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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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7. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
NYCEM Twitter @NYCEM @NotifyNYC NYCEM Website (nyc.gov/ emergencymanagement) Notify NYC (nyc.gov/notifynyc) Advance Warning System for organizations that serve the disabilities...
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B.2.ii. - How should an agency proceed in identifying "applicable" technical provisions in Subparts B, C, and D of the Access Board’s standards to ensure acquired products provide comparable access?
., help desk) for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end users with disabilities....
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Sample Documents
Upon request, the information must be provided in “alternative” formats, such as Braille and large print, so that it is accessible to people with vision disabilities....
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Boarding and Deplaning Assistance Where Level-Entry Boarding is Unavailable
airports with 10,000 or more annual enplanements where level-entry boarding is not available [Secs. 382.40(a) and 382.40a(a)], carriers must provide boarding assistance to passengers with a disability...
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Qualified interpreter (Section-by-Section Analysis)
definition focuses on the actual ability of the interpreter in a particular interpreting context to facilitate effective communication between the public entity and the individual with disabilities...
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T504 Fare Collection Devices
that such devices do not impede wheelchair movement along passenger access routes), as well as their operable parts (to ensure such devices are reachable and usable by passengers with disabilities...
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242.2 Swimming Pools
Providing different means of access will better serve the varying needs of people with disabilities in getting into and out of a swimming pool....
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3.4.3. Captioning Device Unit Costs
Average (All Technologies) $727 Source: NATO, Statement of Position on RIN 1190-AA63, CRT Docket No. 126, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...
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3.2.1. Overview of NATO’s 2015 Accessibility Survey
Equipped to Provide Audio Description 22,673 Source: NATO, 2015 Accessibility Survey on RIN 1190-AA63, CRT Docket No. 126, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...
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3.2. Baselines
description is distributed across the venue types in the primary analysis. 18 NATO, 2015 Accessibility Survey on RIN 1190-AA63, CRT Docket No. 126, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...
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Capabilities, Resources, and Facilities
experience in dealing with people with disabilities. access to an appropriate population. experience in producing high-quality technical reports....
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Service Animal Policy
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Agreement, to ensure equal access for persons with disabilities who use service animals to all facilities that it operates,...
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III-7.8400 Business and mercantile
No, but employees should be instructed to bring food items around to the front of high counters for individuals with disabilities....
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Manual Wheelchairs
Their design is based on the types of wheelchairs developed by athletes with disabilities over the past 20 years....
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III-2.3000 Drug addiction as an impairment
Alcohol is not a "controlled substance," but alcoholism is a disability. What is "current use"?...
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Minimum Number of Accessible Parking Spaces [§208.2]
each 100 or fraction thereof over 1000 Valet Parking Accessible spaces are required in parking facilities with valet parking because vehicles specially equipped for persons with disabilities...
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Amendments to 49 CFR Part 27
., that spaces not used by the public or likely to result in the employment of individuals with disabilities would not have to meet the standards) have been deleted....
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Section 37.121 Requirement for Comparable Complementary Paratransit Service
By “complementary,” we mean service that acts as a “safety net” for individuals with disabilities who cannot use the fixed route system....
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
If it is not possible to seat the entire group together and the group must be split, the tickets should be allocated so that the individuals with disabilities are not isolated from others...
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II-2.3000 Drug addiction as an impairment
Alcohol is not a "controlled substance," but alcoholism is a disability. What is "current use"?...
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
If it is not possible to seat the entire group together and the group must be split, the tickets should be allocated so that the individuals with disabilities are not isolated from others...
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Detectable Warning Surfaces on Curb Ramps (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requirements for detectable warning surfaces on curb ramps in the accessibility standards included the regulations issued by the Department of Justice implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Embedded Inaccessible Third-Party Plug-In Applications and Links to Inaccessible External Web Sites and Applications
Disability advocacy organizations commenting on the issue urged the Department to require carriers to ensure that downloadable third-party software is accessible....