For example, a municipal ordinance banning animals from city health clinics may need to be modified to allow a blind individual who uses a service animal to bring the animal to a mental...
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C. FINDINGS BY THE UNITED STATES
communicated to individuals with disabilities in several ways, including but not limited to the following: the information on computer interactives screens was not accessible to people who are blind...
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R210 Protruding Objects
Protruding objects can be hazardous for pedestrians, especially pedestrians who are blind or have low vision....
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Audio description (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the Department’s July 26, 2010, ANPRM, the Department used the term “video description” to define the process and experience whereby individuals who are blind or have low vision are provided...
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B.3.i. - What is equivalent facilitation?
For example, an information kiosk which is not accessible to a person who is blind might be made accessible by incorporating a telephone handset connected to a computer that responds to...
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Eligibility Criteria
Examples A city adult education program requires people who are blind to be accompanied by another adult in its classes. This is discriminatory....
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R306.3.1 Separation
Detectable warning surfaces should not be used to guide pedestrians who are blind or have low vision to pedestrian street crossings because detectable warning surfaces indicate the flush...
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Publications
Participants indicated that people who are blind or have low vision tend to use exhibition brochures during their museum or park visit....
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APPENDIX A GENERAL POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY
Individuals with disabilities can include, for example, individuals who are blind or deaf, or who have a mobility impairment, HIV, learning impairment, or mental health impairment. ...
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Section 1194.5 Equivalent facilitation (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, an information kiosk which is not accessible to a person who is blind might be made accessible by having a telephone handset that connects to a computer that responds to touch-tone...
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ClickAndGo Tactile Maps
Suitable for Every Venue ClickAndGo Tactile Maps are appropriate for university campuses, schools for the blind, museums, hotel lobbies, downtown areas of cities, camps, libraries, and...
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Specifically, "talking ATMs"--or ATMs with speech output that are independently usable by individuals who are blind or have low vision--are an important issue for one advocacy group, as...
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Disabled or handicapped or ??? Which terms should be used?
Examples of person-first terminology: " the person who is blind"—not the blind person " the person who uses a wheelchair"—not the wheelchair person....
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402.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requirements for VMS in ICC A117.1-2009—or its successor ICC A117.1-2015, if the standard has been finalized by that time—in order to make such signs more accessible to individuals who are blind...
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A. Introduction
Are there policies or procedures that prevent someone with a disability from participating (such as a rule that says “no animals allowed,” which excludes blind people who use guide dogs)...
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
“The Board is developing new guidelines for public rights-of-way that will address various issues, including access for blind pedestrians at street crossings, wheelchair access to on-street...
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Issue 5: Tactile arrow (in line)
Even small misalignments can inadvertently direct a blind pedestrian outside the crosswalk area or into the parallel traffic. Remedy: The APS needs to be removed and reinstalled....
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
“The Board is developing new guidelines for public rights-of-way that will address various issues, including access for blind pedestrians at street crossings, wheelchair access to on-street...
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Narrative description. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Department is also considering options under which it might require that movie theater owners and operators exhibit movies with narrative descriptions, which enable individuals who are blind...
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The 2010 Standards set out detailed requirements for ATMs, including communication-related requirements to make ATMs usable by individuals who are blind or have low vision....
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
“The Board is developing new guidelines for public rights-of-way that will address various issues, including access for blind pedestrians at street crossings, wheelchair access to on-street...
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Protruding Objects and Trails
of a trail from the side or from overhead can be hazardous to people who are paying more attention to their companions than the travel route (figure 136), as well as to people who are blind...
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Presentation Materials / Slides and Video
Handouts and printed materials: Printed materials may need to be converted to accessible formats for people who are blind or have low vision....
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Study Method
The study method yields results that cannot be generalized to the whole population of museum and park visitors who are blind or have low vision....
