Portable tactile maps The most obvious way to provide spatial information for visually disabled visitors is to offer portable raised-line and textured (tactile) maps that can be carried...
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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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The Research
The testing for Phase I & II took place at The Governor Morehead School for the Blind and the Alliance for Disability Advocates- Center for Independent Living in Raleigh, North Carolina...
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Chapter 5: Fashioning a Durable ADA: The House of Representatives
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Standards and Anthropometry for Wheeled Mobility
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Exception 8
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II-6.2100 General
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11B-604.8.1.1 Size
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11B-242.2 Swimming pools
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Section 35.151(e) Social service center establishments
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§35.190 Designated Agencies
and local government operations further complicates the process of establishing Federal agency jurisdiction for the purpose of investigating complaints of discrimination on the basis of disability...
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Issue 3: Is there a need for a different kind of Practice?
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Section 35.151(e) Social service center establishments (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One commenter stated that it did not agree that the standards for residential coverage would serve persons with disabilities as well as the 1991 transient lodging standards....
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Undue burden (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
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ASME: ADA Standard Section 105.2.2
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AccessRec LLC WaterWheels, the Floating Pool Wheelchair - Assembly
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Aquatic Access ADA-Compliant LIfts
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Accessible Pittsburgh: Hospital Compliance Guidelines
Katherine Seelman, Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and Associate Dean of Disability Programs at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh...
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Same but different - Theo's Story
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2.3(b) Job Analysis and the "Essential Functions" of a Job
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Choice of Option One for Defining ‘‘Designed and Constructed for First Occupancy’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Most business groups and some disability rights groups favored Option One, and some business groups and most disability rights groups favored Option Two....
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Accessible Entrance
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Common Use Circulation Paths in Employee Work Areas
section 4.1.1(3), and the 2010 Standards at section 203.9, require employee work areas in new construction and alterations only to be designed and constructed so that individuals with disabilities...
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1. Width and Depth of Wheelchair Spaces
One commenter (a disability rights organization) asserted that if diagnostic equipment is accessible for wheelchairs it should also be accessible to scooters and recommended enlarging the...
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E. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Department of Justice Disability Rights Section 1425 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C 20005 (Fax) 202-305-9775 41....
