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AIA White Paper: A Proposal for additions to accessibility Standards for Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents in Toileting and Bathing
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Human Growth Foundation
growth and adults with growth hormone deficiency, and to the medical profession; and, with the availability of funding and communications media to support the programs and activities, and general...
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American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD)
researchers, health care professionals, public health professionals, policy analysts, disability organizations, health departments, people with disabilities and interested members of the general...
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8.1 Excluded Populations Needing Future Attention
Especially worrisome, 16.9% of American children and adolescents are obese, portending another generation of obese adults. Of special note, rates of extreme obesity have also risen....
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205 Operable Parts, F205 Operable Parts
For the reasons stated in the preamble, we amend 36 CFR part 1191 as follows: In 205.1, revising Exception 3 and adding new Exceptions 9, 10, and 11 to read as follows: 205.1 General...
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1.3.1 Overview of NPRM
The technical criteria are generally consistent with and supplement the recommended practices in Chapter 16 of ANSI/AAMI HE 75....
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INVESTIGATORS
[see Questions 34-35] If the Charging Party alleges that the Respondent failed to provide a reassignment as a reasonable accommodation [see generally Questions 25-30 and accompanying...
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Wheelchair Securement Systems
This proposed revision was made in light of research showing that a lower design force would be sufficient to accommodate force generated on wheelchairs and their occupants in large non-rail...
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3. Comparison of WCAG 2.0 to Existing 508 Standards
While the WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria build on the heritage of the existing 508 Standards, they are generally more explicit than the standards....
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1. Evolving Approach to Covered Electronic Content
Commenters to the 2011 ANPRM generally supported this approach....
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Step 2: Identify the Presence of Limiting Factors
Access Board for identifying when extreme environmental barriers allow the use of General Exception 2....
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BACKGROUND
In collaboration with the Board, EFE deployed over 200 staff and trained volunteers during the November 2016 General Election to review the accessibility of nearly all of the Board's polling...
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NEISS Data
Reported cases (generally between 200,000 and 300,000 a year before the recent expansion) are weighted to provide overall national estimates of injuries serious enough to require ED treatment...
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PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION
is a "place of lodging" if it is (i) An inn, hotel, or motel; or (ii) A facility that (A) Provides guest rooms for sleeping for stays that primarily are short-term in nature (generally...
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2. Whether this person can perform this job without posing a "direct threat" to the health or safety of the person or others
Conclusions of general medical studies about work restrictions for people with certain disabilities will not be sufficient evidence, because they do not relate to a particular individual...
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B. TTYs & Telephone Relay Services
Computers generally operate in American Standard Code for Information Interexchange (ASCII), an electronic "language."...
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Section 36.102 Application (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.102(b)(2) emphasizes that the general and specific public accommodations requirements of subparts B and C obligate a public accommodation only with respect to the operations of...
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A. Existing 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines (1998-2000)
Generally speaking, the existing 508 Standards take a product-based regulatory approach in that technical requirements for electronic and information technology are grouped by product type...
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Shower Compartments
The 1991 Standards require alternate roll-in showers in a portion of accessible transient lodging guest rooms, but provision of this shower type in other facilities is generally permitted...
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Applicable standards. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 306 of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12186, directs the Attorney General to issue regulations to implement title III that are consistent with the guidelines published by the Access Board....
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Effective Communication Provisions
In a doctor’s office, an interpreter generally will be needed for taking the medical history of a patient who uses sign language or for discussing a serious diagnosis and its treatment options...
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Introduction
This free service provides answers to general and technical questions about ADA requirements and free ADA documents, such as Commonly Asked Questions about Title II of the Americans with...
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Applicable standards
Section 306 of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12186, directs the Attorney General to issue regulations to implement title III that are consistent with the guidelines published by the Access Board....
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1133B.2.3.2
SECTION 1133B GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR ENTRANCES, EXITS AND PATHS OF TRAVEL 1133B.2 Doors. 1133B.2.3.2 Automatic and power-assisted doors. ...
