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Section 36.406(c) Places of Lodging
Scoping and technical requirements applicable to “places of lodging.’’...
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Texas Workforce Commission (TWC): Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Available services include vocational evaluations, counseling and guidance, training and education assistance, assistive technology and more....
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Dogs for Better Lives (Formerly: Dogs for the Deaf)
Formerly known as Dogs for the Deaf, we have been providing Assistance Dogs to people across the United States since 1977....
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Regulatory Process Matters
The final rule does not require that assistive technologies be provided universally....
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uberASSIST
uberASSIST is an uberX option that is designed to provide additional assistance to seniors and people with disabilities....
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Building Support for S. 933
Paul Hearne, Executive Director of NCD and a longtime associate of Dole, assisted West in educating the senator about the ADA. Dole refrained from introducing his own bill....
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2.1(a)(i) A Physical or Mental Impairment
A person's impairment is determined without regard to any medication or assistive device that s/he may use....
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G. Supplies
many people with disabilities will lose their ability to move about, they may be unable to participate in some services offered by the shelter, and they may need to depend more heavily on assistance...
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C. The 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Movie Captioning and Audio Description
proposed that movie theaters provide notice of the availability of captioning and audio description as well as ensure that knowledgeable staff are available to operate the equipment and assist...
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Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies
An employer may also request relevant information to assist in determining whether the requested extension will result in an undue hardship....
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2. Business Necessity
But it would be discriminatory to reject a person whose disability prevented manual keyboard operation, but who could meet the qualification standard using a computer assistive device, if...
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233.1 General
For example, the Fair Housing Act requires certain residential structures having four or more multi-family dwelling units, regardless of whether they are privately owned or federally assisted...
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Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Questions are included in the preamble seeking additional information to assist the Board to estimate the total annual costs of these two requirements and to refine the cost estimates for...
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Benefits
difficulty walking a quarter of a mile; 21.8 million (9.4 percent) had difficulty climbing a flight of stairs; 10.2 million (4.4 percent) used a cane, crutches, or walker to assist...
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Issue 19: What Principles of Universal Design can be applied in the short term for persons with low vision?
Well, if you have to go to assisted living, it could cost you a hell of a lot more than that....
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5. Q: What are some common problems that people with disabilities have with law enforcement?
The driver, who has a mobility disability, reaches behind the seat to retrieve her assistive device for walking. This appears suspicious to the officer....
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Material Characteristics (slide 6)
When I was photographing assisted-living communities for a research study, we went to this one craft room and there were women playing cards....
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31. Academic adjustments
The Department emphasizes that recipients can usually meet this obligation by assisting students in using existing resources for auxiliary aids such as state vocational rehabilitation agencies...
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1022.9 Stairway identification signs
504.8 and in the second paragraph (only -- included above) of 1022.9 should not be confused with the "Stairway Identification Signs" (hereinafter termed the "Fire Department Signs," to assist...
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Providing Appropriate Information About Accessibility
Don't prejudge or assume what a person can or cannot do by adding comments such as "some people may need assistance," etc....
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Interacting with People with Visual Disabilities
Ask which they prefer and if they need any assistance. When showing a person to a chair, place their hand on the back of the chair....
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Telephones
A TTY-user can communicate with those using standard phones through the Telecommunication Relay Service (TRS), which uses a third-party Communications Assistant (CA) to type the spoken message...
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Conference Papers and Journals
One appeared in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (2004) and the other in Assistive Technology (2010)....
