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Public Entrances
Model codes require that most buildings have more than one means of egress....
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New Requirements for Assistive Listening Systems (ALS)
Technical Requirements Receivers must have a 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) standard monojack....
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1. Importance of Movies in American Culture
When individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision have the opportunity to attend movies that they can actually understand because of the use of captions or audio...
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3. Conversion to Digital Cinema
Despite the economic downturn over the last few years, the movie theater industry is rapidly increasing the number of screens that have converted to digital cinema since publication of the...
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24. Is it a reasonable accommodation to modify a workplace policy?
Similarly, an employer might have to modify a policy to allow an employee with a disability to bring in a small refrigerator, or to use the employer's refrigerator, to store medication that...
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Age-related Data
I have a graph on this slide that shows the data from those five studies all plotted on the same graph (slide 14)....
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19. Dispute Resolution
The Party alleged to have committed the violation or failure to perform shall provide a written response within ten (10) business days of receipt of such notice and shall have a period of...
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Companions
The ADA refers to such people as “companions” and requires public entities to provide effective communication for companions who have disabilities Effective communication with companions...
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7.0 APPLICATION
These guidelines have been updated to incorporate the supplement to the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards, the Outdoor Developed Area Accessibility Guidelines (ODAAG), developed...
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Assistive Listening Systems
Individuals who have personal hearing aids or cochlear implants equipped with telecoils can pick up the signal directly from the loop; they do not need separate individual receivers....
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Section 810.5.3
This guidance emphasized that access to all cars of a train is significant because, if passengers with disabilities are unable to enter all cars from the platform, the passengers will have...
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Passenger Loading Zones
Sections 209.2.1 and 503 of the 2010 Standards, require facilities such as airport passenger terminals that have long, continuous passenger loading zones to provide one accessible passenger...
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7. What is a reasonable modification?
For example, child welfare agencies may have a parenting skills class once per week. ...
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382.123 What are the requirements concerning priority cabin stowage for wheelchairs and other assistive devices?
Some U.S. carriers have used the so-called “seat-strapping” method of securing passengers’ wheelchairs in the cabin, usually in situations in which, contrary to the existing rule in some...
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Physical agility tests
a police department may conduct an agility test to measure a candidate's ability to walk, run, jump, or lift in relation to specific job duties, but it cannot require the applicant to have...
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1. If a test screens out or tends to screen out an individual with a disability or a class of such individuals on the basis of disability, it must be job-related and consistent with business necessity
For example: If a person with paraplegia who uses a wheelchair is screened out because s/he does not have sufficient speed or accuracy on a typing test, this person probably was not screened...
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After January 26, 1992
., built before 1992) to have altered elements....
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General
The first exception exempts sites that have four or fewer parking spaces from the signage requirement....
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When is an Employer Obligated to Make a Reasonable Accommodation?
An applicant or employee does not have to specifically request a "reasonable accommodation," but must only let the employer know that some adjustment or change is needed to do a job because...
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Accessible Means of Entry to Pools
This section requires that at least one entry will have to be a sloped entry or a pool lift; the other could be a sloped entry, pool lift, a transfer wall, or a transfer system (technical...
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Issue: Self-Evaluation and Transition Plans
Common Problem: City governments often have not conducted thorough self-evaluations of their current facilities, programs, policies, and practices to determine what changes are necessary...
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Residential Facilities
After the compliance date for the 2010 Standards, state and local governments will no longer have the option of complying with the UFAS, but will have to use the 2010 Standards for new construction...
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1115B.3.2, Item 3
Single-accommodation toilet facilities shall have the following: 1. … 2. … 3. Accessible water closet. ...