A research project sponsored by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) conducted tests with persons with disabilities and concluded that a higher coefficient...
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2010 ADA Definition
Disability: Disability means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such an impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment.
(1) The phrase physical or mental impairment means – (i) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genitourinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; (ii) Any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities; (iii) The phrase physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such contagious and noncontagious diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, specific learning disabilities, HIV disease (whether symptomatic or asymptomatic), tuberculosis, drug addiction, and alcoholism; (iv) The phrase physical or mental impairment does not include homosexuality or bisexuality.
(2) The phrase major life activities means functions such as caring for one´s self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
(3) The phrase has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(4) The phrase is regarded as having an impairment means – (i) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit major life activities but that is treated by a private entity as constituting such a limitation; (ii) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (iii) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this definition but is treated by a private entity as having such an impairment.
(5) The term disability does not include – (i) Transvestism, transsexualism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments, or other sexual behavior disorders; (ii) Compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or (iii) Psychoactive substance use disorders resulting from current illegal use of drugs.
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I. Slip Resistant Surface—Aisles, Steps, Floor Areas Where People Walk, Floor Areas in Securement Locations, Lift Platforms, Ramps
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II-8.3000 Transition plan
contain at a minimum -- 1) A list of the physical barriers in a public entity's facilities that limit the accessibility of its programs, activities, or services to individuals with disabilities...
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11B-223.1 General
The lack of a design requirement does not mean that covered entities are not required to provide services to people with disabilities where accessible patient bedrooms or resident sleeping...
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11B-410.1 General
DSA regulates the usability of elevators and platform (wheelchair) lifts for persons with disabilities....
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Vehicular Route Exceptions—Sections 206.2.1 and 206.2.2 of the 2010 Standards
routes, and both conflict with HUD’s Section 504 regulation, which requires that all programs and activities receiving Federal funds be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities...
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904 Sales and Service Counters
Comments from persons with disabilities considered 38 inches to be too high. Response....
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§ 382.40 Boarding assistance for small aircraft
(b) Carriers shall, in cooperation with the airports they serve, provide boarding assistance to individuals with disabilities using mechanical lifts, ramps, or other suitable devices that...
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Section 36.406 Standards for New Construction and Alterations (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Appendix A contains the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG) which is being published by the ATBCB as a final rule elsewhere in this...
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2. Equipment Clearances for Breast Platforms
Two commenters, one manufacturer and one disability rights organization, commented on the knee and toe clearance under breast platforms....
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The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Commenters observed that now, more than seventeen years after enactment of the ADA, as facilities are becoming physically accessible to individuals with disabilities, the Department needs...
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Safe Harbor
court sports facilities Public entities need to make structural changes to these recreational elements and to their residential dwelling units to ensure that people with disabilities...
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Accessibility Standards in Title II Regulations Issued by DOJ
in or the denial of the benefits of services, programs, or activities, or other discrimination because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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XI. GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The parties will jointly prepare and disseminate a media release recognizing the efforts of Kaiser to take a leadership role in providing accessible health care to people with disabilities...
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Appendix to May 23, 2014 Document
Exceptions to the 2010 Standards This table is provided for HUD recipients that elect to use the 2010 Standards under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as an alternative...
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2. The Class Notices Are Defective and Will Reach Only A Minuscule Portion of Class Members
While it is unknown how frequently the members of the disability community visit the Access Now’s website, it is highly unlikely that this web site – or the notices to be posted thereon...
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Additional Information
The ADA states, ‘‘[i]t is the purpose of this [Act] (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities;...
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CaptionCall Phone with Captioning Service
As a provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established a fund that gives individuals with hearing loss access to captioned...
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seca 684 r Digital Multifunctional Scale with Integrated RS232 Interface
The consequences are very serious and can sometimes lead to permanent disabilities or death. Typically men are 70 years old and women are 75 years old when a stroke occurs....
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11B-202.5 Alterations to qualified historic buildings and facilities
These regulations require public entities that operate historic preservation programs to give priority to methods that provide physical access to individuals with disabilities....
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11B-202.5 Alterations to qualified historic buildings and facilities
These regulations require public entities that operate historic preservation programs to give priority to methods that provide physical access to individuals with disabilities....
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TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
Accessible Voting Program The County shall provide an accessible voting program, including a program that is accessible to persons with mobility or vision disabilities and accessible...
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Shannon Mulhall
Mulhall, NIC, ADAC, CASp, is the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator for the City of Fresno, CA and owner of Green Light Accessibility Consulting....
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5. Exception from the Requirements of M302 for Weight Scales with Integral Seats
Four commenters responded: three concurred (an accessibility consultant, disability rights organization, and a state agency concerned with accessibility); and one commenter (a manufacturer...
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II. Cost-disproportionality Is Only a Factor Under Certain Circumstances
A public entity is permitted to consider cost-disproportionality in determining whether to make an altered path of travel readily accessible to individuals with disabilities (including individuals...
