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Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC)
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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation
History: In the Fall of 2008, the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and the IDeA Center at The University at Buffalo, State University of New York, collaborated to obtain...
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§35.151 New Construction and Alterations
Section 35.151(d) gives effect to the intent of Congress, expressed in section 504(c) of the Act, that this part recognize the national interest in preserving significant historic structures...
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§35.151 New construction and alterations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 35.151(d) gives effect to the intent of Congress, expressed in section 504(c) of the Act, that this part recognize the national interest in preserving significant historic structures...
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X. Alterations
Elevators are not required in facilities under three stories or with fewer than 3,000 square feet per floor, unless the building is a shopping center, shopping mall, professional office...
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4. My pool already existed before the effective date of the new rule. What am I required to do to provide pool access to customers with mobility disabilities?
The 2010 Standards for pool lifts require lifts to be fixed and to meet additional requirements for location, size of the seat, lifting capacity, and clear floor space....
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203 General Exceptions
work areas, or portions of employee work areas, other than raised courtroom stations, that are less than 300 square feet (28 m2) and elevated 7 inches (180 mm) or more above the finish floor...
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Fashioning a Durable ADA: The House of Representatives
A series of “weakening” amendments were proposed and defeated at the committee level and on the House floor, where the House passed the ADA by a vote of 403 to 20, on May 22, 1990....
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1007.3 Stairways
means of egress, a stairway between stories shall have a clear width of 48 inches (1219 mm) minimum between handrails and shall either incorporate an area of refuge within an enlarged floor-level...
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MAX-Ability, Inc.
professionals, including medical facility planners, nurses, occupational and physical therapists, and rehab specialists, not to mention special needs trust and life planners, as well as safety...
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Panda IS.14 Aluminum Wood Clad IMPACT Lift & Slide System
Recessed into sub-floor to ensure the smoothest possible operation. The finished floor is laid in between tracks leaving only a 3/16″ rail exposed....
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SHELTERING
While you cannot unnecessarily segregate persons who use service animals from others, you may consider the potential presence of persons who, for safety or health reasons, should not be...
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C. First Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2010)
federal and state governments, foreign and domestic companies specializing in information technology, disability advocacy groups, manufacturers of hardware and software, trade associations, institutions...
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. §1997a (CRlPA) (authorizing suit by the Attorney General against state-run institutions where conditions are egregious or flagrant, the harm grievous, and a pattern or practice of violations...
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c) RecPark Program
RecPark requires daily inspection of its buildings and facilities for safety hazards or other issues that might impact access before they are opened to the public....
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1. Movable aisle armrests
The latter suggestion, in addition, would be inconsistent with FAA safety rules concerning passenger seats on aircraft, since aircraft seats must be certified to withstand specified g-forces...
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Alterations to cells. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter offered that the unique safety concerns of a correctional facility require a balance between staff and inmate safety and accessibility. ...
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Implications
deficiencies specific to the accessibility of the route, however, this does not have any relation to whether the surface has the ability to absorb the impact from a child’s fall per the safety...
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2.2(c) Regarded as Substantially Limited
It applies to decisions based on unsubstantiated concerns about productivity, safety, insurance, liability, attendance, costs of accommodation, accessibility, workers' compensation costs...
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Wheelchair Spaces
This requirement is intended to apply only to the circulation path width required by applicable building and fire codes and helps ensure consistency between accessibility and life safety...
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Architectural Barriers
If this occurs, barrier removal measures may deviate from the Standards so long as the measures do not pose a significant risk to the health or safety of individuals with disabilities or...
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5. What may an employer do when it learns that an applicant has or had a hearing impairment after she has been offered a job but before she starts working?
to perform the essential functions of a job, with or without reasonable accommodation, without posing a direct threat (that is, a significant risk of substantial harm) to the health or safety...
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6. When may an employer ask an employee if a hearing impairment, or some other medical condition, may be causing her performance problems?
See "Concerns About Safety."...
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Federal Aviation Administration Draft Advisory Circular 150/5360-14A, Access to Airports by Individuals with Disabilities
Dermody Director of Airport Safety and Standards...
