NAD Attorney Anna Bitencourt explains how text to 911 is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). View the entire #ADA25 series at www.nad.org/ADA25....
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ADA25: #21 of 25 -- Text to 911
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B. Title III's Implementing Regulation
For individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and who are unable to effectively use the assistive listening receivers currently provided in movie theaters to amplify sound, the only auxiliary...
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1. Standing Supports
commenter argued that these supports are actually arm supports intended to ensure proper patient positioning during the diagnostic exam, and were not intended as an accessibility feature to assist...
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Sections 35.108(d)(4) and 36.105(d)(4)—Examples of Mitigating Measures
medical supplies, equipment, appliances, low-vision devices, prosthetics, hearing aids, cochlear implants and implantable hearing devices, mobility devices, oxygen therapy equipment, and assistive...
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"Auxiliary Aids and Services" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Although this policy was already enunciated in the Department’s 1993 Title II Technical Assistance Manual at II– 7.1000, the Department proposed inclusion in the regulation itself because...
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Title III Readily Achievable Barrier Removal
Generally, lifts purchased after March 15, 2012 must be fixed if it is readily achievable to do so. ...
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Wheelchair Spaces
Such codes generally do not permit wheelchair spaces to block the required width of a circulation path. In various situations, the new requirement is expected to have modest impacts....
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Passenger Elevators
Generally under the guidelines, the requirements apply only to the element to be altered and not those outside the intended scope of work (except for alterations to primary function areas...
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2. Electronic (Digital) Level
The ADA Standards set requirements for maximum running and cross slopes, so surveyors can generally check compliance with the Standards by measuring where the running slopes appear steepest...
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Section 35.151(h) Medical care facilities
Board did not establish specific design requirements for dispersion in the 2004 ADAAG, in response to extensive comments in support of dispersion it added an advisory note, Advisory 223.1 General...
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Exercise Machines and Equipment
Types of machines are generally defined according to the muscular groups exercised or the kind of cardiovascular exercise provided....
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Coverage and Definition of “Flight”
Commenters, including foreign carriers, generally conceded that it was acceptable for the rule to cover foreign carriers’ flights that started or ended at a U.S. airport....
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Water Closet Clear Floor Space in Toilet Compartments
Other fixtures, such as lavatories, generally are not permitted to overlap the clearance required at water closets....
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Overview
If seating maps or brochures are provided to the general public, similar information showing accessible seating must be provided to individuals with disabilities....
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Rulemaking authority of the Board and effect of the guidelines
The Board issues accessibility guidelines based on its expertise and experience which serve as the basis for further regulatory action by other agencies (General Services Administration,...
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Section 36.406(g) Medical Care Facilities
Board did not establish specific design requirements for dispersion in the 2004 ADAAG, in response to extensive comments in support of dispersion it added an advisory note, Advisory 223.1 General...
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11B-226.4 Baby changing tables
This has been generally understood to include the technical requirements for accessible routes, clear floor space, reach ranges, knee and toe space, worksurface heights, operable parts and...
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M303.2.3 Depth (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The MDE Advisory Committee did not make recommendations regarding the general requirement for depth for wheelchair spaces, but did make recommendations regarding the depth of wheelchair...
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Standards Specific to Assembly Areas
Wheelchair spaces generally should not be on temporary or movable platforms....
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II. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The summary notice advises that Settling Defendants will improve access to and usability of their facilities for persons with disabilities in exchange for a "general release...effective...
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208 Parking Spaces
In general, required access is determined by a sliding scale based on the total number of spaces provided (Table 208.2)....
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2. Executive Summary
The Department of Defense and United States Postal Service are required to adopt accessibility standards for their respective facilities, and the General Services Administration is required...
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2. New Construction and Alterations
Indeed, Plaintiff's expert Gary Waters confirmed that an architect's professional standard of care is to deliver a building that "generally conforms" to access requirements, and that is...
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Table 1.2 Organizational Members of the Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory Committee
the Committee/Staff Member Earlene Sesker, MDE Rulemaking Lead/Staff Member Marsha Mazz, Director of the Office of Technical and Information Services/ Staff Member James Raggio, General...