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2010 ADA Definition
Public Use: Interior or exterior rooms, spaces, or elements that are made available to the public. Public use may be provided at a building or facility that is privately or publicly owned.
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The September 11, 2001 Wake-up Call
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15(a)
(a) No later than twelve (12) months after the Consent Decree Date, HWI shall conduct surveys of the areas of the hotels open to the public (including all accessible rooms) to assess their...
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II-3.4200 Relationship to "program accessibility" requirement.
Public entities should make every effort to ensure that alternative methods of providing program access do not result in unnecessary segregation....
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206.3 Location
areas, and fare collection areas shall be placed to minimize the distance which wheelchair users and other persons who cannot negotiate steps may have to travel compared to the general public...
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Section 36.406(e) Housing at a Place of Education (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The ability to move between rooms--both accessible rooms and standard rooms--in order to socialize, to study, and to use all public use and common use areas is an essential part of having...
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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
NCHS compiles statistical information to help guide public health and health policy decisions....
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Before January 26, 1992
Facilities built before January 26, 1992, are referred to as “pre-ADA” facilities.25 If there is an architectural barrier to accessibility in a pre-ADA facility, you may remove the barrier using...
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MORE INFORMATION
You can find the regulations and other useful guidance at: U.S....
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R210 Protruding Objects
or permitting the installation of street furniture on sidewalks, including street lights, utility poles and equipment cabinets, sign posts and signs, parking meters, trash receptacles, public...
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Accessibility of Airport Facilities
Carriers must ensure that these terminal facilities and services are accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.1 Sec. 382.23(b)...
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Legal Authority
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (hereafter, “Section 508”), as amended, mandates that Federal agencies “develop, procure, maintain, or use” information and communication technology...
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103 Equivalent Facilitation
103 Equivalent Facilitation Nothing in these requirements prevents the use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, provided they result in substantially...
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11B-805 Medical care and long-term care facilities
INTERPRETATION The requirements of Section 11B-606 apply to all lavatories, sinks, and handwashing fixtures for public use, patient use, and employee use, unless otherwise specifically...
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7. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
OBJECTIVE: Identify strategies for effective communication during emergencies, including which sources of information you will use to communicate....
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If the lift manufacturer specifies that wheelchairs must face away from the vehicle when using the lift, are transportation operators required to permit passengers to board facing the vehicle?
Yes. 49 CFR Part 38 specifies that a lift must permit both inboard and outboard facing of wheelchair users. A lift that requires passengers to face a specific direction does not...
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12101(a)(3)
(3) discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation...
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4.1.3(17)(c)(iii)
(iii) if a public pay telephone is located in or adjacent to a hospital emergency room, hospital recovery room, or hospital waiting room, one public text telephone shall be provided at each...
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§ 35.139(a)
(a) This part does not require a public entity to permit an individual to participate in or benefit from the services, programs, or activities of that public entity when that individual...
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§ 37.9(d)(3)
(3) In the case of a request by a public entity that provides transportation facilities (including an airport operator), or a request by an air carrier with respect to airport facilities...
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Designing Accessible Communities
The organization's MISSION is to promote, facilitate, and support the use of policies, accessible design, and use of accessible manufactured products to ensure that all individuals, regardless...
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Integration: ADA Standard Section 221.2.2
Section 221.2.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for integration of wheelchair spaces in assembly areas.
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PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY {Subpart D}
PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY {Subpart D} “Except as otherwise provided for in (existing facilities), no qualified individual with a disability shall, because a public entity’s facilities are...
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§ 36.105(f)(2)
(2) An individual is not “regarded as having such an impairment” if the public accommodation demonstrates that the impairment is, objectively, both “transitory” and “minor.”...
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§ 35.108(f)(2)
(2) An individual is not “regarded as having such an impairment” if the public entity demonstrates that the impairment is, objectively, both “transitory” and “minor.”...
