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Providing Appropriate Information About Accessibility
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Get Involved in the Planning Process
Include yourself and others with or without disabilities who: have a user's perspective and are knowledgeable about the relevant federal, state and local accessibility building...
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FM Systems
Implementation plans should include instructions and tuning assistance for users available where receivers and couplers are issued....
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20. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
The web-based design guide shall state that the identified ADA Standards requirements are only some of the ADA Standards and shall refer users to the ADA Standards for a complete set of...
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11B-404.2.7 Door and gate hardware
Door hardware that can be operated with a closed fist or a loose grip accommodates the greatest range of users....
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II-7.3100 General
"Direct access" means that emergency telephone services can directly receive calls from TDD's and computer modem users without relying on outside relay services or third party services....
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11B-404.2.7 Door and gate hardware
Door hardware that can be operated with a closed fist or a loose grip accommodates the greatest range of users....
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Congressional Hearings
I work and part of my taxes pay for public buses, and then they get mad just because I am using a wheelchair.”...
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XI. Overview of Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for New Construction and Alterations
Dispersal of wheelchair seating in theaters is required where there are more than 300 seats....
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Accessible Entrance
Having only one step at the entrance can prevent access by a person using a wheelchair, walker, or cane and can make entry difficult for many other people with mobility disabilities....
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Section 36.406(d) Social Service Establishments (Section-by-Section Analysis)
specific provision, § 224.3, that in guest rooms with more than twenty-five beds, at least five percent (5%) of the beds must have parallel clear floor space enabling a person using a wheelchair...
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Section 35.151(e) Social Service Establishments (Section-by-Section Analysis)
include a specific provision that in guest rooms with more than twenty-five beds, at least five percent (5%) of the beds must have parallel clear floor space enabling a person using a wheelchair...
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II. Statutory and Regulatory Background
by persons with handicaps; (2) All doors within such dwellings which are designed to allow passage into and within the premises are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons in wheelchairs...
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Tips for Assisting People Who Are Blind or Visually-Impaired
Be aware that many people who are blind prefer to walk rather than use wheelchairs, electric carts, etc....
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"Service Animal'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair...
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Step 2: Identify the Presence of Limiting Factors
(Bicycle tires are similar to the large rear wheels of a wheelchair.)...
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Inquiries Related to Ability to Perform Job Functions and Accommodations
An employer might require all applicants for a telemarketing job to demonstrate selling ability by taking a simulated telephone sales test, but could not require that a person using a wheelchair...
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Accessible Route Into and Through the Business
These create trip hazards for customers with low vision and snag under patrons' crutches, canes, and walkers and in their wheelchair wheels....
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23. Q: What types of modifications in law enforcement policies, practices, and procedures does the ADA require?
Example: A department modifies its enforcement of a law requiring a license to use motorized vehicles on the streets, in order to accommodate individuals who use scooters or motorized wheelchairs...
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49 CFR Parts 37 and 38 -- Transportation for Individuals With Disabilities at Intercity, Commuter, and High Speed Passenger Railroad Station Platforms; Miscellaneous Amendments, Preamble
The rule also codifies the existing DOT mechanism for issuing ADA guidance, modifies provisions concerning the carriage of wheelchairs, and makes minor technical changes to the Department's...
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4.5 Other Tips for Making Equipment More Useable
Some wheelchairs have a removable strap that goes behind the lower legs. This strap, if it is long enough, works well for this purpose....
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Trailhead Signs
envelopes, and so forth, need to be obtained from or filled out at a sign or kiosk, design the sign or kiosk to display the materials within the standard reach ranges of a person in a wheelchair...
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Required Means of Egress [IBC §1007.1 (2003), §1003.2.13 (2000)]
The IBC (2003) permits one accessible means of egress from: wheelchair seating in assembly areas with sloped floors where the common path of travel meets aisle requirements for...
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Section 36.306 Personal Devices and Services (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
This section states that a public accommodation is not required to provide its customers, clients, or participants with personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices...