Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General, message on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2012 About 6.25 billion people, 15 per cent of...
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- Good Practices of Accessible Urban Development: Making Urban Environments Inclusive and Fully Accessible to ALL
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INTRODUCTION
A substantial number of the street crossings within the City's pedestrian right of way do not comply with applicable state and federal regulations addressing accessibility for people with...
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20. Existing facilities
The section states that a recipients program or activity, when viewed in its entirety, must be readily accessible to and usable by handicapped persons....
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Chicago Center for Disability Research
The Chicago Center for Disability Research (CCDR) is a research unit established for the study of social, psychological, and educational issues relevant to the life experience of people...
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1118B.4
Changes in level between 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) shall be beveled with a slope no greater than one unit vertical in 2 units horizontal (50-percent slope) [see Figure 11B...
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Outdoor Constructed Features
The final rule requires outdoor rinsing showers to provide a hand-held shower spray unit that has at least one fixed position located 15 inches minimum and 48 inches maximum above the ground...
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11B-106.5 Defined terms
INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ACCESSIBILITY KEY STATION KICK PLATE KITCHEN OR KITCHENETTE LAVATORY MAIL BOXES MARKED CROSSING MAY MEZZANINE MULTIBEDROOM HOUSING UNIT...
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Kitchens and Kitchenettes
One commenter supported the provisions of section 804 of the 2010 Standards but sought clarification whether this section applies to residential units only, or to lodging and office buildings...
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Subpart D -- New Construction and Alterations (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
the definition of "facility,'' Sec.36.104, pending development of specific requirements, the Department will not apply this subpart to places of public accommodation located in mobile units...
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Security (where access is controlled by security personnel and screening devices)
If within five (5) feet of a magnetometer or X-ray security screening device, the user of the transporter device should place the unit in standby mode or powered off mode to prevent damage...
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Issue 6: Pre-timed signals (an APS is more than a pushbutton)
The pushbutton locator tone in a pushbutton-integrated APS provides access to other information provided by the APS unit: the vibrotactile WALK; the tactile arrow for wayfinding; tactile...
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What is an accessibility evaluation survey and when is one needed?
The Webinar recording What the FS Accessibility Database Can Do for You explains how you can use the database to record and track which recreation facilities on your unit are accessible,...
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FEEDING + COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION
, public and private organizations, implements the Emergency Feeding Strategy to provide residents with food and water through shelters, fixed meal distribution sites or mobile feeding units...
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III-1.3100 Exceptions
Residential dwelling units, therefore, are not commercial facilities....
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§100.203(c)
The bathroom door in the dwelling unit is too narrow to permit the wheelchair to pass....
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Waviness Index
The test method does NOT apply to clay or concrete unit pavers. The Waviness Index method is also optional as part of ACI 117 - 06....
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
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 community, and State...
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Stopping Distance
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities....
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Relationship to Other Laws
This part does not invalidate or limit the remedies, rights, and procedures of any other Federal, State, or local laws (including State common law) that provide greater or equal protection...
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General
The changes in the 2010 Standards are expected to have minimal impact since the model fire and life safety codes, which are adopted by all of the states, contain equivalent requirements...
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Section 35.151(b)(4)(ii)(C) Path of travel--safe harbor
Section 35.151(b)(4)(ii)(C) Path of travel--safe harbor In Sec. 35.151(b)(4)(ii)(C) of the NPRM, the Department included a provision that stated that public entities that have brought...
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4. Parks
More specifically, Kirola stated that "the accessible entrance is steep to use," RT 1385:5; that she was "not able to get in the children's play area," RT 1385:14-15; and that there were...
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Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
The information in the regulatory assessment is discussed in the preamble under Impacts on State and Local Governments and under the relevant requirements in the Section-by-Section Analysis...
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Capability to Operate Captioning and Audio Description Equipment (Section-by-Section Analysis)
These commenters stated that on numerous occasions when they attempted to go to a movie advertised as having captioning or audio description, there was no staff available who knew where...