The five basic types of disabilities addressed below are: People who are blind or visually-impaired; people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; people with mobility disabilities...
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General Tips for Interacting with Individuals with Disabilities
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Miniature horses. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The traditional service animal is a dog, which has a long history of guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision, and over time dogs have been trained to perform an even wider variety...
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1.4 Participants
Fifty adults with low vision were recruited through contacts with local organizations for people who are blind or visually impaired....
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Miniature horses. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The traditional service animal is a dog, which has a long history of guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision, and over time dogs have been trained to perform an even wider variety...
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Policies and Procedures
A person who is blind may need assistance maneuvering through a store’s aisles....
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Usable (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Clearly, to be usable by persons with disabilities instructions must be in a form they can use: print information is not very helpful to a person who is blind and auditory information is...
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4. Providing Qualified Interpreters and Qualified Readers
must be able to convey communications effectively, accurately, and impartially, and use any necessary specialized vocabulary.8 Similarly, those serving as readers for people who are blind...
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1. Movies in American Culture
When individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have low vision, have the opportunity to attend and actually understand movies with the aid of captioning or audio description...
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R208.1 Where Required
Detectable warning surfaces are not intended to provide way finding for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision....
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10. How quickly must an employer respond to a request for reasonable accommodation?
Example B: An employee who is blind requests adaptive equipment for her computer as a reasonable accommodation....
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15. Must an employer provide reasonable accommodation so that an employee may attend training programs?
One staff member is blind and requests that materials be provided in braille. Super Trainers refuses to provide the materials in braille....
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Resources
Serving Guests who are Blind or Have Low Vision....
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FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE
The VRA requires election officials to allow a voter who is blind or has another disability to receive assistance from a person of the voter’s choice (other than the voter's employer or...
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A. Evaluating the Physical Accessibility of Emergency Shelters
identify barriers to people with disabilities, including people who use wheelchairs or scooters or who have difficulty walking, people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, and people who are blind...
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6. Modifications to the Functional Performance Criterion for Limited Vision
The Board proposed to increase the covered acuity range to 20/200 (or a field of vision less than 20 degrees)—which is a common legal definition of blindness—to afford more individuals with...
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Infrared Systems
Multiple channel systems are available and can be used to support descriptive video for people who are blind or simultaneous translation in multiple languages....
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Introduction
Objects that project into circulation spaces from the side or that do not provide at least 80 inches of head clearance can be extremely hazardous to people who are blind or who have low...
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DOJ/DOE Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers
concern on the part of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education that colleges and universities are using electronic book readers that are not accessible to students who are blind...
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Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
American Foundation for the Blind - Frances Mary D'Andrea, Representative and Immediate Past BANA Board Chair American Printing House for the Blind - Mary Nelle McLennan...
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The National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)
collectively to ensure sound training practices in guide dog programs educate guide dog handlers about their rights and responsibilities educate the public about access rights for blind...
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3. Voluntary Compliance
The Department believes that access to movies for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or have low vision should not depend upon where they live.17 Consequently, the...
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Communicating with People Who Have Disabilities
If a person who is blind needs a document that is short and straightforward, reading it to him may be effective....
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CONSENT DECREE
On April 8, 2013, the National Federation of the Blind, on behalf of its members and itself, Mika Pyyhkala and Lindsay Yazzolino (the “Private Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit against HRB...
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Accessible Route Into and Through the Business
Plan all routes so that any hanging or mounted displays, wall-mounted shelving, lighting, or decorations provide required head clearance and cane detection for customers who are blind or...
