piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities...
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Assistive Technology (AT)
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Universal Design
Universal Design—The principle that programs and facilities must be designed to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without separate or segregated access for people with disabilities...
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Assistive Technology (AT)
piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities...
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4.6.4* SIGNAGE
Accessible parking spaces shall be designated as reserved for the disabled by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility (see 4.30.5)....
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§ 35.133(a)
(a) A public entity shall maintain in operable working condition those features of facilities and equipment that are required to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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11B-810.1.1 Vehicle boarding
Stations shall not be designed or constructed so as to require persons with disabilities to board or alight from a vehicle at a location other than one used by the general public....
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§ 37.167(j)(1)(i)
(i) Individuals, except other individuals with a disability or elderly persons, sitting in a location designated as priority seating for elderly and handicapped persons (or other seat as...
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§ 37.213(b)
(b) This paragraph (b) applies to small fixed route operators who choose to provide equivalent service to passengers with disabilities under §37.183(b)(2)....
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§ 37.7(a)
(a) For purposes of this part, a vehicle shall be considered to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities if it meets the requirements of this part and the standards...
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11B-810.1.1 Vehicle boarding
Stations shall not be designed or constructed so as to require persons with disabilities to board or alight from a vehicle at a location other than one used by the general public....
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B. Digital Conversion of Movie Theater Auditoriums
See Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Nondiscrimination of the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description, 75 FR 43467, 43473 (July 26, 2010)....
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VI. ENFORCEMENT
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section – NYA, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20530. ...
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Data Collection Procedures
Once brought into the study, the playground was associated with one of five categories of surface type for participation in the study: 1. ...
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4.2 Applications of Findings in Design and Standards Development
A decision always has to be made to draw the line somewhere because there are diminishing returns in terms of benefits and increased costs associated with expanding the target population...
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COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
intercity passenger rail cars (including coaches, dining cars, sleeping cars, lounge cars and food service cars), any other railroad cars described in Section 242 of the Americans With Disabilities...
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11B-207.1 General
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
intercity passenger rail cars (including coaches, dining cars, sleeping cars, lounge cars and food service cars), any other railroad cars described in Section 242 of the Americans With Disabilities...
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1.1.2 Purpose
establish the minimum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare through structural strength, means of egress facilities, stability, access to persons with disabilities...
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National Council on Independent Living
NCIL’s 30-plus years of experience as advocates for people with disabilities dictates that we continue to strongly insist that the U.S....
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Subjects
Table 1 contains the self-reported type of disabilities and the number of subjects that reported them....
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11B-208.2.1 Hospital outpatient facilities
The higher percentages required for hospital outpatient facilities or rehabilitation facilities specializing in treating conditions that affect mobility and outpatient physical therapy facilities...
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Reduced Contrast Sensitivity
At low light levels, contrast sensitivity is worse for everybody, whether you have low vision or not; at higher light levels, your contrast sensitivity is better....
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Two Step Transfer Evaluation
In this study, participants who attempted the two-step transfers transferred from one step to a second step that was higher and lower than first one....
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Conclusion
Up to 78% of the study participants used the grab bars when they were added to the platform, enabling one person to independently transfer to the platform and many others to transfer higher...