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BACKGROUND
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Check-In and Check-Out Procedures
Many hotels have found it helpful to have a package prepared for guests who are blind or who have low vision....
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Wagner-O’Day Act
___________________________________________________ 6/25/1938 The Wagner-O’Day Act is passed, requiring all federal agencies to purchase specified products made by people who are blind...
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Accessible AlertSanDiego
Accessible AlertSanDiego for American Sign Language (ASL) provides emergency notifications to residents of San Diego County who are deaf, blind, hard of hearing, and deaf/blind before, during...
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LARGE AREA ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEMS (ALS): REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
., CCC-A Faye Erickson, MA, CCC-A Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Hearing Enhancement 30th Ave and 75th St...
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4. What factors should a public school district consider in determining what auxiliary aids or services are necessary to afford qualified students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, the public school’s services, programs, or activities?
place. 28 When determining the appropriate method of communication, schools must make an individualized determination and cannot assume, for example, that simply because a student is deaf...
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602.4 Alternate Formats for Non-electronic Support Documentation
Alternate formats usable by individuals who are blind or have low vision shall be provided upon request for support documentation in non-electronic formats....
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The Participants
Thirty six participants were blind (18 blind since birth, 18 adventitious); 33 had low vision (18 low vision since birth, 15 became low vision); and 23 had normal or corrected normal vision...
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11. Protruding Objects in the Circulation Path
11. ...since blind persons and persons with low vision can walk on any sidewalks, are all sidewalks and walkways free of any objects (i.e.: fire extinguishers, wall mounted lights, electrical...
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"Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) Services'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The video phone provides video transmission to a video monitor that permits the individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to view and sign to a video interpreter (i.e., a live interpreter...
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Section 1193.33 Information, documentation and training [1193.25 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) commented that the provision as proposed was unclear if alternate formats must be available at no additional charge....
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Issue 15: Installation Errors Increase Risk
After the interpreter signed that information in the pedestrian’s palm, the user shook his head sadly and signed back: “I am 100% deaf. I am 100% blind. I need the signal to vibrate.”...
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Additional Acknowledgements
Team wishes to thank a number of organizations and individuals who have provided input and comment on the creation of this guide, including: Lou Ann Blake, Managing Editor, Journal of Blindness...
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A. BACKGROUND
Michael Byington, the president of the Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Mr....
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Ensuring Online Files and Documents are Accessible
Documents and online content should be accessible and optimized for screen readers and other assistive technologies used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with...
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H. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Within three (3) months of the entry of this Consent Decree, the County will implement the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s Policy Statement on Effective Communication with People Who are Deaf...
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H. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Within three (3) months of the entry of this Consent Decree, the County will implement the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office’s Policy Statement on Effective Communication with People Who are Deaf...
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13. Do not mention someone’s disability unless it is essential to the story.
The fact that someone is blind or uses a wheelchair may or may not be relevant to the article you are writing....
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ADA OBLIGATIONS AND ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE CITY AND PPD
, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind, PPD will provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as qualified sign language, oral, or tactile interpreters; videophones; and TTYs, free of...
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E. Community Evacuation and Transportation
Individuals who are blind or who have low vision may no longer be able to independently use traditional orientation and navigation methods....
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Issue 14: Inspection of contractor’s work - Beware of field changes!
Figure 20: Deaf-blind user stands with his hand on the original APS to feel the vibration in order to know when to begin to cross....
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Walk Through Procedures
If you are hard of hearing or deaf, practice having co-workers communicate important information to you through gestures. If you are blind have co-workers practice guiding you....
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Defining Disability Broadly
Disability is not limited to wheelchair users and people who are blind or deaf....
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The Inspection Team
adequate representation, you may want to reach out to the local Center for Independent Living(link is external) (or other disability subject matter experts, such as the Commission for the Deaf...
