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407.3 Tactilely Discernible (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Design parameter considerations
parameters for shopping for appropriate technologies: Allowance for synchronization of caption text and audio description with museum's exhibits and media Accessible user interface to blind...
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Introduction
The ADA Standards are designed to make lodging facilities usable by persons with a wide variety of disabilities, including persons who are blind or who have low vision, persons who are deaf...
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The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye is a philanthropic organization whose mission is to enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of blind people through the use of Seeing Eye® dogs....
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Research Issues
function, preservation of sight and special health problems and requirement of the blind (slide 4)....
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Section 36.303(g)(2) General
In such a situation, the movie theater should take steps to maximize the range of movie options for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have low vision, by dispersing...
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Section 1194.24 Video and Multimedia Products (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Audio descriptions are important for persons who are blind or who have low vision because they provide a description of the visual content of a presentation synchronized with verbal information...
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Vischeck
Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind....
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4. Benefits—Qualitative Discussion of Benefits
If all movie theaters are accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have low vision, then some persons will now have greater choice among multiple locations and can...
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Request for Clarification and Extension of Comment Period
passenger consumer organization (Association for Airline Passenger Rights) and 11 submissions from disability advocacy organizations (a joint submission by the American Council of the Blind...
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Service Animals
For example, many people who are blind or have low vision use dogs to guide and assist them with orientation. Many individuals who are deaf use dogs to alert them to sounds....
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Fair Housing Act
For example, a landlord with a "no pets" policy may be required to grant an exception to this rule and allow an individual who is blind to keep a guide dog in the residence....
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Companions. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In such situations, if the companion is deaf or hard of hearing, blind, has low vision, or has a disability that affects his or her speech, it is the public accommodation's responsibility...
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Fire Department Issues
Evacuating from the 78th floor, Michael, who is blind, relied on his own instincts, his guide dog, Roselle, and his business associates to make it to safety. ...
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Some Lessons
People with blindness fought the battles of those who used wheelchairs; persons with epilepsy fought the battles of those with deafness....
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Costs and Benefits
Benefits The proposed rule would address the discriminatory effects of communication barriers at movie theaters encountered by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind...
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
accurate information on what the child knows and can do academically, developmentally, and functionally, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.58 For an individual with deafness or blindness...
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C. Availability of Captioning and Audio Description
Audio description, which also became available in 1997, enables individuals who are blind or have low vision to hear a spoken narration of a movie's key visual elements, including, but not...
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Introduction
., deafness, hearing impairment, deaf‐blindness, visual impairment including blindness, speech or language impairment)....
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Other Cost Issues
Or, if it would be an undue hardship for an employer to purchase brailling equipment for a blind applicant, the applicant should be offered the option of providing his own equipment (if...
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2.1(a)(iii) Substantially Limits
Some impairments, such as blindness, deafness, HIV infection or AIDS, are by their nature substantially limiting, but many other impairments may be disabling for some individuals but not...
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Architectural Barriers
The awning and awning support over the walk to the entrance is too close to the ground and is a barrier to people who are blind or visually impaired....
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28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
requirements addressing the obligations of public accommodations that own, lease, or operate movie theaters to provide effective communication to patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind...
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A. Prior to 2010
Department announced that it was considering rulemaking that would require movie theaters to provide captioning and audio description for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who are blind...
