The ADA requires businesses to take steps necessary to communicate effectively with customers with vision, hearing, and speech disabilities....
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Communicating with Customers
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Section 1630.2(k) Record of a Substantially Limiting Impairment
Of course, for the covered entity to be liable for discrimination under title I of the ADA, the individual with a “record of” a substantially limiting impairment must prove that the covered...
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F. Shelter Environment
More guidance on accessible routes is provided in the “ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters” at www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap7shelterchk.htm. ...
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Section 36.207 Places of Public Accommodation Located in Private Residences (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Thus, the ADA would apply to any door or entry way, hallways, a restroom, if used by customers and clients; and any other portion of the residence, interior or exterior, used by customers...
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B. How Does a TTY Work?
Before further discussion of the requirements for emergency communications services under Title II of the ADA, let’s do a quick review of how TTYs work....
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Time periods
The legislative history of title II of the ADA makes it clear that, under title II, ‘‘local and state governments are required to provide curb cuts on public streets.’’...
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Ramps M303:3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2
The technical criteria are consistent with the 2004 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines. Level changes up to ¼ inch high are permitted to be vertical....
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Major Provisions
The NPRM recognizes that the devices currently required by the ADA for assistive listening often contain an extra channel and therefore can also be used to deliver audio description....
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28. Does an employer have to notify an employee with a disability about vacant positions, or is it the employee's responsibility to learn what jobs are vacant?
(BNA) 875, 886-87 (7th Cir. 1998) (employer's methodology to determine if reassignment is appropriate does not constitute the "interactive process" contemplated by the ADA if it is directive...
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Where must the wheelchair symbol be posted?
ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines specify the circumstances under which the ISA and other symbols should be used....
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Captioning, narrative description, and video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Because technological advances in the seventeen years since the ADA was enacted have increased the range of auxiliary aids and services for those who are blind or have low vision, the Department...
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1. GENERAL
United States Access Board issued updated accessibility guidelines for newly constructed, altered, and leased facilities covered by the ABA and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA...
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Definition of "other power-driven mobility device.''
language to the definition of ‘‘other power-driven mobility device'' to reiterate that the definition does not apply to Federal wilderness areas, which are not covered by title II of the ADA...
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Sections 35.108(d)(3) and 36.105(d)(3)—Condition, Manner, or Duration
These concepts were affirmed by Congress in the legislative history to the ADA Amendments Act: ‘‘We particularly believe that this test, which articulated an analysis that considered whether...
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III. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENT
. §12188(b)(1)(B), to bring a civil action under title III, enforcing the ADA in any situation where a pattern or practice of discrimination is believed to exist or a matter of general public...
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Definition of "other power-driven mobility device." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
language to the definition of ‘‘other power-driven mobility device'' to reiterate that the definition does not apply to Federal wilderness areas, which are not covered by title II of the ADA...
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Section 36.311 Mobility Devices (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Indeed, there has been litigation about whether the ADA requires covered entities to allow people with disabilities to use their EPAMDs like users of traditional wheelchairs. ...
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Re: Service Counters
Yes, in my opinion, the service counter as designed would comply with both CBC and ADA requirements....
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Re: Record Retention
From the ADA Title II regulations: 35.105 Self-evaluation. All public entities are required to do a self-evaluation....
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Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has a vital mission: to secure the nation from the many threats we face....
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Providing Real Opportunities for Income through Technology (PROFITT)
PROFITT, Providing Real Opportunities for Income through Technology, involves modification of the proven National Braille Press (NBP) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) braille...
