In striking a balance between guaranteeing access to individuals with disabilities and recognizing the legitimate cost concerns of businesses and other private entities, the ADA establishes...
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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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Section 36.304 Removal of Barriers (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
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Make A Hero - 'The Movement' - Adaptive Sports Film
A documentary narrated by Robert Redford and ski movie legend Warren Miller, featuring stories of inspiring individuals with disabilities overcoming limitation, including Rick Finkelstein...
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Efforts to minimize impact
If a large manufacturer has an extensive marketing effort, involving surveys and focus groups, it may be appropriate to include persons with disabilities in such groups....
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How to File a Charge of Employment Discrimination
CHARGE OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION Against Private Employers and State/Local Governments Any person who believes that his or her employment rights have been violated on the basis of disability...
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TITLE III COVERAGE AND FINDINGS
Ensuring that medical care providers do not discriminate on the basis of disability is an issue of general public importance. ...
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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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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....