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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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Executive Order 13132: Federalism
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Enforcement Provisions
City’s obligations to comply with any other federal, state, or local statutory, administrative, regulatory, or common law obligation, including those relating to nondiscrimination against individuals...
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Enforcement Provisions
County's obligations to comply with any other federal, state, or local statutory, administrative, regulatory, or common law obligation, including those relating to nondiscrimination against individuals...
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216 Signs
Scoping based on IBC requirements. 4.1.2(7)(a) Parking spaces designated as reserved for individuals with disabilities 216.5 Parking....
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A. ACCESSIBLE SEATING
sentence, if it is not readily achievable for the Cavs to place Wheelchair Spaces and Companion Seats in each such specialty seating area, it shall provide those services or amenities to individuals...
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Executive Order 13132
The ADA and the Department's implementing regulations set minimum civil rights protections for individuals with disabilities that in turn may affect the implementation of State and local...
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Resources
on how to file ADA complaints: 800-669-4000 (Voice); 800-669-6820 (TTY); www.eeoc.gov The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) provides information and advice to employers and people with disabilities...
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COMMENTS
Groups representing persons with disabilities objected to the proposed rule because, in their view, it permitted the large theater or hospital to evade ADA responsibilities by leasing to...
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Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) PneuMobility
These novel mobility devices run entirely on compressed air - learn how this can help Veterans and all with disabilities...
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Costs and Benefits
The Final RA discusses how the new and revised provisions in the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines are expected to directly benefit a significant number of Americans with disabilities by...
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Subpart F—Certification of State Labs or Local Building Codes (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many of the comments received from business organizations, as well as those from some individuals and disability rights groups, addressed the relationship of the ADA requirements and their...
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Subpart F—Certification of State Labs or Local Building Codes (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Many of the comments received from business organizations, as well as those from some individuals and disability rights groups, addressed the relationship of the ADA requirements and their...
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4.3 Reach Ranges
The IDEA Center results demonstrate that some individuals can only reach the anterior or lateral most plane at the extreme of their reach range....
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4.1 Wheeled Mobility Device Dimensions
In the IDEA research, the height of a seat plane was defined and also measured at point at the rear of an individual’s buttocks using an extension of the electromechanical probe that we...
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Guidelines for Requirement 7
The Guidelines for Requirement 7 present design specifications for providing usable kitchens and bathrooms such that an individual in a wheelchair can maneuver about the space, as required...
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25. Evaluation and placement
Section 104.35(a) requires that an individual evaluation be conducted before any action is taken with respect either to the initial placement of a handicapped child in a regular or special...
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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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M305.2.3 Height (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Four commenters (two manufacturers, one disability rights organization, and a state agency concerned with accessibility) supported the proposed height range....
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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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Transfer Surface Size: Equipment Used by Patients in Supine, Prone, or Side-Lying Position (M301.2.2)
The 30 inches minimum width is based on comments submitted by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) regarding medical equipment dimensions in response to DOJ’s ANPRM on...
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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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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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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...
