Typical Issues for People Who are Blind or Have Low Vision Individuals who are blind or have low vision may walk along any route or through any shelter activity area, not just the accessible...
So let’s start with a definition of low vision. And I’ve heard a lot of definitions. Before I read what’s on the slide, low vision’s a medical term....
national advocacy and/or service issues, employment and manufacturing, adult vision rehabilitation, K-12 residential and on-line schools, early intervention and pre-school, dog guides, low...
Low vision poses special issues for planners (and designers) (slide 3). The low vision population in this country is large and growing....
Introduction Courses Introduction to Blindness Anatomy of the Eye How to Read an Eye Report Adjustment to Blindness The Low...
The maximum high reach is reduced to 46” when the reach over an obstruction is deeper than 10” (to a maximum of 24”)....
Forest Service drinking fountains, toilet facilities, parking lots and spaces, cabins, and administrative buildings are among the components covered by ABAAS....
The Brewer Company leads the industry in innovation through our comprehensive line of power procedure tables, exam tables, seating, lighting, and broad line of durable medical...
Questions and Answers Concerning Wheelchairs and Bus and Rail Service DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISABILITY LAW GUIDANCE
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The National Federation of the Blind is the largest organization of blind and low-vision people in the United States....
A fixture that is designed and intended for filling personal use drinking water bottles or containers. Such fixtures can be separate from or integral to a drinking fountain....
308.2.2 Obstructed High Reach....
Service in an integrated setting to passengers at intercity, commuter, and high-speed rail station platforms constructed or altered after February 1, 2012....
The Low Accessibility baseline is the most conservative of the three baselines developed for the cost estimation. ...
Where a high forward reach is over an obstruction, the clear floor space shall extend beneath the element for a distance not less than the required reach depth over the obstruction....
As described in Section 3.2.2.1, one of the alternative baselines is the Low Accessibility baseline, which is the most conservative option. ...
So what are the characteristics of this low-vision population?...
(d) Before constructing or altering a platform at a station covered by paragraph (c) of this section, at which a railroad proposes to use a means other than level-entry boarding, the...
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213; 49 U.S.C. 322. Source: 56 FR 45756, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
(d) Before constructing or altering a platform at a station covered by paragraph (c) of this section, at which a railroad proposes to use a means other than level-entry boarding, the...