comply with the full set of functional performance criteria, which state in general terms the features of ICT that ensure its accessibility to people with one or more of different types of disabilities...
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2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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7. Alternatives
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11B-223.1.1 Alterations
In this way, people with disabilities can have access to the full-range of services provided by a medical care facility....
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C102.6 International Standards Organization (ISO)
PDF/UA provides a technical, interoperable standard for the authoring, remediation and validation of PDF content to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities who use assistive technology...
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Relationship to Other Laws
the remedies, rights, and procedures of any other Federal, State, or local laws (including State common law) that provide greater or equal protection for the rights of individuals with disabilities...
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E102.6 International Standards Organization (ISO)
PDF/UA provides a technical, interoperable standard for the authoring, remediation and validation of PDF content to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities who use assistive technology...
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D. Beds in accessible guest rooms and sleeping rooms
Many individuals with disabilities have urged the Department to regulate the height of beds, particularly in accessible hotel guest rooms, and to require that such beds have clearance under...
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F216.13 Trailhead Signs
This information enables individuals with disabilities to decide whether to hike the trail based on the characteristics of the trail....
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1017.3 Clear Tread Width
We and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research sponsored research to collect anthropometric data from a sample of about 500 individuals who use manual wheelchairs, power...
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Recommendations for Contracts
Following are the contract areas most likely to affect attendees with disabilities....
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1016.7.1 Maximum Running Slope and Segment Length
Gradual running slopes are more useable by individuals with disabilities. Where the terrain results in steeper running slopes, resting intervals are required more frequently....
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Creating a Workable ADA: The Senate and the White House
Creating a Workable ADA: The Senate and the White House George Bush, who advocated for the rights of disabled persons in his campaign, was elected president in 1988 and subsequently...
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1018.7.1 Maximum Running Slope and Segment Length
Gradual running slopes on beach access routes are more useable by individuals with disabilities....
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1009.1 Accessible means of egress required
In addition to the requirements of this chapter, means of egress, which provide access to, or egress from, buildings for persons with disabilities, shall also comply with the requirements...
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E. Restaurants and Concessions:
PSE shall also ensure that employees working at such counters are trained to appropriately service customers with disabilities at the side of the stand....
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§ 37.77(d)
small urbanized area which receives FTA funds under 49 U.S.C. 5307 from a state administering agency rather than directly from FTA, which determines that its service to individuals with disabilities...
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11B-223.1.1 Alterations
In this way, people with disabilities can have access to the full-range of services provided by a medical care facility....
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Appendix A to Part 37—Modifications to Standards for Accessible Transportation Facilities
63266, Oct. 30, 2006] The Department of Transportation, in §37.9 of this part, adopts as its regulatory standards for accessible transportation facilities the revised Americans with Disabilities...
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11B-505.6 Gripping surface
People with disabilities, older people, and others benefit from continuous gripping surfaces that permit users to reach the fingers outward or downward to grasp the handrail, particularly...
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101.2 Effect on Removal of Barriers in Existing Facilities
In no instance shall the removal of an architectural barrier create a significant risk to the health or safety of an individual with a disability or others....
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The Blind Photographer
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2.7 Vehicle and Transportation Systems Accessibility.
in 49 CFR parts 37 and 38, public entities that provide designated or specified public transportation or intercity or commuter rail transportation must provide access for persons with disabilities...
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36 CFR Part 1195 Standards for Accessible Medical Diagnostic Equipment
examination chairs, weight scales, mammography equipment, and other imaging equipment used by health care providers for diagnostic purposes are accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities...
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Wheelchair Spaces
Comments from persons with disabilities urged that the rule be modified to prohibit travel through any wheelchair space. Response....
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Passenger Elevators
Industry, facility operators, designers and some disability groups strongly supported LULA elevators as an alternative where a standard elevator is not required....