Even before someone requests an auxiliary aid or service from your public entity, plan ahead to accommodate the communication needs of persons with disabilities....
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C. Planning Ahead to Provide Effective Communication
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SHOPPING CENTER (OR SHOPPING MALL)
For purposes of this section, places of public accommodation of the types listed in paragraph (5) of the definition of "place of public accommodation'' in section § 36.104 are considered...
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36 CFR Parts 1190 and 1191 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines - Preamble (Discussion of Comments and Changes)
The ADA applies to places of public accommodation, commercial facilities, and State and local government facilities....
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36 CFR Part 1194 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508 Standards)
Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and...
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Analog Movie Screens (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has asked for public comment on the future of analog theaters, analog movie production in general, and analog movies with accessible features. ...
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Video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Circumventing the difficulty of providing live interpreters quickly, more public accommodations are providing qualified interpreters via VIS....
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Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to the Forest Service?
It applies to State and local government services and public accommodations....
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Maintenance of Accessible Features
If an accessible feature such as a wheelchair lift breaks down the public entity must ensure that improper or inadequate maintenance does not cause repeated failures....
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Video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
VIS can circumvent the difficulty of providing live interpreters quickly, which is why more public entities are providing qualified interpreters via VIS....
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PREFACE
JAN does not endorse or recommend any products or services mentioned in this publication....
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Size or weight limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
there is no need for a limit because ‘‘if, as a practical matter, the size or weight of an individual's service animal creates a direct threat or fundamental alteration to a particular public...
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Appendix A to Part 37—Standards for Accessible Transportation Facilities
In the original 1991 publication of part 37, the Department complied with this requirement by reproducing the Access Board's Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG...
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The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at Boston public broadcaster WGBH is a research and development facility dedicated to addressing barriers to...
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National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America....
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Which accessibility guidelines must we use?
The 1990 law—the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations and commercial transportation in the private sector and...
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1.5. Major Provisions of Final Rule
Second, within 18 months of the rule’s publication in the Federal Register, movie theaters must ensure that their auditoriums exhibiting digital movies provide captioning and audio description...
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
The Access Board released an interim draft of its guidelines to the public on April 2, 2002, 67 FR 15509, in order to provide an opportunity for entities with model codes to consider amendments...
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Disability Savvy Quiz
If you are not being understood, change your way of communicating. For example, demonstrate how to use a key to open the door....
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5. BENEFITS DISCUSSION
The Department has no feasible way of projecting those figures. ...
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11B-202.4 Path of travel requirements in alterations, additions and structural repairs
Public telephones serving the area, and 5. Signs. 3. ...
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Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
During the NPRM comment period, the Department engaged in considerable public outreach to small entities....
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Pricilla Rogers, Ph.D. Making the “Invisible” World “Visible”
Direct Medical costs=$16.2 billion annually Lost Productivity= $8 billion Informal care costs: $.36 billion I really think we need to look at this aspect of it as a way...
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Easterseals Washington
Our purpose is to change the way the world defines and views disabilities by making profound, positive differences in people's lives every day....
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Movie captioning. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department requested public comment as to whether public accommodations should be required to exhibit all new movies in captioned format at every showing, whether it would...
