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The Whole Person (TWP) - Kansas City, MO
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Rebuilding Together Charles County (Christmas in April) - Waldorf, MD
Christmas in April Charles County is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of 17 unpaid volunteer members from the community of Charles County....
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Shelves and Maneuvering Space
Items can be placed at any height but staff should be available to assist customers who may have difficulty reaching or viewing items....
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Resources
Resources The Department of Justice offers technical assistance on the ADA as it applies to businesses, non-profit service agencies, and State and local government programs....
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a. Problem: Images Without Text Equivalents
These assistive technologies read text. They cannot translate images into speech or Braille, even if words appear in the images....
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III. DISCUSSION
(3) Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, there is no undue burden defense available to recipients of federal financial assistance for failure to make their facilities that have...
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Examples of Alternative Formats
public entity) will, upon request, provide auxiliary aids and services leading to effective communication for people with disabilities, including qualified sign language interpreters, assistive...
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DEFINITIONS
through video remote interpreting (VRI) services; notetakers; real-time computer-aided transcription services; written materials; exchange of written notes; telephone handset amplifiers; assistive...
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302.2 With Limited Vision (Section-by-Section Analysis)
They recommended that the Board establish thresholds for how much magnification, reduction, or contrast is sufficient to meet the provision....
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803 Dressing, Fitting, and Locker Rooms
In the final rule, the Board has revised this requirement for consistency with the ANSI A117.1 standard....
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Using State and Local Government Services and Activities: What to Expect
recreational facilities, public transit buses and trains, city and county offices where people go to renew licenses, apply for food stamps, pay their taxes, attend town meetings, serve on boards...
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11B-302.1 General
Additional information regarding accessible exterior surfaces is available on the US Access Board website at http://www.access-board.gov/research/completed-research/accessible-exterior-surfaces...
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223 Medical Care and Long-Term Care Facilities
In addition, the Board has removed as unnecessary language describing these facilities as places "where people receive physical or medical treatment or care."...
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11B-206.3 Location
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Transportation's ADA Standards include additional requirements for the location of accessible routes: [ADA Title II - Public Transportation...
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Wheelchair Spaces in Tiered Boxes
The Board has clarified in the final rule that this requirement applies where such boxes and suites are provided in "arenas, stadiums, and grandstands."...
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209 Passenger Loading Zones and Bus Stops
The Board has clarified in the final rule that this applies to "fractions" of this amount as well, which is consistent with the intent of this provision as proposed....
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a) History and Objectives
Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committee and Places of Amusement Committee. RT 1771:21-1773:22, 1775:9-11....
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F244.2 Camping Units with Mobility Features
Entities should provide information on the location of camping units with mobility features on websites, in brochures, and at bulletin boards or information kiosks at the camping facility...
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Technical Memorandum TM 2013-23 Storage (Not in Kitchens or Kitchenettes)
Access Board, “type” refers to the design of the element (i.e. closets, cabinets, shelves, clothes rods, hooks, and drawers) as well as the intended use (i.e. coat closets, supply closets...
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6.3 Minority Reports
Access Board rules allowed individual Committee members to submit their views about this issue through a Minority Report....
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Clear Tread Width [1017.3]
The Access Board and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research sponsored research to collect anthropometric data from a sample of about 500 people who use manual wheelchairs...
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AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE TRANSITIONING TO ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT TABLES
If adopted by the Access Board, a recommendation of 19-inch maximum height will build on the growing percentage of providers voluntarily purchasing accessible, adjustable height tables,...
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COSTS TO LOWER MINIMUM TABLE HEIGHT
achieve that adjustable range become more complex and expensive.29 Figure 8: Range of medical table heights In addition, we took the costs of other requirements that the Access Board...
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Using the ORAR Exceptions [F202.3, Exception 4 and 1016, Exceptions 1, 2, and 3]
documenting use of the conditions for exceptions on a portion of an ORAR and retaining the documentation with the project records can be helpful if a complaint is filed with the Access Board...
