Without curb ramps, sidewalk travel in urban areas can be dangerous, difficult, or even impossible for people who use wheelchairs, scooters, and other mobility devices....
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DOJ/DOT Joint Technical Assistance on the Title II of the ADA Requirements to Provide Curb Ramps when Streets, Roads, or Highways are Altered through Resurfacing
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Information That May Be Requested in Post-Offer Examinations or Inquiries
The employer has not considered possible accommodations, such as sharing the occasional heavy weight lifting with another employee or providing a device to assist lifting....
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Communicating with Customers
When a person who uses such a device calls the relay service by dialing 7‒1‒1, a communications assistant calls the business and voices the caller’s typed message and then types the business...
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2. Who is considered a person with a disability under Title II of the ADA and Section 504?
Section 504 is to be interpreted broadly.43 Even if an individual’s substantially limiting impairment can be mitigated through the use of medication; medical supplies, equipment, and devices...
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8.4 Improving Data Sources and Research
environmental factors such as height and gap distances, use of handholds, surface softness, number of transfers needed to go from the initial location to the final destination, use of assist devices...
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Where must the wheelchair symbol be posted?
However, if you intend to enforce accessible parking areas by ticketing those parked inappropriately, your signs must comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) ,...
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Captioning, narrative description, and video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department proposes replacing the term "telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDD's)" with "text telephones (TTYs)" in § 36.303(b)(1). ...
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3.1.2. Percentage of Auditoriums by Venue Type
The final rule’s scoping requirements for captioning and audio description devices vary depending on the size of the venue (i.e., the number of auditoriums exhibiting digital movies within...
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Acceleration
For users likely to be operating on the roadway, the critical users for minimum green time would be hand cyclists, as they had the highest elapsed time of the vehicular-type devices....
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Appendix 4 – References
Space requirements for wheeled mobility devices. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th Annual Meeting. Steinfeld, E. Schroeder, S. and Bishop, M. (1979). ...
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III. Benefits of Ratification
As these persons receive opportunities in their countries, they will need accessible devices, from wheelchairs and other mobility aids and services to new technologies, including smart phones...
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Section 37.173 Training
A bus driver must know how to operate lifts and securement devices properly. A mechanic who works on lifts must know how to maintain them....
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Rulemaking Process
And yes, it will probably impact Hopkins and our optometry friends, because people need to be able to use the sitting devices in order to obtain a diagnosis....
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Separate Pathways for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Pedestrians and Bicyclists An organization representing individuals who are blind and have low-vision stated that ‘‘all shared use paths present an unacceptable safety risk to blind or visually...
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Introduction
., deafness, hearing impairment, deaf‐blindness, visual impairment including blindness, speech or language impairment)....
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THE UNITED STATES' INVESTIGATION AND FINDINGS
failure to provide an accessible voting system at all of its polling places in elections for federal office denies individuals with disabilities, including individuals who are blind or visually...
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISABILITY LAW GUIDANCE: Origin-to-Destination Service
Nor would drivers, for lengthy periods of time, have to leave their vehicles unattended or lose the ability to keep their vehicles under visual observation, or take actions that would be...
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Implications
Visual inspection alone cannot determine if the playground surface is accessible and impact attenuating in accordance with the ASTM standards. ...
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Section 37.51 Key Stations in Commuter Rail Systems
if a key station is not going to be accessible to wheelchair users for 15 years, pending the installation of an elevator, the rail operator can improve its accessibility to persons with visual...
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2. Benefits: Qualitative Summary of Benefits
By requiring audible and visible notification of upcoming stops and identifying route information through automated announcements, the new requirement is expected to deliver significant...
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11B-202.4 Path of travel requirements in alterations, additions and structural repairs
The addition or replacement of signs and/or identification devices shall be limited to the actual scope of work of the project and shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-202.4....
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11B-202.4 Path of travel requirements in alterations, additions and structural repairs
The addition or replacement of signs and/or identification devices shall be limited to the actual scope of work of the project and shall not be required to comply with Section 11B-202.4....
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Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Professional
Rehabilitation Act requires Federal agencies to make electronic and information technology (E&IT) accessible to users with disabilities, including: Blindness, color blindness, visual...
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Texas Health and Human Services (HHS): Blind Children's Vocational Discovery and Development Program (BCVDDP)
Each year, hundreds of Texas families turn to Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) for information and support for their children who are blind or visually impaired....
