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Search Results "CDIHP: Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions"
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Low Vision Part 3: How Can People With Low Vision Maintain Their Independence?
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Accessible (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Trace Research and Development Center (Trace Center) and the General Services Administration commented that the proposed definition of accessible would mean that products can be declared...
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B. Carrier-Supplied Oxygen
As a matter of disability law, undue burden implies that there may necessarily be some burden (a “due burden”) in accommodating someone’s disability....
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has become aware that individuals with disabilities who use TTYs or telecommunications relay services--primarily those who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech-related...
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New Accessible Handpump for Campgrounds
The Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) conducted an indepth market search and found no hand-operated water pumps meeting the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) standards...
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Changes in Level: ADA Standard Section 303
Section 303 covers the current ADA Standards for changes in level for floor and ground surfaces.
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5.2.1.1 Transfer Surface Width Recommendations for M301
Edward Steinfeld, Director of the Center of Inclusive Design and Environmental Access at the University of Buffalo, gave a presentation on the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project (AWM...
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Appendix E—Guidance to Revisions to ADA Title II and Title III Regulations Revising the Meaning and Interpretation of the Definition of ‘‘disability’’ and Other Provisions in Order To Incorporate the Requirements of the ADA Amendments Act
Add appendix E to part 36 to read as follows: Appendix E—Guidance to Revisions to ADA Title II and Title III Regulations Revising the Meaning and Interpretation of the Definition of ‘‘disability...
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Must Gluten-free Be Free? What You Should Know About Celiac Disease and the ADA
This raises a few important topics of note for those with celiac disease – whether celiac disease is a “disability” that requires accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act (...
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3.3.3 Presentations about MDE Types
Committee members had ample time to ask questions and discuss the implications of the issues presented for making the accessibility standard recommendations....
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3.5 Other Tips for Increasing Access
Other issues can make using a fitness center difficult, such as bringing a service animal with you, using lockers, attending group classes, and using swimming pools. ...
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Baseline
The Federal Highway Administration has issued guidance that the accessibility standards in the Department of Justice regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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11B-604.3.2 Overlap
ETA Editor's Note The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, has issued Code Application...
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M301.2.3 Size
The size of transfer surfaces shall be measured from center points of their opposing sides....
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Parking Spaces
Parking Spaces Measure from the center of marking lines. If lines are not adjacent to another space or aisle the measurement can be to the full width of the line....
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I don’t want to discriminate against patients with disabilities, but I don’t want my staff to injure their backs by lifting people who use wheelchairs onto exam tables. If my nurse has a bad back, then she doesn’t have to help lift a patient, does she?
Q I don’t want to discriminate against patients with disabilities, but I don’t want my staff to injure their backs by lifting people who use wheelchairs onto exam tables....
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C205.2 WCAG Conformance (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the Major Issues section above, the Board discusses the benefits of, and issues attendant to, incorporation of WCAG 2.0 into the 255 Guidelines and 508 Standards....
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Study Questions
Questions The purpose of this study was to evaluate a variety of playground surfaces, their ability to meet accessibility requirement, their costs upon initial installation and maintenance issues...
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Swimming pools. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Individuals with disabilities and advocates were particularly concerned about the accessibility of pools, and noted that for many people with disabilities, swimming is one of the few types...
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Specialized Customer Premises Equipment (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Trace Center commented that TTYs are made primarily for individuals who are deaf and requiring that TTYs provide voice output for all of the information displayed on the screen seems...
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Q13: Specific Requirements for Road Alteration Projects by Public Entities that Receive Federal Financial Assistance
public entities that receive Federal financial assistance from DOT either directly or indirectly, even if such financial assistance is not used for the specific road alteration project at issue...
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Accessible Sidewalks 1: Pedestrians who use Wheelchairs
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24 CFR Part 40—Accessibility Standards for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Publicly Owned Residential Structures (with amendments issued through Feb. 1996)
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 4153. Source: 36 FR 24437, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
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Whether the definition of ‘‘wheelchair'' includes the Segway® PT. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
with disabilities....