Among other projects, Jess has organized a statewide coalition against organ transplant discrimination, pushed successfully for more and better Medicaid waiver services for people with intellectual...
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Disability Advocacy: Reaching for an Accessible Future | Jessica Benham | TEDxUniversityofPittsburgh
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232 Detention and Correctional Facilities
housing or holding cells, at least 2% of the cells must be equipped with accessible communication features, such as visual alarms and telephones equipped with volume controls, to accommodate persons...
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Portable Floor Lifts
Some lifts are more easily operated by two or more people; others may be operated by one person....
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Visible Alarms
corridors to exits, and other common use spaces) were required to be accessible under the 1991 Standards; areas in which employees actually perform their jobs are required to enable a person...
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RECOMMENDED CHANGE
This far exceeds the force that a person can generate in the horizontal direction under any realistic transfer scenario (see figure below)....
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M302.2.3 Size (Section-by-Section Analysis)
recommended increasing the width to 23 inches, two of the commenters, accessibility consultant and disability advocate, stated that the proposed dimensions were insufficient citing concerns for persons...
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§35.170 Complaints
Although § 35.107 requires public entities that employ 50 or more persons to establish grievance procedures for resolution of complaints, exhaustion of those procedures is not a prerequisite...
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SENSORY PROVISIONS
Where a product delivers audio output through an external speaker, provide an industry standard connector for headphones or personal listening devices (e.g., phone-like handset or earcup...
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Technical Memorandum TM 2017-25 Door and Gate Surfaces
The intent of this section is to provide protection for persons with mobility impairments from injury by preventing projections that may catch a cane, crutch, walker, or wheelchair and inhibits...
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29. Does reassignment mean that the employee is permitted to compete for a vacant position?
note 6, at 31 ("If an employee, because of disability, can no longer perform the essential functions of the job that she or he has held, a transfer to another vacant job for which the person...
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Safety
For example, if an FAA safety rule provides that only persons who can perform certain functions can sit in an exit row, then you can request that an individual unable to perform those functions...
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Ask Questions and Provide Instructions
Directing carrier personnel to remove footrests (if possible) and other removable parts of personal wheelchairs and stow them in the cabin may help to reduce the potential for damage to...
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407.12 Reach Height (Section-by-Section Analysis)
407.12 Reach Height (Section-by-Section Analysis) This section proposes requirements for the height of side and forward reaches that would enable persons using wheelchairs or other mobility...
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410.6 Real-Time Text Functionality (Section-by-Section Analysis)
previously, both the Advisory Committee and the Board believe that RTT represents an important technological advance that provides an equivalent alternative to voice communications for persons...
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Infrared Systems
A person can walk from room to room, as in a conference, and not need a new receiver, or need to adjust a receiver for each room....
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EVACUATION
Some communities are instituting voluntary, confidential registries of persons with disabilities who may need individualized evacuation assistance or notification....
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Situations and Solutions
The employer wanted to provide accommodations during the first stage interview, which involved answering questions from a three-person search committee....
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SIDEWALKS
Within three months of the effective date of this Agreement, the City of Waukegan will implement and report to the Department its written process for soliciting and receiving input from persons...
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Users and Needs
Many prescriptive requirements of model accessibility standards place both older persons and caregivers at greater risk of injury than do facilities that would be considered noncompliant...
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1.1.13 Flatness of ramp running slope
Measuring 12 - in. (300 mm) lengths can account for local variations in slope that may be difficult for a person in a wheelchair or using other mobility aids to use....
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Exception 8
of the finding of unreasonable hardship shall be recorded and entered into the files of the enforcing agency and shall be subject to Chapter 1, Section 1.9.1.5, Special Conditions for Persons...
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Communication. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Additional commenters noted that few persons now use TTYs, preferring instead to communicate by email, texting, and videophones....
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11B-604.8.1.1 Size
The minimum space required in toilet compartments is provided so that a person using a wheelchair can maneuver into position at the water closet....
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Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade - Coral Gables, FL
Our Vision A safe and healthy home for every person. Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade is a local affiliate of Rebuilding Together. ...
