The main element is that the person (not the family, friends, or professionals) exercises control and makes choices that involve responsibility and perhaps risk....
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OPTIONS for Independence - Logan and Brighan, UT
- Aloha Independent Living Hawaii (AILH) - Pearl City, HI
- Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center (SAIL) - Ballston Spa and Queensbury, NY
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Conflict of Law Waivers and Equivalent Alternative Determinations
While retaining the substance of the conflict of laws provision of the NPRM, the Department has, in response to comments, modified the process for considering waiver requests.....
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C. First Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2010)
Chapters 4, 5, and 6 all contained technical requirements that were closely adapted from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Success Criteria but rephrased as mandatory requirements...
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Section 1.0 Background
In response to this lack of current information, the IDeA Center, with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, developed a new set of anthropometric...
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
In 1994, the Access Board began the process of updating the 1991 ADAAG by establishing an advisory committee composed of members of the design and construction industry, the building code...
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Picnic Tables
Toe clearance is required to ensure that someone in a wheelchair is able to sit close to the tabletop, regardless of the design of the picnic table....
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Because the ADA does not apply directly to the manufacture of products, the Department lacks the authority to issue design requirements for equipment designed exclusively for use in private...
- Center for Independent Living Gulf Coast - Fort Myers, FL
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- Sioux Chief Closet Flange Family Animation Video
- EZ Dock Informational Video
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Compliance Dates
For more information on effective dates, see the Department's publication called ADA 2010 Revised Requirements: Effective Date and Compliance Date and the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design...
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505.4 Height
A maximum height of 28 inches (710 mm) measured to the top of the gripping surface from the ramp surface or stair nosing is recommended for handrails designed for children....
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382.101 What other boarding and deplaning assistance must carriers provide?
still provide enplaning and deplaning assistance by other available means, such as by placing the passenger in a boarding chair and carrying him or her up the boarding stairs unless the design...
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B. What Is a Curb Ramp?
A curb ramp is a short ramp cutting through a curb or built up to it.1 If designed and constructed to be accessible, a curb ramp provides an accessible route that people with disabilities...
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1008.2.3 Water Play Components
Providing an aquatic wheelchair made of non-corrosive materials and designed for access into the water will protect the water from contamination and avoid damage to personal wheelchairs....
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Accessible Routes to Press Boxes
As a result, their design and location have posed unique challenges to the provision of a connecting accessible route....
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6. Where multiple swings in a swing bay are provided, Section 240.2.1.1 (one of each type) requires one swing to be located on an accessible route. If an accessible route is provided to more than one swing, can each swing be counted as an accessible ground level play component? If one is an infant seat and another a sling seat, are those considered two different types?
Designers and play area operators may choose to provide these different types of swing seats to provide additional play opportunities to children of different ages, but the type is the same...
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Accessible Routes
Accessible Routes An accessible route is a pathway specifically designed to provide access for individuals with disabilities, including those using wheelchairs or mobility devices....
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1008.2.3 Water Play Components
Providing an aquatic wheelchair made of non-corrosive materials and designed for access into the water will protect the water from contamination and avoid damage to personal wheelchairs....
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Accessible Routes
Where possible, designers and operators are encouraged to make all holes accessible....
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Why are surface characteristics specified?
The information in this Bulletin was derived from this and other research in order to provide designers with an understanding of the variables that affect the measurement and performance...