Somewhere in the neighbor of about 26 percent are legally blind....
Search Results "Blindness"
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Reduced Visual Acuity
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"Auxiliary Aids and Services" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In paragraph (2) of the definition, the Department proposes to insert additional examples of auxiliary aids and services for individuals who are blind or have low vision. ...
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FEDERAL LAWS
under the age of 9); intellectual disability (formerly known as mental retardation); hearing impairments including deafness; speech or language impairments; visual impairments including blindness...
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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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Glossary of Acronyms
Glossary of Acronyms ABA American Bus Association ACB American Council of the Blind ACCD American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities...
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Internet Postings (Advisory Guidance)
The indiscriminate use of graphic images and video restrict access for people who are blind or have low vision....
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B. Title III's Implementing Regulation
The Department updated this list in 2010 to reflect changes in technology and the auxiliary aids and services commonly used by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have...
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"Qualified Interpreter'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
rule, most commenters supported the expansion of the list of qualified interpreters, and some advocated for the inclusion of other types of interpreters on the list as well, such as deaf-blind...
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Introduction
the commission of four white papers by experts who had conducted research or projects in subjects related to exhibit or interpretive media design for persons with low vision or who are blind...
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Section 36.203 Integrated Settings (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, a person who is blind may wish to decline participating in a special museum tour that allows persons to touch sculptures in an exhibit and instead tour the exhibit at his or...
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Section 36.203 Integrated Settings (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
For example, a person who is blind may wish to decline participating in a special museum tour that allows persons to touch sculptures in an exhibit and instead tour the exhibit at his or...
- ClickAndGo Navigation Wayfinding Technology
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3.4 Some Basic Principles of Reasonable Accommodation
However, if a blind computer operator working at an employer's Michigan facility requested reassignment to a facility in Florida because he prefers to work in a warmer climate, this would...
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Rulemaking History
14The following organizations were members of the advisory committee: AARP, America Walks, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Council of the Blind...
- Braille Works
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413.1.2 Audio Description Controls (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While the Board believes that proposed 413.1.2 would greatly benefit consumers who are blind or have low vision, we did not monetize the benefits or costs of providing audio description...
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D. Notification – Alerting the Public to an Emergency
Those who are blind or who have low vision may not be aware of visual cues, such as flashing lights....
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Detectable Warning Surfaces at Shared Use Path Intersections
Because pedestrians who are blind would not be aware of bicyclists approaching from the left or right hand side at intersections, we are considering including a requirement in the final...
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QUESTION: WHAT CONSIDERATIONS APPLY TO PVOs’ OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGERS WITH DISABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO BOARDING AND DISEMBARKING FROM VESSELS?
., lifts, ramps, boarding chairs, assistance by PVO personnel in pushing a wheelchair or guiding a blind passenger)....
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Equal Opportunity
county museum requires people who are blind to be accompanied by a companion....
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Poll Worker Training
The Supervisor shall ensure that all poll worker training materials emphasize that by law, individuals with disabilities, including individuals who are blind or visually impaired,...
- Trekker Breeze GPS - How Marion gets around independently with her GPS
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Overview
For example, people who are blind may give and receive information audibly rather than in writing and people who are deaf may give and receive information through writing or sign language...
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Issue: Local Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations
For example, a municipal ordinance banning animals from city health clinics may need to be modified to allow a blind individual who uses a service animal to bring the animal to a mental...