The Report of the Energy and Commerce Committee notes that "an order to make a facility readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities is mandatory'' under this standard...
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Subpart E—Enforcement (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
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"Place of Public Accommodation'': Definition of "place of lodging." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter objected to any bright line standard, stating that the difference between two weeks and 30 days for purposes of title III is arbitrary, viewed in light of conflicting regulations...
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New Construction
The NPRM did not expressly propose that new construction of correctional and detention facilities shall comply with the proposed standards because the Department assumed it would be clear...
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8.1 Excluded Populations Needing Future Attention
Therefore, future efforts must consider standards to ensure that medical diagnostic equipment is accessible to children and youth with disabilities....
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Web Site Accessibility
inaccessible Web site due to their disability and to extend the requirement to do the same for passengers who self-identify as being unable to use the carrier's Web site that meets the WCAG 2.0 standard...
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Section 36.406(f) Assembly Areas (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is proposing a new § 36.406(f) to supplement the assembly areas requirements in the proposed standards. This provision would impose four additional requirements....
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ADA Business BRIEF: Communicating with Guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hotels, Motels, and Other Places of Transient Lodging
For telephone communications, many people who are deaf or hard of hearing use a teletypewriter (TTY, also known as a TDD) rather than standard telephones....
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Communicating with People Who Have Disabilities
Entities that choose to use VRI must comply with specific performance standards set out in the regulations....
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(v) and 36.105(d)(1)(v)—Comparisons to Most People in the Population, and Impairment Need Not Prevent or Significantly or Severely Restrict a Major Life Activity
In giving this direction, Congress sought to correct the standard that courts were applying to determinations of disability after Toyota, which had created ‘‘a situation in which physical...
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Exceptions Considered for Wheelchair Spaces on Raised Platforms
The Access Board is considering adding exceptions in the final standards to the minimum width in M303.2.2 and the minimum depth in M303.2.3 for diagnostic equipment with wheelchair spaces...
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11B-404.2.9 Door and gate opening force
The force for pushing or pulling open a door or gate shall be as follows: [2010 ADA Standards] 404.2.9 Door and Gate Opening Force....
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Voting Areas
The ADA title II regulation and the ADA Standards for Accessible Design set out what makes a facility accessible and should be used to determine the level of accessibility at each facility...
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Detectable Warnings
Since the enforcing agencies did not extend the suspension either, the detectable warning requirements are technically part of the existing standards again....
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How to Use This Manual
Explains how to establish qualification standards and selection criteria that do not discriminate under the ADA, including standards necessary to assure health and safety in the workplace...
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M102.1 Defined Terms (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board sought input in question six in the preamble of the MDE NPRM, on whether there were other terms in the proposed standards that should be defined. NPRM, 77 FR at 6920....
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(C) NYCT’s interpretation of the ADA and DOT’s implementing regulations is too narrow.
See ADAAG § 4.1.6(1)(f), available at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/adaag#4.9....
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4.1.3 Adjustable Height Chairs with and without Footplates
height is fully lowered, a minimum 2” clearance is required from the floor to the bottom of the footplate as specified by domestic UL and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards...
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Safe harbor for qualified small businesses regarding what is readily achievable. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Commenters were concerned that, absent a standard, unsafe or ineffective design practices might be undertaken. ...
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Define "animal" or what qualifies certain species as "service animals." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One service dog organization commented that other species would be acceptable if those animals could meet the behavioral standards of trained service dogs. ...
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Define "animal" or what qualifies certain species as "service animals." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One service dog organization commented that other species would be acceptable if those animals could meet the behavioral standards of trained service dogs. ...
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Relationship to Other Laws
Except as otherwise provided in this part, this part shall not be construed to apply a lesser standard than the standards applied under title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C...
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Develop a Transition Plan
Another reason to update or create a new transition plan is that we now have accessibility standards for recreation areas such as swimming pools, play areas, exercise equipment, team seating...
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36. Health, welfare, and other social service providers
Section 104.52(a) also includes provisions concerning the limitation of benefits or services to handicapped persons and the subjection of handicapped persons to different eligibility standards...
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The Commenters
These commenters offered valuable information, including copies of State and local accessibility codes, on accessibility design standards....