For example, what is a faucet that is placed out of reach for persons with cognitive impairments? What does that look like? Are they assisted in washing their hands? ...
Search Results "Substantial Impairment"
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(v) Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis Not Required, But Permissible When Appropriate
The term “average person in the general population,” as the basis of comparison for determining whether an individual's impairment substantially limits a major life activity, has been changed...
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Hospitality for All
The ADA defines an individual with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history...
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Section 1630.2(g) Disability
that substantially limits one or more of that person's major life activities (the “actual disability” prong); (2) has a record of such an impairment (the “record of” prong); or (3) is regarded...
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DETECTABLE WARNING
[DSA-AC] A standardized surface feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn persons with visual impairments of hazards on a circulation path....
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DETECTABLE WARNING
[DSA-AC] A standardized surface feature built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to warn persons with visual impairments of hazards on a circulation path....
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Category 3 Eligibility
What is a specific impairment-related condition?...
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
[DSA-AC] The use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability....
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
[DSA-AC] The use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, resulting in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability....
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Rehabilitation and Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities [§208.2.2]
severely limit one's ability to walk; respiratory diseases and other conditions which may require the use of portable oxygen; or cardiac and other conditions that impose substantial...
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8. Providing Qualified Readers
example: A court has held under the Rehabilitation Act that it was not an undue hardship for a large state agency to provide full-time readers for three blind employees, in view of its very substantial...
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§382.53 What information must carriers give individuals with a vision or hearing impairment at airports?
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 11471, Mar. 18, 2009]
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§382.119 What information must carriers give individuals with vision or hearing impairment on aircraft?
[See subsections ...]
- Mockett DH2A/BB-SSS Curved Door Handle Back to back Small
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III-7.5185 Automated teller machines
Accessible machines must have, among other features, accessible controls as well as instructions and other information accessible to persons with sight impairments....
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11B-103 Equivalent facilitation
Nothing in these requirements prevents the use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, provided they result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility...
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11B-103 Equivalent facilitation
Nothing in these requirements prevents the use of designs, products, or technologies as alternatives to those prescribed, provided they result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility...
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Examples of Contractor Cases
An applicant who was deaf in one ear was rejected for an aircraft mechanic job because the company feared that his impairment might cause a future workers' compensation claim....
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National Association of the Deaf, Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and Lee Nettles, Plaintiffs v. NETFLIX, INC., Defendant - Statement of Interest
MASSACHUSETTS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION _________________________________________ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED...
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Equivalent Facilitation: ADA Standard Section 103
Section 103 of the ADA Standards covers information on equivalent facilitation in the 2010 ADA Standards.
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(i) Broad Construction; not a Demanding Standard
‘Substantially limits’ is not meant to be a demanding standard.”...
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Introduction
The ADA covers people with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities such as walking, speaking, lifting, hearing, seeing, reading, eating...