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Section 504
addition, after DOJ adopted the 1991 ADA Accessibility Standards for compliance with Title II of the ADA, Education permitted entities subject to our Section 504 regulation and the ADA to use...
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B. Survey and Review of Polling Place Locations
Harris County shall revise its policies, practices, and procedures to select facilities to be used as polling places that do not exclude qualified individuals with disabilities from...
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"Auxiliary Aids and Services" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
II Technical Assistance Manual at II– 7.1000, the Department proposed inclusion in the regulation itself because some Title II entities do not understand that exchange of written notes using...
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
If there is a sloped entry, a person who uses a wheelchair would require a wheelchair designed for use in the water in order to gain access to the pool because taking a personal wheelchair...
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Section 37.163 Keeping Vehicle Lifts in Operative Condition--Public Entities
If there is another means available of checking the lift, it may be used.)...
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General
The IBC requires an evacuation elevator designed with standby power and other safety features that can be used for emergency evacuation of individuals with disabilities in facilities with...
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§ 382.45 Passenger information
The carrier shall provide this information to any passenger who states that he or she uses a wheelchair for boarding, even if the passenger does not explicitly request the information....
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TITLE II COVERAGE AND FINDINGS
The United States has determined that the University’s exclusion of a student who is blind from its course offerings through the use of MyOMLab, an online learning product that was inaccessible...
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Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
people will, at some time during their lives, have a disability, either temporary or permanent, that will limit their ability to move around inside or outside a building and to easily use...
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M301.2.1, M302.2.1 Transfer Height
Patients may utilize stretchers for long periods of time – e.g. emergency room (primary equipment used) or while waiting to have their diagnostic tests performed....
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3.3.1 Research Data
This anthropometric study of 500 persons who use wheeled mobility devices (WMD) involved collection of demographic data, information on WMD characteristics, and structural and functional...
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1022.9 Stairway identification signs
"Floor Identification Signs" are for routine wayfinding use by vision-impaired persons who use the stairs, and these are required at all enclosed stairways of multi-story buildings. ...
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Water Hydrants
The Forest Service's technology and development program has produced an accessible handpump that can be used when a well is 40 feet (12 meters) deep or less....
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Get Involved in the Planning Process
Know how to get to all the exits and practice this as part of regular drills Practice using evacuation devices ...
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Clear Tread Width and Passing Spaces for Outdoor Recreation Access Routes
Consider the number of people who will use the route at the same time and how they will want to use it—single file or walking and talking side by side—and design accordingly....
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213 Toilet Facilities and Bathing Facilities
2010 Standards for Accessible Design What’s New/Different 4.1.2(6) If toilet facilities are provided on a site, then each such public or common use...
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Appendix E to Part 37—Reasonable Modification Requests
It is intended to be used as the official position of the Department concerning the meaning and implementation of these provisions....
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II-3.3000 Equality in participation/benefits
ILLUSTRATION 2: An individual who uses a wheelchair will not have an equal opportunity to participate in a program if applications must be filed in a second-floor office of a building without...
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II-6.5000 Alterations to historic properties
However, if following the usual standards would threaten or destroy the historic significance of a feature of the building, alternative standards may be used....
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Section 2: References
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. News release: Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work, 2011....
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410.1 General
Because an accessible route requires an 80 inch (2030 mm) vertical clearance, care should be taken in selecting lifts as they may not be equally suitable for use by people using wheelchairs...
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MAKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE
at a facility’s entrance or within its serving or selling space, aisles too narrow to accommodate mobility devices, counters that are too high, or restrooms that are simply too small to use...
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New Construction and Alterations
Certain dates in the construction process determine which ADA standards—the 1991 Standards or the 2010 Standards—must be used....