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Service animal access to areas of a public accommodation. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed at § 36.302(c)(7) that an individual with a disability who uses a service animal has the same right of access to areas of a public accommodation as members of the public...
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1.9.1 Division of the State Architect - Access Compliance.
buildings, facilities, site work and other improvements to which this code applies in compliance with state law to ensure that these improvements are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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1.9.1 Division of the State Architect - Access Compliance.
buildings, facilities, site work and other improvements to which this code applies in compliance with state law to ensure that these improvements are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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Effective Communication
People with disabilities cannot participate in government-sponsored programs, services, or activities if they cannot understand what is being communicated....
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Exercise Machines and Equipment
The 2010 Standards do not require changes to exercise machines or equipment in order to make them more accessible to persons with disabilities....
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Issue: Effective Communication
Requirement: Title II requires that city governments ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are as effective as communications with others....
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QUESTION: WHEN A RAIL OPERATOR CONSTRUCTS A NEW STATION PLATFORM OR ALTERS AN EXISTING STATION PLATFORM, DOES 49 CFR PART 37 REQUIRE THE RAIL OPERATOR ENSURE THAT THE PLATFORM IS AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE TOP OF RAIL, EVEN IF THE RAILROAD OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42?
entities, such as Amtrak and commuter operators, must construct a new facility for use in designated public transportation so that it is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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PHYSICAL CHANGES TO FACILITIES
The elements or features of the City of Waukegan facilities that do not comply with the Standards, including those listed in this section, prevent persons with disabilities from fully...
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND DETERMINATIONS
Accordingly, they have a disability within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12102 and 28 C.F.R. § 36.104....
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F. Shelter Environment
But quiet spaces are limited, they should be made available on a priority basis to people whose disabilities are aggravated by stress or noise. ...
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5.7 File a Lawsuit
You can find a lawyer through a referral organization (check your state Bar Association) or disability rights organizations....
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REPORTING, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, Attn: Charlotte Lanvers, Trial Attorney, 1425 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005. ...
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Applicability to Carrier Web Sites
who notify the carrier that they are unable to use a Web site due to their disability....
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The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
The Hearing Loss Association of America has an impact on communication access, public policy, research, public awareness, and service delivery related to hearing loss....
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Transportation Vehicles: ADA Standard Section 8.
This provides information on the revisions to the ADA Standards regarding transportation vehicles.
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11B-602.6 Water flow
spout to produce a flow of water 4 inches (100 mm) high minimum is so that a cup can be inserted under the flow of water to provide a drink of water for an individual who, because of a disability...
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12207(c)(1) In general
.-- Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of...
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1630.15(b)(1)
that an alleged application of qualification standards, tests, or selection criteria that screens out or tends to screen out or otherwise denies a job or benefit to an individual with a disability...
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11B-1003.3 Clearances
Although the minimum width of the clear pier space is 60 inches (1525 mm), it is recommended that piers be wider than 60 inches (1525 mm) to improve the safety for persons with disabilities...
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1.9.1.2
All privately funded public accommodations, as defined and commercial facilities, as defined, shall be accessible to persons with disabilities as follows: Exception: Certain types of...
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§382.41(c)
(c) Any aircraft-related, service-related or other limitations on the ability to accommodate passengers with a disability, including limitations on the availability of level-entry boarding...
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12211(b) Certain Conditions
.-- Under this Act, the term disability shall not include -- (1) transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical...
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§382.133(a)
(a) Except for on-demand air taxi operators, as a U.S. carrier conducting passenger service you must permit any individual with a disability to use in the passenger cabin during air transportation...
