Fully ADA compliant The new operator is especially helpful for children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, or those carrying objects or pushing carts....
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2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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DORMA ED900 Low-Energy Swing Door Operator
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Virtuoso Portable Wheelchair Lift 5460P
The Ascension Virtuoso vertical portable wheelchair lift provides access to stages and platforms for individuals with disabilities....
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Playworld® SMARTE Safety Surfacing
SMARTE meets requirements for accessible routes per Americans with Disabilities Act Guidelines Accessible (ADAAG) and provides a safe surface that promotes inclusive play activities on the...
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Corbin Russwin Inc. DC5000 Series Cam Action Door Closer
The efficiency and flat power curve comply with the opening force requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....
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Allegion Falcon SC70 Series Surface Mounted Door Control
Additionally, the SC71 is rated ANSI/BHMA A156.4, Grade 1 and designed to meet the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and ANSI A117.1....
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Effective Communication
People with disabilities cannot participate in government-sponsored programs, services, or activities if they cannot understand what is being communicated....
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Exercise Machines and Equipment
The 2010 Standards do not require changes to exercise machines or equipment in order to make them more accessible to persons with disabilities....
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Issue: Effective Communication
Requirement: Title II requires that city governments ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are as effective as communications with others....
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Can a public accommodation exclude a person with HIV or AIDS because that person allegedly poses a direct threat to the health and safety of others?
A public accommodation may exclude an individual with a disability from participation in an activity if that individual’s participation would result in a direct threat to the health or safety...
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ADA Facilities Checklist: Initial Questions for Private Entities
Do any company policies, procedures or practices tend to discriminate against people with disabilities? 6. Does the company lease any space to any Public Accommodations?...
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Appoint an ADA Coordinator
Knowledge of the ADA and other laws addressing the rights of people with disabilities, such as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act....
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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?
entities, such as Amtrak and commuter operators, must construct a new facility for use in designated public transportation so that it is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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PHYSICAL CHANGES TO FACILITIES
The elements or features of the City of Waukegan facilities that do not comply with the Standards, including those listed in this section, prevent persons with disabilities from fully...
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND DETERMINATIONS
Accordingly, they have a disability within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12102 and 28 C.F.R. § 36.104....
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BACKGROUND
The United States Department of Justice (Department) is responsible for administering and enforcing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134...
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The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation
The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation is the only national philanthropy exclusively committed to person-centered care in long-term care communities and is now working to bridge the gap...
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F. Shelter Environment
But quiet spaces are limited, they should be made available on a priority basis to people whose disabilities are aggravated by stress or noise. ...
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Section 35.160 Communications (Section-by-Section Analysis)
proposes to expand § 35.160(a) to clarify that a public entity's obligation to ensure effective communication extends not just to applicants, participants, and members of the public with disabilities...
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5.7 File a Lawsuit
You can find a lawyer through a referral organization (check your state Bar Association) or disability rights organizations....
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REPORTING, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, Attn: Charlotte Lanvers, Trial Attorney, 1425 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005. ...
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Section 37.167 Other Service Requirements
The entity must announce any stop requested by a passenger with a disability, even if it does not meet any of the other criteria for announcement....
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Applicability to Carrier Web Sites
who notify the carrier that they are unable to use a Web site due to their disability....
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12207(c)(1) In general
.-- Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of...
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1630.15(b)(1)
that an alleged application of qualification standards, tests, or selection criteria that screens out or tends to screen out or otherwise denies a job or benefit to an individual with a disability...
