Points (PSAPs) to provide direct, equal access to their services for people with disabilities who use teletypewriters (TTYs), which are also known as "telecommunications devices for the deaf...
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Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services
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Theatre Access NYC
Those who are hard of hearing or deaf, have low vision or are blind, who cannot climb stairs or who require aisle seating or wheelchair locations, who are on the autism spectrum or have...
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Section 36.303 Auxiliary Aids and Services (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Transcription services are used to relay aurally delivered material almost simultaneously in written form to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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Costs and Benefits
Data on movie-going patterns of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or have low vision is very limited, making estimations of demand very difficult. ...
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
likely to yield accurate information on what the child knows and can do academically, developmentally, and functionally, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.58 For an individual with deafness...
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C. Eligibility Criteria
For example, a community with a school for students who are deaf may designate that facility as an emergency shelter for people who are deaf....
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8. What are auxiliary aids and services? What does it mean to provide effective communication?
, assistive listening devices, assistive listening systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed caption decoders, open and closed captioning, telecommunications devices for deaf...
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C. Availability of Captioning and Audio Description
Captioning makes movies accessible to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and who are unable to benefit from the sound amplification provided by movie theaters' assistive listening...
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2. Numbers of Individuals with Hearing and Vision Disabilities
According to 2010 census data, 7.6 million people reported that they experienced a hearing difficulty (defined as experiencing deafness or having difficulty hearing a normal conversation...
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Introduction
., deafness, hearing impairment, deaf‐blindness, visual impairment including blindness, speech or language impairment)....
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SHELTERING
People who are deaf or hard of hearing may not have access to audible information routinely made available to people in the temporary shelters....
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2.1(a)(iii) Substantially Limits
Some impairments, such as blindness, deafness, HIV infection or AIDS, are by their nature substantially limiting, but many other impairments may be disabling for some individuals but not...
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28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
The rule adds specific requirements addressing the obligations of public accommodations that own, lease, or operate movie theaters to provide effective communication to patrons who are deaf...
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A. Prior to 2010
and commercial facilities, the Department announced that it was considering rulemaking that would require movie theaters to provide captioning and audio description for patrons who are deaf...
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Summary of Major Provisions
The final rule requires entities to provide emergency transportable housing units with communication features for disaster survivors who are deaf or have a hearing loss as determined by...
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28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
requirements for making the goods, services, facilities, privileges, accommodations, or advantages offered by movie theater owners or operators at movie theaters accessible to individuals who are deaf...
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5. What does it mean for auxiliary aids and services to be provided in “accessible formats, in a timely manner, and in such a way as to protect the privacy and independence” of a student with a disability?
For example, for someone who is deaf and uses ASL, if other people in the environment understand ASL, then conversations that involve sensitive information must be conducted privately....
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§35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination (Section-by-Section Analysis)
recognize the difference between criminal activity and the effects of seizures or other disabilities such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, mental illness, or deafness...
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410.8 Video Communication (Section-by-Section Analysis)
commenters expressed support for the general concept of a video quality requirement as important for ensuring the accessibility of a means of communication, which, for persons who are deaf...
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Checklist for Inclusive Emergency Safety Briefings for Attendees
Include information that is usable by people with low or no vision, who are color blind, are deaf or hard of hearing, and people who need help with mobility and /or cannot use steps. ...
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ADA Business Brief: Service Animals
Service Animals Service animals are animals that are individually trained to perform tasks for people with disabilities such as guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf...
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ADA25: Cindy's Story
After college she went to work for the Jefferson County Department of Human Resources in Birmingham and just eight years ago had the opportunity to work at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf...
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VocRehab Vermont - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Counselors for Deaf - Work with someone who understands the unique employment needs of Deaf people....
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Independent Resources, Inc. (IRI) - Wilmington, Dover, Seaford, DE
We go further to provide such other services to the community as: Sensitivity Training, Community Education and Outreach, Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Computer Training for...
