The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
Search Results "Physical Disability"
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
Note: In determining equivalent facilitation, consideration shall be given to means that provide for the maximum independence of persons with disabilities while presenting the least risk...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(viii) Substantial Limitation in Only One Major Life Activity Required
The ADAAA explicitly states that an impairment need only substantially limit one major life activity to be considered a disability under the ADA....
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Breast Platform [M303.4.1]
Recommendations from accessibility experts who developed mammography protocols for women with disabilities identified a need for a breast platform height of 24 inches....
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M305.2.3 Height (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Four commenters (two manufacturers, one disability rights organization, and a state agency concerned with accessibility) supported the proposed height range....
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Introduction
The Access Board is responsible for developing accessibility guidelines for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and...
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9. Is an employer required to provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?
If more than one accommodation is effective, "the preference of the individual with a disability should be given primary consideration....
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Equipment and furniture.
Most individuals and organizations representing individuals with disabilities were in favor of adding or clarifying requirements for accessible equipment. ...
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Transfer Surface Size: Equipment Used by Patients in Supine, Prone, or Side-Lying Position (M301.2.2)
The 30 inches minimum width is based on comments submitted by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) regarding medical equipment dimensions in response to DOJ’s ANPRM on...
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2. Neighborhood Access
[n]ecessarily require a public entity to make each of its existing facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.")....
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Provisions of the Final Rule
First, the entity must make information about the process, and how to use it, readily available to the public, including individuals with disabilities....
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A. Transformation From Analog Films to Digital Movies
Digital movies are physically delivered on high resolution DVDs or removable or external hard drives, or can be transmitted to movie theaters' servers via Internet, fiber-optic, or satellite...
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The substantive requirement in current § 35.151(d)(2)--that alternative methods of access shall be provided pursuant to the requirements of § 35.150 if it is not feasible to provide physical...
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II. Statutory and Regulatory Background
The Act provides that compliance with (1) the appropriate requirements of the American National Standard for Buildings and Facilities--Providing Accessibility and Usability for Physically...
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Section 1193.2 Scoping (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Suppose a person with a disability wants the features on product A, but product B has the accessibility features....
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Section 37.42
Individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, must have access to all accessible cars in each train using a new or altered station....
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Section 37.42 Service in an integrated setting to passengers at intercity, commuter, and high-speed rail station platforms constructed or altered after February 1, 2012
Individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, must have access to all accessible cars in each train using a new or altered station....
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Medical Diagnostic Equipment: ADA Standard Section 5.
Review the updated information on the revisions to the ADA Standards regarding medical diagnostic equipment.
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Size: ADA Standard Section 604.8.1.1
Section 604.8.1.1 covers the current ADA Standards for the size of wheelchair accessible compartments.
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11B-226.1 General
and work benches, fume hoods, reception counters, teller windows, study carrels, commercial kitchen counters, and conference tables to accommodate the individual needs of employees with disabilities...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities. ◼ ETA Editor’s Note...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities. ◼ ETA Editor’s Note...
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DOT Response
Commenters' arguments that the ADA permits service to passengers with disabilities to be limited to a single car are not persuasive....
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Senate Hearings and the Quest for Bipartisanship
As in 1988, persons with disabilities presented powerful testimony about the need for the ADA by describing their personal experiences....