counter, locate the accessible counter close to the cash register so that a person using a wheelchair is visible to sales or service personnel and to minimize the reach for a person with a disability...
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11B-904.2 Approach
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11B-233.3.2.1 Buyer identified residential dwelling units for sale
In such programs, the covered entity must provide the units that comply with the requirements for accessible features to those pre-identified buyers with disabilities who have requested...
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Gripping Surface: ADA Standard Section 505.6
Section 505.6 covers the current ADA Standards for the handrail gripping surface.
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11B-505.6 Gripping surface
People with disabilities, older people, and others benefit from continuous gripping surfaces that permit users to reach the fingers outward or downward to grasp the handrail, particularly...
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Section 1.0 Background
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Board continued this work, publishing the ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) in 1991, which were updated in 2004 by the ADA...
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3.9 The Undue Hardship Limitation
For example: If an employee with a disability requested that the thermostat in the workplace be raised to a certain level to accommodate her disability, and this level would make it uncomfortably...
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208.3.1 General
Designated accessible spaces shall be designed and marked for the exclusive use of those individuals who have a severe physical disability and have permanent or temporary mobility problems...
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B. Accessibility
Ensure that the sheltering program is accessible to people with disabilities. Disasters and emergencies are unpredictable....
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A. Purpose and Legal Authority
The Access Board is responsible for developing accessibility guidelines and standards under various laws to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to and use of buildings...
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5. Safety Hazards
She alleges that "it is well-settled that public entities have a duty to remove disability access barriers that constitute safety hazards to persons with mobility disabilities" and that...
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BACKGROUND
This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189, with the United States Department of...
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III-6.1000 General
If an alteration in a place of public accommodation or commercial facility is begun after January 26, 1992, that alteration must be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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1.5 Technical Assistance.
This office, and specifically the Airport Disability Compliance Program (ADCP) staff, are responsible for investigating complaints of discrimination filed under the ADA and Section 504 and...
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MAKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE
MAKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACCESSIBLE People with disabilities continue to face architectural barriers that limit or make it impossible to access the goods or services offered by businesses...
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act Section 504 provides that no qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be...
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Section 36.305 Effective Date (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.305 Effective Date In general, title III is effective 18 months after enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, i.e., January 26, 1992....
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Accessible Routes (Exterior and Interior)
Once a voter with a disability arrives at the polling site, there must be an accessible route from the accessible parking, passenger drop-off sites, sidewalks and walkways, and public transportation...
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F203.2 Existing Elements
Federal employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations in the workplace. ...
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C. Next Generation 9-1-1
Department is evaluating whether regulatory action is necessary and appropriate to promote the increased availability of text to 9-1-1 services to improve access for people with communication disabilities...
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14. Q: May a police department wait to conduct a background check on applicants until after the information from the medical exam has been reviewed -- which is after a conditional offer of employment has been made?
background examination to determine whether the withdrawal was based on non-medical information in the background check or on information obtained through post-offer medical examinations and disability-related...
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8. Additional and Unaddressed Issues
Committee’s meetings, members raised issues that went beyond the scope of the Committee’s statutory authority but were nonetheless viewed as critical to ensuring access of persons with disabilities...
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What other voting rights laws does the Justice Department enforce?
10) requires states to make voter registration opportunities for federal elections available through the mail and when people apply for or receive a driver's license, public assistance, disability...
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10. Q: One of the children in my center has parents who are deaf. I need to have a long discussion with them about their child's behavior and development. Do I have to provide a sign language interpreter for the meeting?
Child care centers must provide effective communication to the customers they serve, including parents and guardians with disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue burden....
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Reasonable Modification of Policies
recently, ADA passenger vessel rules, requiring regulated entities to make reasonable modifications to policies in order to ensure appropriate and nondiscriminatory service to persons with disabilities...