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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DOJ/DOE Dear Colleague Letter: Electronic Book Readers
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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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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...
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407.3 Tactilely Discernible (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Technology has evolved to the point where touch screens can be made navigable by blind users. Keyboards are an optional design feature....
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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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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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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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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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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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Dancing Dots - Valley Forge, PA
., was founded in 1992 to develop and adapt music technology for the blind. In 1997 Dancing Dots released its first product, the GOODFEEL® Braille Music Translator. ...
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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...
