimination in all interactions with people with mental health disabilities or I/DD
The reasonable modification obligation applies when an agency employee knows or reasonably should know that the person has a disability and needs a modification, even where the individual...
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Place Of Public Accommodation
elementary, secondary, undergraduate, or postgraduate private school, or other place of education; (11) A day care center, senior citizen center, homeless shelter, food bank, adoption agency...
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EVACUATION + TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
When an evacuation order is issued, various agencies work together to coordinate public information, roadway management, and the use of public transportation to support individuals evacuating...
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Auxiliary Aids and Services
Now O.L. attends a hearing to resolve denial of services from a state vocational rehabilitation agency....