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Chapter 3: Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response
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QUESTION: WHEN A RAIL OPERATOR CONSTRUCTS A NEW STATION PLATFORM OR ALTERS AN EXISTING STATION PLATFORM, DOES 49 CFR PART 37 REQUIRE THE RAIL OPERATOR ENSURE THAT THE PLATFORM IS AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE TOP OF RAIL, EVEN IF THE RAILROAD OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42?
A transportation facility is considered to be accessible if it meets the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG; see 36 CFR Part 1191, including Appendices B and...
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
The Board has issued requirements that are now part of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards and apply to national parks and other outdoor areas developed by the federal...
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
The Board has issued requirements that are now part of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards and apply to national parks and other outdoor areas developed by the federal...
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
The Board has issued requirements that are now part of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards and apply to national parks and other outdoor areas developed by the federal...
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
The Board has issued requirements that are now part of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards and apply to national parks and other outdoor areas developed by the federal...
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
The Board has issued requirements that are now part of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards and apply to national parks and other outdoor areas developed by the federal...
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12111(6)(A)
The term illegal use of drugs means the use of drugs, the possession or distribution of which is unlawful under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812)....
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§27.7(e) Reasonable accommodations
For the purposes of this section, the term reasonable accommodation shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the term “reasonable modifications” as set forth in the Americans with...
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Retaliation
Section 504 prohibits retaliation.143 For example, once a student, parent, teacher, coach, or other individual complains formally or informally to a school about a potential civil rights...
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The ADA and Department of Justice Regulations
Under the ADA, the Department is responsible for issuing regulations to implement title II and title III of the Act, except to the extent that transportation providers subject to title II...
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1. History
While the Access Board was in the process of updating its existing 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines, a similar process began in Europe to create the first European set of ICT accessibility...
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Interacting with People with Cognitive, Intellectual or Psychiatric Disabilities
Sometimes added forms of visual communication such as gestures, facial expressions, pictures, diagrams, or demonstrations are helpful....
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LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Although employers are not required to have emergency evacuation plans under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if employers covered by the ADA opt to have...
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Compliance Problems Due to Lack of Accessibility Guidelines
A number of commenters from the building industry attributed difficulty in meeting the Act's March 13, 1991 compliance deadline, in part, to the lack of accessibility guidelines....
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Convenience Food Restaurants
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has required restaurants to accept orders at pick-up windows when the communications system is not accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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1.9.1 Division of the State Architect ─ Access Compliance
., Part 36), and (2) Title II (Public Entities), Section 35.151 (New Construction and Alterations) (see 28 C.F.R., Part 35) both from the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 2004 Americans...
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Section 36.303(g)(4) Minimum Requirements for Audio Description Devices
In order to ensure that individuals who are blind or have low vision have access to audio-described movies when such movies are available, movie theaters must provide a reasonable...
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ADA & Level Boarding - When Does Section 37.42 begin to apply?
49 CFR §37.42(a) DECEMBER 14, 2011
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Sec. 12145. Temporary relief where lifts are unavailable. [Section 225]
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Sec. 12143. Paratransit as a complement to fixed route service. [Section 223]
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Sec. 611. Closed-captioning of public service announcements [Section 402]
Any television public service announcement that is produced or funded in whole or in part by any agency or instrumentality of Federal Government shall include closed captioning of...