consideration must be given to the following factors: accessibility requirements of individuals with disabilities; means of communicating with individuals with disabilities; commonly used adaptive technology...
Search Results "NTTAA: National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995"
2010 ADA Definition
NTTAA: National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995: The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (NTTAA) directs that as a general matter, all Federal agencies and departments shall use technical standards that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies, which are private, generally non-profit organizations that develop technical standards or specifications using well-defined procedures that require openness, balanced participation among affected interests and groups, fairness and due process, and an opportunity for appeal, as a means to carry out policy objectives or activities. Public Law 104– 113, section 12(d)(1) (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
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Section 1193.33 Information, documentation and training [1193.25 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Implementation Approach and Schedule
In their view, the technology already exists to restructure a large Web site on an accelerated schedule....
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SCI Empowerment Project by University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center, is one of only 14 model spinal cord injury (SCI) centers funded by the National...
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Design Guidelines for the Visual Environment
This guideline was developed by the Low Vision Design Committee of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) through initial funding from the U.S....
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Diversability
.” — Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations What We Do Diversability is a mission-driven social enterprise....
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Rebuilding Together Mohawk Valley - Clinton, NY
In 2007, the national organization rehabbed its 100,000th home....
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Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL) - Montpelier, Burlington, Morrisville, Bennington, Brattleboro, Newport, and Rutland, VT
VCIL is a proud member of: the National Council on Independent Living...
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Center for People with Disabilities (CPWD) - Boulder, Longmont, Thornton, CO
We are one of over 400 Independent Living Centers across the Nation....
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Roads To Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central Pennsylvania (CILNCP) - Williamsport, PA
CILNCP offers services to all persons regardless of race, creed, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, sexual preference, national origin or disability status....
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DisAbility Partners - Sylva and Asheville, NC
In accordance with Federal law and the US Department of Agriculture policy, this Organization is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability...
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ACCESS to Independence, Inc. - Madison, WI
We are a part of a network of centers across the nation and one of the eight centers in Wisconsin. ...
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Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living (NWVCIL) - Morgantown and Elkins, WV
with disabilities so everyone has equal opportunity and freedom of choice; and to eliminate housing discrimination to create equal housing opportunity for all regardless of race, color, national...
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LaCantina Multi-slide Contemporary Clad Sliding Door System
E270-Argon-Clear 0.35 0.28 E366-Argon-Clear 0.35 0.22 U-factor gives the rate of heat transfer...
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James E. Woods, Ph.D., P.E. Natural Lighting for Persons with Low Vision
Those shades – there’s a point I want to make that’s really important: When you do daylighting and you resort to shades, the heat gain is being transferred inside the building, and that’...
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Section 1630.2(k) Record of a Substantially Limiting Impairment
This conclusion, which has been the Commission's long-standing position, is confirmed by language in the ADA Amendments Act stating that individuals covered only under the “regarded as”...
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Section 36.207 Places of Public Accommodation Located in Private Residences (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
If it is not readily achievable to remove existing architectural barriers, a public accommodation located in a private residence may meet its obligations under the Act and this part by providing...
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B. How Does a TTY Work?
Wherever the emergency numbers are listed, the TTY number must be listed as prominently as the voice number. 2 See Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act Title II Technical...
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Time periods
that the transition plan include a schedule for providing curb ramps or other sloped areas at existing pedestrian walkways, giving priority to walkways serving entities covered by the Act...
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Official Definitions
In the United States, blindness is defined as part of the Social Security Act for purposes of defining disability for disability benefits (slide 5)....
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Section 36.406(c) Places of Lodging (Section-by-Section Analysis)
condominiums or corporate hotels that do not meet this definition will not be covered by § 36.406(c) of the proposed regulation, but will likely be covered by the requirements of the Fair Housing Act...
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Section 35.136 Service Animals (Section-by-Section Analysis)
proposed language does not require that the person with a disability care for his or her service animal if care can be provided by a family member, friend, attendant, volunteer, or anyone acting...
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About this Study
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990) states that accessible surfaces shall be stable, firm, and slip-resistant....
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II-6.3100 General principles
The UFAS standards apply (as provided in the Architectural Barriers Act) in all areas frequented by the public or which "may result in employment ... of physically handicapped persons" (...
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Senate Approval
Humphrey (R-NH) called it “one of the most radical pieces of legislation I have encountered."71 Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) cynically suggested the bill should be called the “Lawyers Relief Act...
