In fact, it refers to any chronic visual impairments that cause functional limitations or disability (slide 3)....
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4. Identification and Maintenance
Two disability organizations supported the requirement for affixing an international accessibility symbol....
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ADA Requirements
Under the ADA, hotels, motels, inns and other places of lodging designed or constructed after January 26, 1993, must be usable by persons with disabilities....
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Section 36.406(g) Medical Care Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is aware, however, of problems that individuals with disabilities face in receiving full and equal medical care when accessible sleeping rooms are not adequately dispersed...
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C. 255 Guidelines: Application and Scoping (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Advisory Committee was unable to reach consensus on recommendations for requirements to make ICT accessible for individuals with cognitive disabilities, citing a lack of common standards...
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B. JURISDICTION
Modify policies, practices, and procedures when necessary in order to afford access to services and facilities to individuals with disabilities, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12182(a) & 12182 (b)(2)(...
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Section 35.151(h) Medical care facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is aware, however, of problems that individuals with disabilities face in receiving full and equal medical care when accessible sleeping rooms are not adequately dispersed...
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II. Overview of Requirements
Eliminate unnecessary eligibility standards or rules that deny individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to enjoy the goods and services of a place of public accommodation. ...
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What values are recommended for ground and floor surfaces along an accessible route?
The surfaces of the accessible route on a site or within a building or facility must be designed to provide slip-resistant locomotion for both level and inclined travel by persons with disabilities...
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A. Background
On October 10, 1995, The United States filed a complaint to enforce title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181 through 12189, against Ellerbe Becket...
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C. Boarding and Deplaning Assistance
If a passenger with a disability requests assistance getting on or off an airplane or you offer assistance and the passenger consents to the type of boarding or deplaning assistance you...
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i. EIT for effective communication in accessible rooms
the opportunity to make outgoing telephone calls on more than an incidental convenience basis to make TTYs available for the use of customers, patients, or clients who have communication disabilities...
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BACKGROUND
The United States alleges that the claimants listed in paragraph 24 below, are individuals with disabilities within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12111(8)....
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ADA INFORMATION RESOURCES
“Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities” explains the ADA’s requirements for businesses in a short 10-lesson online course (www.ada.gov/reachingout/intro1.htm)....
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Existing Facilities
Existing Facilities Many business facilities were built without features that accommodate people with disabilities, including people who use wheelchairs....
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Scales
Too often, individuals who use wheelchairs are not weighed at the doctor’s office or hospital, even though patients without disabilities are routinely weighed, because the provider does...
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Staff Training
Covered entities should teach staff about the ADA's requirements for communicating effectively with people who have communication disabilities....
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Section 4.1.1, Application (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 4.1.1(3) preserves the basic principle of the proposed rule: Areas that may be used by employees with disabilities shall be designed and constructed so that an individual with a...
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Diversion and Coordination with Mental Health Providers
and Coordination with Mental Health Providers: A settlement agreement in Portland led to the creation of a crisis center available to first responders seeking to divert individuals with disabilities...
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1. Typical Issues
Typical Issues During an evacuation, some individuals with a mobility disability may arrive at the shelter in a car or van....
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Websites
to a health program or activity that uses a website: “a Health Insurance MarketplaceSM creating a Website for application for health insurance coverage must ensure that individuals with disabilities...
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Other requirements. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM also proposed that the regulation include the following requirements: that the work or tasks performed by the service animal must be directly related to the handler's disability...
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NPRM
The NPRM proposed that, at new or altered platforms in intercity and commuter rail stations, rail operators would have to ensure that passengers with disabilities would be able to board...
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233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units for Sale
Residential dwelling units offered for sale shall provide accessible features to the extent required by regulations issued by Federal agencies under the Americans with Disabilities Act or...