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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E. Community Evacuation and Transportation
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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...
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1193.23(a) (Advisory Guidance)
When an idea is just beginning to take shape, a designer would ask, "How would a blind person use this product? How would a deaf person use it?"...
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND FINDING
LSAC's electronic application forms are inaccessible to prospective blind students; they cannot be navigated with conventional screen access software....
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§8.6(a)(2)
(2) Where a recipient communicates with applicants and beneficiaries by telephone, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TDD's) or equally effective communication systems shall be...
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Protruding Objects
Protruding Objects: Some people who are blind or have low vision use canes to detect objects along a route....
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R205 Alternate Pedestrian Access Routes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MUTCD standards require alternate pedestrian routes to be accessible and detectable, including warning pedestrians who are blind or have low vision about sidewalk closures....
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14. Inconsistent State laws
Thus, a law school could not deny admission to a blind applicant because blind laywers [sic] may find it more difficult to find jobs than do nonhandicapped [sic] lawyers....
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4. Federal Appellate Case Law Addressing Captioning and Audio Description
The use of auxiliary aids to make that service available to those who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision does not change that service. ...
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II. DEFINITIONS
telecommunications devices; videotext displays; accessible electronic and information technology; or other methods of making aurally delivered information available to individuals who are deaf...
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I. Public Telephones
A text telephone (also commonly known as a TTY) is a device that allows individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have a speech disability to communicate over a telephone....
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II-3.5400 Surcharges
ILLUSTRATION: A community college provides interpreter services to deaf students, removes a limited number of architectural barriers, and relocates inaccessible courses and activities to...
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Clear Floor or Ground Space: ADA Standard Section 407.2.1.3
Section 407.2.1.3 covers the current ADA Standards for the clear floor or ground space at elevator call controls.
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Sec.36.403(f)(2)(iii)
associated with providing accessible telephones, such as relocating the telephone to an accessible height, installing amplification devices, or installing a telecommunications device for deaf...
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A. Prohibition of Discrimination
MSHA shall provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services, including qualified interpreters, where such aids and services are necessary to ensure effective communication with deaf and hard...
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III-4.1400 Surcharges
ILLUSTRATION 2: In order to ensure effective communication with a deaf patient during an office visit, a doctor arranges for the services of a sign language interpreter....
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"Auxiliary Aids and Services" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Also in paragraph (1) of the definition, the Department has replaced the term "telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDD)" with "text telephones (TTYs)." ...
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Sources of Technical Assistance
adahom1.htm Other Documents Available from the Department of Justice Self-Evaluation Checklist for Hotels and Motels to Ensure Access to Services and Facilities by Customers Who Are Blind...
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D. Protruding Objects
Protruding Objects - Examine all interior hallways, stairways and other pedestrian routes: ...to minimize the risks to blind persons and persons with low vision, are all of these areas...