The complainants in this matter are deaf, and are individuals with disabilities within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1)(A) and its implementing regulation 28 C.F.R. Part 36....
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I. BACKGROUND AND JURISDICTION
This matter was initiated as a result of complaints filed under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§12181-12189, with the United States Attorney's...
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[2010 ADAS] 105.2.4 ICC/IBC
emergency evacuation, evacuation elevators are designed with standby power and other features according to the elevator safety standard and can be used for the evacuation of individuals with disabilities...
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Lines of Sight for Wheelchair Spaces
Disability groups and persons with disabilities strongly favored such a change to ensure equivalency in the viewing experience....
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2. Neighborhood Access
[n]ecessarily require a public entity to make each of its existing facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.")....
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Provisions of the Final Rule
First, the entity must make information about the process, and how to use it, readily available to the public, including individuals with disabilities....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(viii) Substantial Limitation in Only One Major Life Activity Required
The ADAAA explicitly states that an impairment need only substantially limit one major life activity to be considered a disability under the ADA....
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Breast Platform [M303.4.1]
Recommendations from accessibility experts who developed mammography protocols for women with disabilities identified a need for a breast platform height of 24 inches....
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Introduction
The Access Board is responsible for developing accessibility guidelines for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and...
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46. Can an employer claim undue hardship solely because a reasonable accommodation would require it to make changes to property owned by someone else?
s employees becomes disabled and needs to use a wheelchair....
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9. Is an employer required to provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?
If more than one accommodation is effective, "the preference of the individual with a disability should be given primary consideration....
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Equipment and furniture.
Most individuals and organizations representing individuals with disabilities were in favor of adding or clarifying requirements for accessible equipment. ...
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F. Electronic and information technology
Electronic and information technology The Department believes that it is important for individuals with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to use electronic and information technology...
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II. Rulemaking History
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the Access Board to issue guidelines for transportation vehicles—including buses, OTRBs, and vans—to ensure that new, used and remanufactured...
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Separate benefit (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Separate benefit—Section 36.202(c) permits different or separate benefits or services only when necessary to provide persons with disabilities opportunities as effective as those provided...
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Section 1630.10(b)—Qualification Standards and Tests Related to Uncorrected Vision
An individual challenging a covered entity's application of a qualification standard, test, or other criterion based on uncorrected vision need not be a person with a disability....
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b) Applicability
It imposes the ongoing responsibility for owners of public accommodations to remove existing barriers for individuals with disabilities to the extent that it is readily achievable to do...
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Arriving at the Polling Place: Parking
If parking is provided for voters, accessible parking must be provided for people with disabilities....
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XIV. Technical Assistance
Grants will be awarded for projects to inform individuals with disabilities and covered entities about their rights and responsibilities under the ADA and to facilitate voluntary compliance...
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Access Aisle
Commenters questioned why the 2010 Standards would permit an accessible route used by individuals with disabilities to coincide with the path of moving vehicles....
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What constitutes discrimination?
Discrimination is the failure to give a person with a disability the equal opportunity to use or enjoy the public accommodation’s goods, services, or facilities....
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F202.3 Alterations
If providing accessibility in compliance with these requirements for people with one type of disability (e.g., people who use wheelchairs) is not feasible, accessibility must still be provided...
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
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A. Accessibility of Web Information
Accordingly, the Department is withdrawing the two previously announced ANPRMs related to the accessibility of Web information and services, ‘‘Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...