Within six months of the Effective Date of this Agreement, the Cavs shall have 233 fully functional receivers for assisted listening systems available for patrons with a hearing disability...
Search Results "Disability"
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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C. ACCESSIBILITY FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PATRONS
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SIDEWALKS
months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City of Waukegan will implement and report to the Department its written process for soliciting and receiving input from persons with disabilities...
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Portable tactile maps
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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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
A grassroots disability community had made its presence known on Capitol Hill by uniting to advocate aggressively for the ADA. Meanwhile, no considerable opposition had organized....
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Standards and Anthropometry for Wheeled Mobility
The bulk of the anthropometry research was completed with funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) through the Rehabilitation Engineering Research...
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II-6.2100 General
They can choose either the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) or the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG), which is the...
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11B-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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11B-604.8.1.1 Size
Convenience fixtures such as baby changing tables must also be accessible to people with disabilities as well as to other users....
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201.1.1 Vertical accessibility
accessibility requires all levels in all new buildings, structures and facilities and all altered areas of existing buildings, structures and facilities to be accessible to persons with disabilities...
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Section 35.151(c) Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations
Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations Section 35.151(c) of the NPRM proposed to adopt ADA Chapter 1, ADA Chapter 2, and Chapters 3 through 10 of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Costs and Benefits
The Final RA discusses how the new and revised provisions in the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines are expected to directly benefit a significant number of Americans with disabilities by...
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UDI
UDI The research sample was recruited from disability and senior organizations in Winnipeg by written invitation. The organizations were not reported....
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Section 35.151(c) Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
construction and alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis) Section 35.151(c) of the NPRM proposed to adopt ADA Chapter 1, ADA Chapter 2, and Chapters 3 through 10 of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Speech Output
Comments from disability groups strongly supported the approach taken in the proposed rule....
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G. Availability of Materials Incorporated by Reference
This standard provides design specifications for human-system software interfaces to increase accessibility for persons with disabilities....
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COMMENTS
Groups representing persons with disabilities objected to the proposed rule because, in their view, it permitted the large theater or hospital to evade ADA responsibilities by leasing to...
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Sloan WETS 2050.1401-1.28 G2 OPTIMA Plus Systems Activated HET Flushometer and HET Wall Hung Water Closet
Meets the American Disabilities Guidelines and ANSI A117.1 requirements when installed according to these requirements....
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Sloan WETS 2050.1201-1.28 Solar-Powered HET Flushometer and HET Wall Hung Water Closet
Meets the American Disabilities Guidelines and ANSI A117.1 requirements when installed according to these requirements....
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Section 35.151(e) Social service center establishments
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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§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?
If we’re looking to write guidelines or standards under the Americans With Disabilities Act, for example, bear in mind that the Americans With Disabilities Act does not establish guidelines...
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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)
At least two Federal agencies and 10 organizations representing persons with disabilities opposed the inclusion of factors (2) and (3) suggested in the NPRM....
