numerous facilities including: a nursing care addition at Pennswood Village Retirement Community, Newton, PA (Lewis and Rodgers Architects, Fort Washington, PA) (Figure 1); Bridges Medical Services...
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Toilet Room Configuration
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Exhibit A
charge) __TTY/TDD (text telephone) __Assistive listening device (sound amplifier) __Qualified note-takers __Writing back and forth __CART: Computer-assisted Real Time Transcription Service...
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
. § 35.133(a) SDA will take reasonable steps to ensure its agency and grantees maintain the accessibility of its programs, activities, services, facilities, and equipment, and will take...
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11B-203.2 Construction sites
This section provides a general exception for structures and sites directly associated with the actual processes of construction from the accessibility provisions of Chapter 11B....
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§1607.9 No assumption of validity.
Under no circumstances will the general reputation of a test or other selection procedures, its author or its publisher, or casual reports of its validity be accepted in lieu of evidence...
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Doorways
Corresponding changes have been made to a similar provision in the general scoping section for doors (206.5.3)....
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Power-Operated Doors or Gates
Those with doors or gates on opposing sides generally facilitate lift use by permitting a forward approach to both entry and exit doors or gates....
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M304.2.2 Standing Supports (Section-by-Section Analysis)
(Significant Changes – Standing Supports), the final rule retains the general requirement that standing supports be provided on two sides of the standing surface....
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What Assistance Will the Person(s) Provide?
the person to place a hand on your shoulder and assisting the person to/through the circulation path Opening doors in the circulation path Waiting for First Responders Generally...
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Small governmental jurisdictions affected by proposed accessibility guidelines
Many of these small governmental jurisdictions are located in rural areas, which generally do not construct pedestrian transportation networks (e.g., sidewalks, pedestrian street crossings...
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2.5.2.2 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards
These ratings are combined to generate a risk level. If the risk level is high enough, the design must incorporate mitigations to control the risk....
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It appears that the accessibility standards may result in lots of chargers in ADA spaces not being used or “stranded assets.” Was this issue addressed in development of the standards?
Vehicle spaces which display the International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA), sometimes referred to as the wheelchair symbol, are generally understood to be reserved for the exclusive use...
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Release of unsold accessible seats. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Through its investigations, the Department has become familiar with the problem of designated accessible seating being sold to the general public before people who need accessible seating...
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Image maps
Image maps should not generally be used because: They have become an outdated method of presenting links; It is easier to use CSS for laying out links on different...
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A.2.ii. - Should EIT be compatible with assistive technology?
Yes, as a general matter. The goal of Section 508 is that EIT be compatible with assistive technology....
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12162(e)(2)(B)(ii) Alterations to a primary function area
and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General...
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There Are No “The Disabled” And There Is No “One Size Fits All.”
Most generalizations about disabilities have numerous exceptions. Two individuals with the same type of functional limitations can have very different abilities and needs....
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Question 16
Should the Department develop a general standard that specifies requirements for beds wherever accessible sleeping accommodations are required?...