specifications in the context of barrier removal is a moderate and reasonable response to business entities' concerns about the potential for increased costs of compliance and litigation risk...
Search Results "Risk Analysis"
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Reduced scoping for public accommodations, small facilities, and qualified small businesses. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Work Areas (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Work Areas (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments) Proposed paragraph 36.401(b) addressed access to employment areas, rather than to the areas where goods or services are...
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C. 255 Guidelines: Application and Scoping (Section-by-Section Analysis)
(Section-by-Section Analysis – 508 Standards: Application and Scoping – E206.1)....
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Disability (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
The Education and Labor Committee report makes clear that the analysis of the term "individual with handicaps'' by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in its regulations implementing...
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Subpart D -- New Construction and Alterations (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Subpart D -- New Construction and Alterations (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments) Subpart D implements section 303 of the Act, which requires that newly constructed...
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E103.4 Defined Terms (Section-by-Section Analysis)
E103.4 Defined Terms (Section-by-Section Analysis) This section includes definitions for terms used in, or integral to, the proposed 508 Standards....
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‘‘direct threat’’
A ‘‘direct threat’’ is a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by a modification of policies, practices, or procedures, or by the provision of auxiliary...
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M305.2 Transfer Supports
and their connections shall be capable of resisting vertical and horizontal forces of 250 pounds (1,112 N) applied at the worst case accessible location without creating an unacceptable risk...
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V. Section-by-Section Analysis
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IV. Section-by-Section Analysis
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several commenters expressed concern about the application of a safe harbor to ATMs. Specifically, "talking ATMs"--or ATMs with speech output that are independently usable by...
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Other (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is proposing to reorganize § 36.303(d) and make several substantive changes that reflect changing terminology and technology. The heading "Telecommunications...
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Companions. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department's proposed language for § 36.303(c) imposes no new obligations on places of public accommodation. The first sentence of § 36.303(c)(1) adds the phrase "and their...
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Facility (Section-by-Section Analysis)
"Facility." "Facility" means all or any portion of buildings, structures, sites, complexes, equipment, rolling stock or other conveyances, roads, walks, passageways, parking lots, or...
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§35.131(a) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (a) provides that this part does not prohibit discrimination based on an individual's current illegal use of drugs. The Act and the regulation distinguish between...
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Drug (Section-by-Section Analysis)
"Drug." The definition of the term "drug" is taken from section 510(d)(2) of the ADA.
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State (Section-by-Section Analysis)
"State." The definition of "State" is identical to the statutory definition in section 3(3) of the ADA.
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§35.130(a) (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (a) restates the nondiscrimination mandate of section 202 of the ADA. The remaining paragraphs in §35.130 establish the general principles for analyzing whether any...
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ATMs. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
ATMs. The 2010 Standards set out detailed requirements for ATMs, including communication-related requirements to make ATMs usable by individuals who are blind or have low vision. In...
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Act (Section-by-Section Analysis)
"Act." The word "Act" is used in this part to refer to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-336, which is also referred to as the "ADA."
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A. Introduction (Section-by-Section Analysis)
As noted above, the Board is proposing to revise and update both the 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines. The existing standards and guidelines are set forth in two separate regulatory...
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Telecommunications. In addition to the changes discussed in § 36.303(b) regarding telecommunications, telephones, and text telephones, the Department has adopted provisions in §...
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VI. Section-by-Section Analysis
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