Commenters observed that now, more than seventeen years after enactment of the ADA, as facilities are becoming physically accessible to individuals with disabilities, the Department needs...
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The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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Safe Harbor
court sports facilities Public entities need to make structural changes to these recreational elements and to their residential dwelling units to ensure that people with disabilities...
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Accessibility Standards in Title II Regulations Issued by DOJ
in or the denial of the benefits of services, programs, or activities, or other discrimination because a public entity's facilities are inaccessible to or unusable by individuals with disabilities...
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Appendix to May 23, 2014 Document
Exceptions to the 2010 Standards This table is provided for HUD recipients that elect to use the 2010 Standards under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as an alternative...
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XI. GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The parties will jointly prepare and disseminate a media release recognizing the efforts of Kaiser to take a leadership role in providing accessible health care to people with disabilities...
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2. The Class Notices Are Defective and Will Reach Only A Minuscule Portion of Class Members
While it is unknown how frequently the members of the disability community visit the Access Now’s website, it is highly unlikely that this web site – or the notices to be posted thereon...
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Additional Information
The ADA states, ‘‘[i]t is the purpose of this [Act] (1) to provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities;...
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11B-202.5 Alterations to qualified historic buildings and facilities
These regulations require public entities that operate historic preservation programs to give priority to methods that provide physical access to individuals with disabilities....
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TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
Accessible Voting Program The County shall provide an accessible voting program, including a program that is accessible to persons with mobility or vision disabilities and accessible...
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CaptionCall Phone with Captioning Service
As a provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established a fund that gives individuals with hearing loss access to captioned...
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seca 684 r Digital Multifunctional Scale with Integrated RS232 Interface
The consequences are very serious and can sometimes lead to permanent disabilities or death. Typically men are 70 years old and women are 75 years old when a stroke occurs....
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5. Exception from the Requirements of M302 for Weight Scales with Integral Seats
Four commenters responded: three concurred (an accessibility consultant, disability rights organization, and a state agency concerned with accessibility); and one commenter (a manufacturer...
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II. Cost-disproportionality Is Only a Factor Under Certain Circumstances
A public entity is permitted to consider cost-disproportionality in determining whether to make an altered path of travel readily accessible to individuals with disabilities (including individuals...
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Safe harbor and other proposed limitations on barrier removal.
The Department seeks to strike an appropriate balance between ensuring that people with disabilities are provided access to buildings and facilities and potential financial burdens on existing...
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Section 37.165 Lift and Securement Use
The entity's personnel have an obligation to ensure that a passenger with a disability is able to take advantage of the accessibility and safety features on vehicles....
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Introduction
A one-day workshop was conducted in August 2009 in conjunction with the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) national conference....
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1. Background
., teletypewriters) – which were developed in the 1970s – allow persons with hearing- or speech-related disabilities to send and receive text communications over telephone networks....
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II. Summary of Regulatory Assessment
As noted above, Congress enacted the ADA Amendments Act in 2008 to ensure that persons with disabilities who were denied coverage previously under the ADA would again be able to rely on...
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1. Public Right-of-Way
According to fellow expert Mastin, only licensed architects are qualified to be experts in disability access standards. RT 1250:19-1251:22. 187....
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Issue 13: How can energy codes and LEED™ “Points” be made compatible with lighting design criteria that accommodate low vision persons?
VA’s policy secretary says, “We’re going to meet these goals, and by God you’d better meet it or you’re organizationally not going to go very far.”...
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Elevator requirement to new dining area on the mezzanine of an existing facility
areas, or to all parts of existing outdoor dining areas where the same services and decor are provided in an accessible space usable by the public and not restricted to use by people with disabilities...
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Feature 6 - Restrooms
If restrooms are available to meeting participants, then accessible restrooms must also be available to participants with disabilities....
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Shower and Sauna Doors in Transient Lodging Facilities
Congress directed this requirement to be included so that individuals with disabilities could visit guests in other rooms. See H. Rept. 101‒485, pt. 2, at 118 (1990); S....
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Audible Communication
The Department believes that the reduction in the required number of assistive listening systems for larger assembly areas will meet the needs of individuals with disabilities....
