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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1193.23(a) (Advisory Guidance)
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C2-2. Undersides of Exterior Stairs
Are the undersides of exterior stairs enclosed or protected with a cane detectable barrier so that people who are blind or have low vision will not hit their heads on the underside?...
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G. What are Detectable Warnings, Why are They Required, and Where Must They be Provided?
Detectable warnings are intended to function much like stop signs for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision....
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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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Automatic Curtain Ltd. Automatic Roman Shade System IV
Quiet running, db level below 45 dB Precise limit switch, repeat limiting precise degree +3˚C or -3˚C Suit for window products (roller blind, roman shade, screen, shutters, ect.)...
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Convenience Food Restaurants
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has required restaurants to accept orders at pick-up windows when the communications system is not accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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II-9.2000 Complaints.
ILLUSTRATION: A county court system is found by a Federal court to have violated title II of the ADA by excluding a blind individual from a jury because of his blindness....
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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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Is Identification of the Path(s) to the Means of Egress Necessary?
Once notified, people who are deaf or hard of hearing can read and follow standard exit and directional signs....
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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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Curtain.Com Remote Controlled Automatic Roller Shade System IV
Characteristics: Quiet running, db level below 45 dB Precise limit switch, repeat limiting precise degree +3˚C or -3˚C Suit for window products (roller blind, roman shade, screen...
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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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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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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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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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§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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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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1. When does someone with a hearing impairment have a disability within the meaning of the ADA?
As a result of changes made by the ADAAA, people who are deaf should easily be found to have a disability within the meaning of the first part of the ADA's definition of disability because...
