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TITLE III COVERAGE AND FINDINGS
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2. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Department was not persuaded that strides made in making captioning and audio description technology available to moviegoers with disabilities were sufficient to make regulatory action...
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Alterations and Water Closet Clearances in Single-User Toilet Rooms With In-Swinging Doors (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The majority of commenters believed that this requirement would increase the number of toilet rooms accessible to individuals with disabilities who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters,...
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Exclusion of service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
into new § 35.136(a), which states that ‘‘[g]enerally, a public entity shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability...
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A. Electronic Content
Based on the language of the Rehabilitation Act, § 1194.1 of the existing standards speaks of federal agencies ensuring that federal employees and members of the public with disabilities...
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NSS Questions and Concerns
A project on the accessibility of emergency shelters was conducted by the Montana Disability and Health Program in partnership with the Montana Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and...
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Swimming pools. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition, these entities continue to be subject to the general title II obligation to make their programs usable and accessible to persons with disabilities....
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11B-604.8.1.1 Size
Convenience fixtures such as baby changing tables must also be accessible to people with disabilities as well as to other users....
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11B-242.2 Swimming pools
Providing different means of access will better serve the varying needs of people with disabilities in getting into and out of a swimming pool....
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#CrappyCurb
This makes getting around the city for people with mobility disabilities difficult or impossible. This has got to change! ...
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(2) Adjustability: Minimum Low Transfer Height
Six commenters (an individual, a state agency concerned with accessibility, two accessibility consultants and two disability rights advocates, one whose comment was supported by 50 disability...
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1.3. Public Comments on Initial Regulatory Assessment and Department Responses
The Department received comments from movie industry representatives, individuals with disabilities, advocacy groups representing individuals with disabilities, State and Federal entities...
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Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed rule only specified that software not interfere with features that affect the usability for persons with disabilities....
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501.1 Scope (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This exception is included because assistive technology frequently needs flexibility in order to perform well for end-users with disabilities....
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Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
institutions such as prisons, jails, pretrial detention centers, juvenile correctional facilities, publicly operated nursing homes, and institutions for people with psychiatric or developmental disabilities...
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Feature 1 - Parking and Passenger Drop-Off Areas
Feature 1 - Parking and Passenger Drop-Off Areas When parking is provided for meeting participants, accessible parking must be provided for participants with disabilities....
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Food and Restaurant Services
Food and Restaurant Services People with disabilities need to access tables, food service lines, and condiment and beverage bars in restaurants, bars, or other establishments where food...
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1017.7.1 Maximum Running Slope and Segment Length
Gradual running slopes on trails 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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New Construction and Alterations
New Construction and Alterations The ADA requires that all new facilities built by public accommodations, including small businesses, must be accessible to and usable by people with disabilities...
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Guest Rooms with Communication Features
Department believes the requirements for guest rooms with communications features in the 2010 Standards clarify the requirements necessary to provide equal opportunity for travelers with disabilities...
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Vanity Counter Tops
Industry commenters considered this specification unduly restrictive while persons with disabilities considered it inadequate in ensuring equivalent access....
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8.5 Recovering Drug Addicts
However, a person who casually used drugs illegally in the past, but did not become addicted is not an individual with a disability based on the past drug use....
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11B-707.4 Privacy
[From Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (as amended by the final rule published on September 15, 2010)]....
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d. Problem: Videos and Other Multimedia Lack Accessible Features
These and other types of multimedia can present two distinct problems for people with different disabilities....