The Department of Transportation's definition includes a subpart defining "common wheelchair" to provide guidance for public transit authorities on which devices must be transported. ...
Search Results "Public Program"
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"Wheelchair" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Summary of Significant Changes
The aim is to make these guidelines easier to understand and apply, particularly for regulated parties—such as public transit agencies—that frequently operate different types of non-rail...
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Section 5.0 Dissemination Activities
Section 5.0 Dissemination Activities Dissemination activities related to the project have included publications, conference presentations, standards development, an online course and...
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Section 4.1.3, Accessible Buildings: New Construction (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Under Sec.4.1.3(8), at least 50% of all public entrances must be accessible....
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I. BACKGROUND AND JURISDICTION
Title III of the ADA bans discrimination against persons with disabilities by owners or operators of places of public accommodation, 42 U.S.C. §12182(a), and establishes an ongoing requirement...
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Wild animals, monkeys, and other nonhuman primates. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department believes that these characteristics make nonhuman primates unsuitable for use as service animals in the context of the wide variety of public settings subject to this rule...
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Rulemaking History
enforceable standard under titles II and III of the ADA.5 In developing the original ADAAG, the Board identified subjects for further rulemaking based on information it received through public...
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Audio Description (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In § 36.303(g)(3)(ii) of the NPRM, the Department is proposing that a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a movie theater shall ensure that its auditoriums have...
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1015.3 Height
In Group F occupancies where exit access stairways serve fewer than three stories and such stairways are not open to the public, and where the top of the guard also serves as a handrail,...
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1015.3 Height
In Group F occupancies where exit access stairways serve fewer than three stories and such stairways are not open to the public, and where the top of the guard also serves as a handrail,...
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Tonka's Job - A Mobility Assistance Animal Video
It took decades for the general public to accept dogs as service animals for the blind and disabled, now the ADA recognizes miniature horses as well....
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ATA - Alliance for Technology Access
Through public education, information and referral, capacity building in community organizations, and advocacy/policy efforts, the ATA enables millions of people to live, learn, work, define...
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Disabled American Veterans
ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America’s injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public...
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Research on Disability
Both past and current grant-funded projects are described and share their body of work in the form of publications, events, expert staff, and results....
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Accessible Icon Project
As street art, the work was intended to use the language of graffiti—unsanctioned, informal public expression—to pose questions about disability in the built environment and in democratic...
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810 Transportation Facilities
The Board has added clarification that detectable warnings be provided "along the full length of the public use area of the platform."...
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Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York (CIDNY) - New York and Kew Gardens, NY
Together, we educate the public. We advocate for our civil rights and a strong safety net of benefits and services....
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Changing Spaces Campaign
Our goal is to promote true community inclusion, get our loved ones out of their homes, back into their communities and #OFFTHEFLOOR of public restrooms....
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Food and Restaurant Services
There must be an accessible route to all dining areas, including raised or sunken dining areas and outdoor dining areas, as well as to food service lines, service counters, and public restrooms...
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Parking
Parking If your business provides parking for the public, but there are no accessible spaces, you will lose potential customers....
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Section 35.151(g)(2)
This rule, which is designed to prevent a public entity from placing wheelchair spaces and companion seats on one side of the facility only, is consistent with the Department’s enforcement...
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Proposed Section 36.309 Purchase of Furniture and Equipment (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.309 Purchase of Furniture and Equipment Section 36.309 of the proposed rule would have required that newly purchased furniture or equipment made available for use at a place of public...
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Section 36.305 Effective Date (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (c) concerns transportation services provided by public accommodations not primarily engaged in the business of transporting people....
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Accessible Routes (Exterior and Interior)
Once a voter with a disability arrives at the polling site, there must be an accessible route from the accessible parking, passenger drop-off sites, sidewalks and walkways, and public transportation...
