Protecting Students With Disabilities: Frequently Asked Questions About Section 504 and the Education of Children with Disabilities," which can be found at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr...
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Q17: Where can I find additional information or receive technical assistance concerning Section 504 and Title II in light of the Amendments Act?
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Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
peripheral impact on the activity or game itself might nevertheless give a particular player with a disability an unfair advantage over others and, for that reason, fundamentally alter the character...
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Periodic Reevaluation of Students with Disabilities
(FAQ 30) (last modified Oct. 16, 2015), www.ed.gov/ocr/504faq.html....
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Height Above Finish Floor or Ground: ADA Standard Section 703.4.1
Tactile characters on signs shall be located 48 inches (1220 mm) minimum above the finish floor or ground surface, measured from the baseline of the lowest tactile character and 60 inches...
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Questions and Answers on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 for Students with Disabilities Attending Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
In responding to requests for technical assistance, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that school officials would benefit from additional guidance concerning the effects of...
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11B-703.8.9 Height above floor
Low resolution VMS characters shall be 40 inches (1016 mm) minimum above the floor of the viewing position, measured to the baseline of the character....
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Additional Resources
You can also file a Section 504 or Title II ADA complaint with OCR at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/complaints/index.html....
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11B-703.4.1 Height above finish floor or ground
mm) maximum above the finish floor or ground surface, measured from the baseline of the highest line of raised characters...
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11B-411.2.3.2 Car designation signs
Signs shall be provided in both raised characters and Braille. Raised characters shall be 2 inches (51 mm) high. Raised characters shall be white on a black background....
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§ 36.303(b)(2)
(2) Qualified readers, taped texts, audio recordings, brailled materials and displays, screen reader software, magnification software, optical readers, secondary auditory programs (SAP),...
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§ 36.303(b)(2)
(2) Qualified readers; taped texts; audio recordings; Brailled materials and displays; screen reader software; magnification software; optical readers; secondary auditory programs (SAP);...
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11B-703.8.11 Contrast
Low resolution VMS characters shall be light characters on a dark background....
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Sign 4 Me: Demonstration Video
Our 3D character can be zoomed in or out and rotated to give you the best vantage point for every sign. Type in any sentence, phrase, or word and the character will sign it for you....
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11B-411.4.11.2 Contrast
Visual display shall provide contrast with light characters on a dark background or dark characters on a light background. The background shall be solid and static....
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11B-411.2.1.2.4.1 Contrast
Display screens shall provide contrast with light characters and symbols on a dark background or dark characters and symbols on a light background....
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11B-703.8.12 Protective covering
Where a protective layer is placed over VMS characters through which the VMS characters must be viewed, the protective covering shall have a non-glare finish....
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Section 1194.5 Equivalent facilitation (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
This provision is not a "waiver" or "variance" from the requirement to provide accessibility, but a recognition that future technologies may be developed, or existing technologies could...
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Letter from The Assistant Secretary
Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) supports your efforts to help your schools comply with Section 504, including the Department’s implementing regulations, and looks...
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Retaliation
.143 For example, once a student, parent, teacher, coach, or other individual complains formally or informally to a school about a potential civil rights violation or participates in an OCR...
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Bullying and Harassment
122 34 C.F.R. § 104.4; see also OCR, Dear Colleague Letter: Responding to Bullying of Students with Disabilities (Oct. 21, 2014), www.ed.gov/ocr/letters/colleague-bullying-201410.pdf....
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11B-411.2.3.1 Floor designation signs
Signs shall be provided in both raised characters and Braille. Raised characters shall be 2 inches (51 mm) high....
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11B-411.2.2.1 Visible identification
Above or adjacent to each elevator car entrance there shall be a visible identification fixture with a car designation character....
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11B-703.8.6 Stroke width
The uppercase letter “I” shall be used to determine the allowable stroke width of all low resolution VMS characters of a font....
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Role of HHS and DOJ
HHS OCR is responsible for ensuring that entities receiving Federal financial assistance from HHS, including child welfare agencies and state courts, comply with their legal obligation under...
