Many commenters, including business organizations, a professional association, disability rights groups, and individuals with disabilities, urged that the Department take steps overall to...
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Subpart F-Certification of State Laws or Local Building Codes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Marc Dubin, Esq.
I served as a Senior Trial Attorney in the Disability Rights Section of the Justice Department, responsible for nationwide enforcement of the ADA and Section 504 on behalf of the United...
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Other Information for Individuals with Hearing or Vision Impairments
One carrier suggested that the emphasis should be not on how swiftly carriers can transmit the information to the disabled passenger but on when the passenger needs to have it....
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Movie Captioning Coverage (Section-by-Section Analysis)
To that end, and as stated previously, the ADA prohibits public accommodations such as movie theaters from affording individuals with disabilities an unequal or lesser service than that...
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NuStep T4r Recumbent Cross Trainer
T4r combines lower and upper body movement for a full body workout, building strength and invigorating users such as those with disabilities, in rehabilitation or desiring health and wellness...
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Beneficial Designs The Universal Trail Assessment Process (UTAP)
interpretive information about the trail environment enhance trail access and use for a wide variety of users, including older adults, inexperienced users, families and people with disabilities...
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#CripTheVoteStories with Vilissa K. Thompson
Rooted in Rights and the organizers of #CripTheVote created a series of short videos featuring the disability community....
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Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems... palsy is just one
With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled....
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E202 General Exceptions (Section-by-Section Analysis)
1194.3(d) of the existing 508 Standards, which provides that when agencies provide the public access to ICT, they are not required to make agency-owned ICT available to individuals with disabilities...
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Covered Entities
equipment are required by §255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1966 to "ensure that the equipment is designed, developed and fabricated to be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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Passenger Loading Zones
the 2010 Standards stating that the requirements for an access aisle, width, length, and marking of passenger loading zones are not clear, do not fully meet the needs of individuals with disabilities...
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5. Costs of the Proposed Rule
Unquantified Costs of the Proposed Rule Possible increase in federal government expenditures to provide accommodations if the government hires more people with addressable disabilities...
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10.4 Coordination Procedures to Avoid Duplicative Complaint Processing Under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act
The joint EEOC-OFCCP rule provides that a complaint of discrimination on the basis of disability filed with OFCCP under Section 503 will be considered a charge filed simultaneously under...
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11B-1008.4.2 Clear floor or ground space
This will enhance the ability of children with disabilities to independently use the play component....
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II-7.1000 Equally effective communication.
Courtroom spectators with disabilities are also participants in the court program and are entitled to such aids or services as will afford them an equal opportunity to follow the court proceedings...
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B. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Captioning and Video Description
public accommodations due to the downturn in the economy over the ensuing 2 years, the Department published the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...
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Market Monitoring Report
For example, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) funds a variety of research projects and centers, including a research center devoted to telecommunications...
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Issue: Self-Evaluation and Transition Plans
As a result, people with disabilities cannot participate in or benefit from the city’s services, programs, and activities....
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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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5. Edge Protection
The Access Board received two comments from disability rights organizations....
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F242.2 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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Notes
W The proposed standards do not cover a few categories of equipment that may assist persons with disabilities in transferring onto or off of medical diagnostic equipment....
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(4) Adjustability: Method of Measurement
the measurement at the highest point on the transfer surface allows for small bolsters or contours and does not significantly increase the overall height of the transfer for people with disabilities...
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‘‘Qualified interpreter.’’
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...
