At least one accessible route shall connect each story and mezzanine in multi-story buildings and facilities. EXCEPTIONS: 1....
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F206.2.3 Multi-Story Buildings and Facilities
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233.1 General
Facilities with more than 50 beds covered by this part that provide common use bathing facilities shall provide at least one roll-in shower with a seat that complies with the relevant provisions...
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Issue 19: What Principles of Universal Design can be applied in the short term for persons with low vision?
But it just should be universally done because no one should have to stand on their head to find what’s in the bottom of the base cabinets. You know, that’s for everybody....
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Section 36.302(f) Ticketing (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One disability advocacy group asserted, that in order to guarantee equal access to assembly areas for people with disabilities, it is necessary to provide complementary design standards,...
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10. Q: Do police departments have to arrange for a sign language interpreter every time an officer interacts with a person who is deaf?
In one-on-one communication with an individual who lipreads, an officer should face the individual directly, and should ensure that the communication takes place in a well-lighted area....
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Handling Accessibility Complaints: Keeping out of Court
Remember that settlement of any one lawsuit does not prevent future lawsuits by other plaintiffs....
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FEDERAL LAWS
IDEA defines a child with a disability as a child having one of the disabilities specified in section 602(3) of the IDEA who, by reason of the disability, needs special education and related...
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Reasonable Modification of Policies and Procedures
When only one staff person is on duty, it may or may not be possible to accommodate a person with a disability at that particular time....
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Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel (Section-by-Section Analysis) In the NPRM, the Department proposed one change to Sec. 36.403 on alterations and path of travel by adding a path...
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Water Hydrants
Until handpumps that meet the accessibility standard for operating controls while adequately accessing the water supply are available from more than one source, handpumps are exempt from...
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Get Involved in the Planning Process
Do not "lump" all people with disabilities into one category....
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INTRODUCTION
Individuals with mobility impairments have disabilities within the meaning of the ADA because those impairments substantially limit one or more major life activities of such individuals,...
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Definitions of residential facilities and transient lodging. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Additionally, section 106.5 of the 2010 Standards changes the definition of ‘‘transient lodging'' to a building or facility ‘‘containing one or more guest room(s) for sleeping that provides...
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11B-703.4.2 Location
Where a tactile sign is provided at double doors with one active leaf, the sign shall be located on the inactive leaf....
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Section 37.169 Interim Requirements for Over-the-Road Bus Service Operated by Private Entities
The rationale of this provision is that, while no one wants his or her items left behind, carrying the wheelchair is more important to its user than ordinary luggage to a traveler....
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Section 37.137 Paratransit Plan Development
While the ADA falls short of explicitly requiring coordination, clearly this is one of the goals....
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11B-703.4.2 Location
Where a tactile sign is provided at double doors with one active leaf, the sign shall be located on the inactive leaf....
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Section 36.303(g)(1) Movie Theater
One commenter expressed concern that such entities might believe that they are otherwise exempt from any requirement to furnish auxiliary aids and services to ensure effective communication...
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Closing
And you know, she’s got two very big councils, one on building enclosures and one on high performance buildings, and she has been begging me to take her off of them....
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Issue 22: How is accessibility for persons with low vision assessed during the design review process?
So there’s only one of you, right? Response by Tom Williams: No, there are 12 of us....
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Hybrid Surface Systems
One site used an outdoor carpet (HYB-A) over engineered carpet padding infilled with silicone sand. ...
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III-4.3200 Effective communication
individual who is blind, visits an electronics store to purchase a clock radio and wishes to inspect the merchandise information cards next to the floor models in order to decide which one...