Since 1978, Alpha One has stood at the forefront of the fight to establish and expand consumer-directed personal assistance, promoting this approach at the state and national level....
Search Results "Housing for Older Persons"
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Alpha One - South Portland, Bangor, Presque Isle, ME
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AssistiveWare Proloquo2Go
Support for all users Personalize the vocabulary Choose from three Crescendo™ vocabulary levels and 23 different grid sizes Pick from five vocabulary sets targeting different...
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Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
guidelines for the provisions of literary and technical materials and related forms and formats of embossed materials now in existence or to be developed in the future for the use of blind persons...
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Fulton County - Diversity and Civil Rights Compliance Officer II
Reviews, revises, and evaluates pertinent issues affecting County policies applicable to persons with disabilities (employees and/or members of the public). ...
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Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living (IICIL) - Rock Island, IL
language, technical assistance on disability laws and policy, Disability Awareness Training, accessibility audits, and a host of volunteer opportunities for consumers and other interested persons...
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Research Issues
There are 27 centers and institutes that are housed under that NIH umbrella (slide 3)....
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Umpqua Valley disAbilities Network (UVDN) - Roseburg, OR
UVdN provides consumer services, which are designed to empowering persons with all types of disabilities to achieve the highest level of independence that they choose....
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Breed limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Such deference would have the effect of limiting the rights of persons with disabilities under the ADA who use certain service animals based on where they live rather than on whether the...
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Communicating with Customers
This device has a keyboard for entering messages and a visual display to view the content of a conversation from another person using a TDD....
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Portable Floor Lifts
Some lifts are more easily operated by two or more people; others may be operated by one person....
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Issue: Historically Significant Facilities
This decision must be made in consultation with the appropriate historic advisory board designated in the Standards or UFAS, and interested persons should be invited to participate in the...
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Visible Alarms
corridors to exits, and other common use spaces) were required to be accessible under the 1991 Standards; areas in which employees actually perform their jobs are required to enable a person...
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225 and 811 Storage
Such fixtures are permitted to be installed above or below the reach ranges possible for many persons with disabilities so that space available for merchandising is used as efficiently as...
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RECOMMENDED CHANGE
This far exceeds the force that a person can generate in the horizontal direction under any realistic transfer scenario (see figure below)....
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M302.2.3 Size (Section-by-Section Analysis)
recommended increasing the width to 23 inches, two of the commenters, accessibility consultant and disability advocate, stated that the proposed dimensions were insufficient citing concerns for persons...
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§35.170 Complaints
Although § 35.107 requires public entities that employ 50 or more persons to establish grievance procedures for resolution of complaints, exhaustion of those procedures is not a prerequisite...
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SENSORY PROVISIONS
Where a product delivers audio output through an external speaker, provide an industry standard connector for headphones or personal listening devices (e.g., phone-like handset or earcup...
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Technical Memorandum TM 2017-25 Door and Gate Surfaces
The intent of this section is to provide protection for persons with mobility impairments from injury by preventing projections that may catch a cane, crutch, walker, or wheelchair and inhibits...
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29. Does reassignment mean that the employee is permitted to compete for a vacant position?
note 6, at 31 ("If an employee, because of disability, can no longer perform the essential functions of the job that she or he has held, a transfer to another vacant job for which the person...
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Q13: Are the provision and implementation of a health plan developed prior to the Amendments Act sufficient to comply with the FAPE requirements as described in the Section 504 regulation?
For example, before the Amendments Act, a student with a peanut allergy may not have been considered a person with a disability because of the student's use of mitigating measures (e.g.,...
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EXTREME WEATHER
Seniors, children, persons with health issues, and those without adequate heat or air conditioning in their homes are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather....
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Safety
For example, if an FAA safety rule provides that only persons who can perform certain functions can sit in an exit row, then you can request that an individual unable to perform those functions...
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Ask Questions and Provide Instructions
Directing carrier personnel to remove footrests (if possible) and other removable parts of personal wheelchairs and stow them in the cabin may help to reduce the potential for damage to...
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407.12 Reach Height (Section-by-Section Analysis)
407.12 Reach Height (Section-by-Section Analysis) This section proposes requirements for the height of side and forward reaches that would enable persons using wheelchairs or other mobility...
