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Search Results "Readily Achievable Barrier Removal"
2010 ADA Definition
Readily Achievable Barrier Removal: Readily achievable means easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action is readily achievable factors to be considered include –
(1) The nature and cost of the action needed under this part;
(2) The overall financial resources of the site or sites involved in the action; the number of persons employed at the site; the effect on expenses and resources; legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation, including crime prevention measures; or the impact otherwise of the action upon the operation of the site;
(3) The geographic separateness, and the administrative or fiscal relationship of the site or sites in question to any parent corporation or entity;
(4) If applicable, the overall financial resources of any parent corporation or entity; the overall size of the parent corporation or entity with respect to the number of its employees; the number, type, and location of its facilities; and
(5) If applicable, the type of operation or operations of any parent corporation or entity, including the composition, structure, and functions of the workforce of the parent corporation or entity.
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Disability Network Lakeshore - Holland, MI
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Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR)
and activities; opportunities to exchange information and solicit input from Federal and non-Federal stakeholders; mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships that can achieve...
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ADA25: #13 of 25 -- Jails and Prisons
We do not mean that TTYs should be removed, they should remain for inmates who find them - and not videophones - effective. The NAD has several pending cases....
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I. Ensuring Compliance Now and In the Future
Develop a written policy ensuring that, effective immediately, ADA-compliant curb ramps will be provided at any intersection having curbs or other barriers to entry from a sidewalk whenever...
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Differences in Perspectives between Designers/Photographers and Visually Impaired Occupants
In 1968, Congress passed the Architectural Barriers Act. In 1984, we had several federal agencies putting the UFAS standard together....
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Comments to the NPRM
industry commenters opposed the application of the concept of reasonable modification to transportation, and a few commenters argued that it was not the job of transit entities to surmount barriers...
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Picnic Tables
Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards require that tops of dining surfaces be 28 inches (710 millimeters) to 34 inches (865 millimeters) above the finished floor or ground....
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B. Survey and Review of Polling Place Locations
If the United States concludes that Harris County has proposed a remedial provision that does not fully address a barrier to accessibility, then Harris County will propose and implement,...
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Section 37.131 Service Criteria for Complementary Paratransit Service Area
work with the state or local governments involved, via coordination plans, reciprocity agreements, memoranda of understanding or other means to prevent political boundaries from becoming barriers...
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Dispersion
The advisory to section 224.1.1 further explains that compliance with 224.5 is more likely to be achieved if all of the accessible guest rooms are not provided in the same area of the facility...
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B. Effective Communication
Companion’s disability and auxiliary aid and services needed by specifying those needs in the patient’s chart (electronic or otherwise) so that effective communication with such person will be achieved...
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F. Cost and benefits of movie captioning and video description regulations
prepare an initial regulatory flexibility analysis analyzing the economic impacts on small entities and regulatory alternatives that reduce the regulatory burden on small entities while achieving...
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Student Evaluations and Placement Under Section 504
However, a student with a disability may achieve a high level of academic success but may nevertheless be substantially limited in a major life activity due to the student’s impairment because...
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Covered Content on Primary Web Sites
A few commenters who self-identified as having disabilities did not oppose the use of text-only Web sites for achieving accessibility, but none supported access to anything less than all...
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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
participate in all aspects of society, but that people with physical or mental disabilities are frequently precluded from doing so because of prejudice, antiquated attitudes, or the failure to remove...
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ADA25: #2 of 25 -- Passage of the ADA
We are very proud of that historic achievement....
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Accessibility of Airport Terminals and Facilities
This performance standard would require carriers to ensure that passengers with disabilities could readily move through terminal facilities to get to or from boarding areas....
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Early Actions in the House
“This bill will grant them that dignity and that right."12 Because the ADA was a civil rights bill, ADA supporters anticipated that members would readily support it....
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Condition, Manner, or Duration Examples, Including Negative Effects of Mitigating Measures
The Department reiterates that, because the limitations created by certain impairments are readily apparent, it would not be necessary in such cases to assess the negative side effects of...
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Application
with facts and objective evidence.20 Persons with disabilities may not be treated on the basis of generalizations or stereotypes.21 For example, prohibited treatment would include the removal...
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Key Differences Between Routes
A beach access route may be a permanent or removable route....
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Guest Rooms
If a telephone-like handset is used, the external speakers can be turned off when the handset is removed from the cradle....
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Chamber of Commerce for Persons with Disabilities, INC.
Locate persons who have expertise and a passion to help this organization achieve its mission. Obtain grants to pay for the employment of qualified individuals who are disabled....
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Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
OUR VISION: The vision of the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is one community working together to achieve full inclusion and participation of people with developmental...
