ADA compliance isn’t optional, and it’s the right thing to do. Medical equipment must be accessible to all patients. ...
Search Results "CRIPA: Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act"
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Independence Associates, Inc. (IA) - East Bridgewater, MA
Living independently is about dignity, freedom and overcoming the barriers which still exist today for persons with disabilities....
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Section 36.303 Auxiliary Aids and Services (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Several persons and organizations requested that the Department replace the term "telecommunications devices for deaf persons'' or "TDD's'' with the term "text telephone.''...
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2. Written Communications
In many instances, you will receive a request for an alternative format from a person with a disability before the event....
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Make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when necessary to avoid disability discrimination in all interactions with people with mental health disabilities or I/DD
The reasonable modification obligation applies when an agency employee knows or reasonably should know that the person has a disability and needs a modification, even where the individual...
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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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Auxiliary Aids and Services
auditory programs (SAP) For people who have speech disabilities: exchange of written notes or typed communication qualified speech-to-speech transliterators (a person...
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408.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition to the proposed requirements above, the Board is considering establishing a requirement for the angle of the display screen to be adjustable, so that a person using a wheelchair...
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Q27. What does under control mean? Do service animals have to be on a leash? Do they have to be quiet and not bark?
The service animal must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered while in public places unless these devices interfere with the service animal's work or the person's disability prevents use of...
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Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis) In order for a product to be fully usable by persons with disabilities, the information...
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I. Slip Resistant Surface—Aisles, Steps, Floor Areas Where People Walk, Floor Areas in Securement Locations, Lift Platforms, Ramps
Contrary to popular belief, some slippage is necessary to walking, especially for persons with restricted gaits; a truly “non-slip” surface could not be negotiated....
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III-4.2100 General
ILLUSTRATION 3: A retail store has a policy of not taking special orders for out-of-stock merchandise unless the customer appears personally to sign the order....
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The Ultimate Section 508 Guide for Students
In 1973, the United States government passed a sweeping piece of legislation known as the United States Workforce Rehabilitation Act....
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§1607.12 Retesting of applicants.
Where examinations are administered periodically with public notice, such reasonable opportunity exists, unless persons who have previously been tested are precluded from retesting....
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B. Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing: When Auxiliary Aids and Services Must be Provided
When these communications involve a person with a disability, an auxiliary aid or service may be required for communication to be effective....
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11B-904.3.4 Identification sign
When not all check-out aisles are accessible, accessible check-out aisles shall be identified by a sign clearly visible to a person in a wheelchair displaying the International Symbol of...
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Sec. 469.106(c)
(c) Before a building or facility to be leased by the state for an annual amount of more than $12,000 is occupied in whole or in part by the state, a person described by Section 469.105(...
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Concessions
Condiments and self-serve food items must be provided within reach of a person using a wheelchair....
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415.1 General
EXCEPTION: Devices for personal use shall not be required to conform to 415.1 provided that captions and audio descriptions can be enabled through system-wide platform settings....
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§8.4(b)(2)
housing, aids, benefits, and services, to be equally effective, are not required to produce the identical result or level of achievement for individuals with handicaps and non-handicapped persons...
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I. Security
Is the security latch or bolt on the hall door mounted no higher than 48" above the floor so it is within the reach of persons who use wheelchairs and is it operable with one hand, without...
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§104.14(a)
(c) of this section, a recipient may not conduct a preemployment medical examination or may not make preemployment inquiry of an applicant as to whether the applicant is a handicapped person...
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§104.43(b)
activity operated by the recipient shall assure itself that the other education program or activity, as a whole, provides an equal opportunity for the participation of qualified handicapped persons...
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10. Clear Floor Space
Is there clear floor space in each accessible guestroom bathroom where persons who use wheelchairs can turn around - either a 60" diameter circle or a "T"-turn area as shown in Figure 3...
