An accessible meeting location must have at least one accessible entrance that is connected to an accessible route....
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Feature 3 - Building Entrance
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Barrier Removal Before March 15, 2012
Barrier Removal Before March 15, 2012 Businesses removing barriers before March 15, 2012, have the choice of using either the 1991 Standards or the 2010 Standards....
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Accessible Routes in Dwelling Units with Mobility Features
Where covered dwelling units have two or more bedrooms, at least two bedrooms are required to be on an accessible route....
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Section 1193.1 Purpose (Section-by-Section Analysis)
No substantive comments were received and no changes have been made to this section in the final rule....
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Signs
However, an exception to this requirement permits assembly areas that have ticket offices or ticket windows to display the required signs at the ticket window....
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6. Maintenance and Back-up of TTY Equipment
For instance, PSAPs should keep extra TTY equipment on hand, in case primary equipment fails, if they have back-up voice telephone equipment for such a situation. 4 28 C.F.R. 4 § 35.133...
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2. Age of Streets and Sidewalks
“Pre-ADA” streets, sidewalks, roads, and highways are those that were built before January 26, 1992, and have not since been altered....
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1. Providing Equal Access With Auxiliary Aids and Services
information about the location of accessible services, activities, and facilities available in a format that is accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing and those who are blind or have...
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May employers subject employees to periodic alcohol testing?
Employers, however, may subject employees who have been in alcohol rehabilitation programs to periodic alcohol testing where the employer has a reasonable belief that the employee will pose...
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Private Businesses that Serve the Public: Public Accommodations
If you own, operate, lease, or lease to a business that serves the public, then, you are covered by the ADA and have obligations for existing facilities as well as for compliance when a...
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A Word about Benefit Programs
A Word about Benefit Programs You have probably already received information from your service branch or the Department of Veterans Affairs about programs designed to assist returning...
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11B-806.3 Guest rooms with communication features
In guest rooms required to have accessible communication features, consider ensuring compatibility with adaptive equipment used by people with hearing impairments....
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382.35 May carriers require passengers with a disability to sign waivers or releases?
Waivers of liability or releases either for passengers themselves or for loss or damage of wheelchairs and other assistive devices are among the forbidden practices, although as we have...
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Forward Approach
Corresponding changes have been made to the specifications for spout location (602.5)....
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382.53 What information must carriers give individuals with a vision or hearing impairment at airports?
customer service desk that a carrier owns, leases, or controls, a carrier must ensure that passengers with a disability who identify themselves as persons needing visual or hearing assistance have...
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Reorganization of Chapters on Transportation Facilities and Residential Facilities
In the final rule, the provisions of these technical chapters have been incorporated into other chapters, as appropriate, for greater consistency with the rest of the document....
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II-3.3000 Equality in participation/benefits.
., those with physical impairments, or those who have mental retardation)....
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1007.7.4 Separation
Exterior walls separating the exterior area of assisted rescue from the interior of the building shall have a minimum fire-resistance rating of 1 hour, rated for exposure to fire from the...
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If the patient does bring an assistant or a family member, do I talk to the patient or the companion? Should the companion remain in the room while I examine the patient and while discussing the medical problem or results?
The patient may have brought a companion to assist in getting to the exam, but would prefer to ask the companion to leave the room before the doctor begins a substantive discussion....
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Is it OK to examine a patient who uses a wheelchair in the wheelchair, because the patient cannot get onto the exam table independently?
A good option is to have a table that adjusts down to the level of a wheelchair, approximately 17‒19 inches from the floor....
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11B-225.2.3 Library book stacks
ETA Editor's Note The ADA Advisory identifies library shelving as self-service shelving, which does not have a height limitation....
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382.65 What are the requirements concerning on-board wheelchairs?
In an aircraft that has 60 or more seats that does not have an accessible lavatory, the carrier must provide an on-board wheelchair on the request, with advance notice, of a person who can...
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Two Drinking Fountains
Section 211.2 now states that "no fewer than two drinking fountains shall be provided" with one being wheelchair accessible and the other designed to accommodate people who have difficulty...
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Accessible Design Benefits Everyone
With the rapid changes in the Internet and in assistive technologies used by people with disabilities to access computers, private and government organizations have worked to establish flexible...