Audio description makes movies more accessible to individuals who are blind or have low vision by providing narrated information about key visual elements of the movie, such as actions,...
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1. Captioning and Audio Description for Analog Movies
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Implementation Approach and Schedule
require all pages associated with obtaining core air travel services and information related to these core services, either to be directly conformant on the carrier's primary Web site, or have...
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Background
There is a general concern that the standards are outdated as they were developed in the 1980's and mobility devices and the demographics of those using these devices have evolved over the...
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1. Background
In recent years, however, other text-based means of communication have emerged, including simple message service (SMS or text messages) and real-time text (RTT) technology....
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B. Accessibility
built since 1993 are often the best candidates for emergency shelters because they were subject to ADA requirements for physical accessibility when they were built.4 Some older facilities have...
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C. The 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Movie Captioning and Audio Description
The Department also proposed that each movie theater have available a certain number of captioning devices based on the number of seats in the movie theater and have available a certain...
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2. Business Necessity
For example: An employer may ask candidates for a clerical job if they have a driver's license, because it would be desirable to have a person in the job who could occasionally run errands...
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"Light Duty" Jobs
"Light Duty" Jobs Many employers have established "light duty" positions to respond to medical restrictions on workers recovering from job-related injuries, in order to reduce workers...
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Toilet Room Doors
However, many facilities that have these extra features also tend to have ample space to meet accessibility requirements....
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233.1 General
In sleeping rooms with more than 25 beds covered by this part, a minimum of 5% of the beds shall have clear floor space complying with section 806.2.3. 2....
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5. Safety Hazards
She alleges that "it is well-settled that public entities have a duty to remove disability access barriers that constitute safety hazards to persons with mobility disabilities" and that...
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Trailhead Information Signs [F216.13 and 1017.10]
For example, hikers want to know which trail is most appropriate for the amount of time they have available, the people in their group, and the type of hike that best suits their needs or...
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4. Federal Appellate Case Law Addressing Captioning and Audio Description
The use of auxiliary aids to make that service available to those who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision does not change that service. ...
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TABLE 601 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING ELEMENTS (hours)
The structural frame shall be considered to be the columns and the girders, beams, trusses and spandrels having direct connections to the columns and bracing members designed to carry gravity...
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2. What are examples of auxiliary aids and services for students with hearing, vision, and speech disabilities?
Interpreters must be qualified.24 This means that the interpreter must be able to interpret both receptively (having the skill needed to understand what the person with a disability is saying...
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Section 35.150(b)(2) Safe Harbor (Section-by-Section Analysis)
entities and individuals with disabilities alike, the Department proposes to add a provision to the program accessibility requirement in § 35.150 that would clarify that public entities that have...
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Reasonable Modification of Policies and Procedures
In these cases, the ADA requires public entities to make “reasonable modifications” in their usual ways of doing things when necessary to accommodate people who have disabilities....
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The final rule modifies the NPRM's approach to ensuring nondiscriminatory access to rail service by establishing a performance standard that passenger railroads would have to meet at new...
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Requirement to block accessible guest room reservations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
requirements should alleviate the widely-reported problem of arriving at a hotel only to discover that, although an accessible room was reserved, the room available is not accessible or does not have...
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Trash, Recycling, and Other Essential Containers
Many recreation areas have trash and recycling containers for visitors' convenience to protect the environment or to discourage visits to the area by wild animals....
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A. Question 1: Applicability of Section 904.4.1’s Exception
Accordingly, Defendants have complied with Section 904.4.1 or its exception. See generally 2010 Standards § 904.4.1....
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III-1.7000 Relationship to title II
The new stadium would have to be built in compliance with the accessibility guidelines of both titles II and III....
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2. Amended TTY Requirements
Consequently, in this direct final rule, the TTY-related requirements from the original 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines have been modestly revised – in minor, non-substantive ways – so...
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28 CFR Parts 35 and 36 Amendment of ADA Title II and Title III Regulations To Implement ADA Amendments Act of 2008 - Final Rule
Congress intended that the primary object of attention in cases brought under the ADA should be whether covered entities have complied with their statutory obligations not to discriminate...