Similarly, in response to Department of Justice findings, Pennsylvania revised its policies to divert prisoners with serious mental health or developmental disabilities from solitary confinement...
Search Results "Individual with a Disability"
2010 ADA Definition
Individual with a Disability: Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability. The term "individual with a disability" does not include an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs, when the private entity acts on the basis of such use.
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Restrictive Housing (Solitary Confinement)
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Do all state and local buildings need to be accessible (comply with the ADA Standards for Accessible Design?)
New construction and alterations need to meet the Standards, but for facilities built before the ADA went into effect on January 26, 1992, the focus is on making sure people with disabilities...
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UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
The nature of the use of the facility under construction and its availability to persons with disabilities....
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§ 36.302(c)(4)
A service animal shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness...
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Valet Parking
Parking attendants may not be able to operate vehicles that are specially adapted for drivers with disabilities, such as full hand control operation and removed driver seats....
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III. Plan Maintenance
Plan Maintenance The final step for including employees with disabilities in emergency evacuation plans is plan maintenance....
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Where Service Animals Are Allowed
Animals Are Allowed Under the ADA, State and local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that serve the public generally must allow service animals to accompany people with disabilities...
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68.20(e) Railroad Vehicles
application shall not include railroad locomotives, railroad freight cars, railroad cabooses, commuter or intercity passenger rail cars or any other railroad cars described in the Americans with Disabilities...
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4. Access to Newly Constructed and Altered Facilities
Altered Facilities In implementing the program, the City will ensure that all future construction and alteration work on Pedestrian Facilities will be in compliance with applicable disability...
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F. Assisted Listening Devices:
PSE shall provide no less than twenty (20) fully functional receivers for assisted listening systems ("Assisted Listening Devices") available for patrons with a hearing disability....
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§ 35.136(d) Animal under handler's control
A service animal shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness...
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UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP
The nature of the use of the facility under construction and its availability to persons with disabilities....
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Pricilla Rogers, Ph.D., Center on Vision Loss, American Foundation for the Blind
Most of these individuals are used to having good vision and may not have adapted to reduced vision nor have most of them had low vision services....
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
ensure that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area--and the restrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving it--is readily accessible to and usable by individuals...
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The Department’s Rulemaking History
Forty-five individuals testified in person or by phone. The hearing was streamed live over the Internet....
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The Department's Rulemaking History
Forty-five individuals testified in person or by phone. The hearing was streamed live over the Internet....
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11B-203 General exceptions
Spaces and elements within employee work areas shall only be required to comply with Sections 11B-206.2.8, 11B-207.1, and 11B-215.3 and shall be designed and constructed so that individuals...
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202.4 Alterations Affecting Primary Function Areas
feasible, the path of travel to the altered area, including the parking areas, rest rooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals...
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E. Cost and benefits of website regulations
Please include anticipated benefits for individuals with disabilities, businesses, and other affected parties, including benefits that cannot be fully monetized or otherwise quantified....
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Safe harbor for qualified small businesses regarding what is readily achievable. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Advocacy groups both for individuals with disabilities and private businesses requested specific guidance on what measures were required for barrier removal. ...
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Define "animal" or what qualifies certain species as "service animals." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many commenters asserted that limiting the number of allowable species would help stop erosion of the public's trust, which results in reduced access for many individuals with disabilities...
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Define "animal" or what qualifies certain species as "service animals." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many commenters asserted that limiting the number of allowable species would help stop erosion of the public's trust, which results in reduced access for many individuals with disabilities...
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6. EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY
THINGS TO CONSIDER: Education about individual preparedness benefits community preparedness....
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Executive Order 13132: Federalism
The ADA and the Department's implementing regulation set minimum civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities that in turn may affect the implementation of state and local...