In recent times, courts have applied the Act to end race discrimination in the method of electing state and local legislative bodies and in the choosing of poll officials....
Search Results "AHJ: Authority Having Jurisdiction"
Filters
Commonly Searched Documents
-
What does the Voting Rights Act do?
-
Technical Bulletin: Ground and Floor Surfaces
for new construction and alterations of places of public accommodation and commercial facilities covered by title III and public transportation facilities covered by title II of the ADA, have...
-
Tips for Communicating with Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
If you do not have a Text Telephone (TTY), dial 711 to reach the national telecommunications relay service, which facilitates the call between you and an individual who uses a TTY....
-
Clear Width [1016.3]
ORARs don’t all necessarily have to be the same width. ORARs may be different widths, depending on their location....
-
Running Slope [1016.7.1]
To accommodate steep terrain, ORARs may be designed with shorter sections that have a steeper running slope and length, as shown in table 3, with resting intervals at the top and bottom...
-
Notifying the Access Board When an Entire Trail or Beach Access Route is Exempted [F204.4.1]
Federal agencies do not have to obtain approval from the Access Board to exempt an entire trail or beach access route....
-
Clear Width [1018.4]
Beach wheelchairs have large, wide wheels that can roll across sand without sinking but do not provide independent access....
-
5.4.8 Transfer Support Gripping Surface Hazard Recommendation for M301 and M302
The Committee recommends gripping surfaces be free of sharp or abrasive elements and have rounded edges....
-
Supporting Documents for the Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory Committee Report
These have been collected together and are listed following. Each is linked to this document....
-
FEATURES
Beds, stretchers, and other types of equipment will have unique features that determine the shapes of their patient support surfaces....
-
General (R304.1) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
pedestrian street crossings, depressed corners, or similar connections between the pedestrian access route at the level of the sidewalk and the level of the pedestrian street crossing that have...
-
It appears that the accessibility standards may result in lots of chargers in ADA spaces not being used or “stranded assets.” Was this issue addressed in development of the standards?
does not necessitate the use of a wheelchair or mobility device; therefore it is incorrect to assume that an accessible EVCS will be underutilized, because disability placard holders may have...
-
R306.3 Roundabouts
Pedestrian street crossings at roundabouts can be difficult for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision to identify because the crossings are located off to the side of the pedestrian...
-
Issue 24: What are the long-term and short-term targets for guidance?
We can spend days talking about that and we’d need to have a lawyer here to actually help us through that subject. But, where are we going? Fred talked about research....
-
Stairs, short-term list
Response by Kurt Knight: I think there’s been a number of presentations that have identified a number of issues and as we go through the presentations there’s a lot of consistency, to be...
-
37. Is it a reasonable accommodation to make sure that an employee takes medication as prescribed?
Employers have no obligation to monitor medication because doing so does not remove a workplace barrier....
-
6. What if there's no way I can do my regular job, even with an accommodation?
If you can't perform all the essential functions of your job to normal standards and have no paid leave available, you still may be entitled to unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation...
-
Effects of Lighting and Daylighting on Performance
And important to you is when we ask them, what kind of affect does lighting have on your performance activities? Close to 70 percent say it has a major effect....
-
E. Promotional Activities
To the extent possible they should portray males or females, minorities or handicapped persons in programs and occupations in which these groups traditionally have not been represented....
-
Alternative text is needed for images, links, controls and form elements
Screen reading software is used by people who are blind or who have low vision. Screen readers can only speak text that is in the document or web page....
-
Image maps
Image maps should not generally be used because: They have become an outdated method of presenting links; It is easier to use CSS for laying out links on different...