Recommendations for Further Action The National Center on Accessibility continues to receive technical assistance inquiries from the field about what types of natural surface materials...
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Recommendations for Further Action
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Second, in the absence of any better information, it is recommended that a number of immediate changes be implemented to ADAAG to better accommodate assisted transfers in facilities used...
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Access to Printed or Visual Materials
during meetings, including materials used by exhibitors, that have not been converted to alternate formats need to be either read aloud to the whole group or read to individuals who request assistance...
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Ensuring Online Files and Documents are Accessible
Documents and online content should be accessible and optimized for screen readers and other assistive technologies used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with...
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ADA Tolerances - Additional Resources
Segmental Concrete Pavements, Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute https://www.icpi.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/dpu1101_tolerenceguide.pdf Evan Terry Associates Topical Technical Assistance...
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Toilet Room Configuration
This configuration provided room for a 5’ wheelchair turning radius as well as sufficient room for assistance on both sides of the toilet....
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III-7.5165 Signage
information (such as current occupant's name) do not have to comply with any ADAAG requirements. 4) New symbols of accessibility identifying volume control telephones, text telephones, and assistive...
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SDA will use the ADA technical assistance materials developed by the Department and will consult with interested persons, including individuals with disabilities, in developing or procuring...
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11B-224.1 General
The Fair Housing Amendments Act requires that certain residential structures having four or more multi-family dwelling units, regardless of whether they are privately owned or federally assisted...
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Section 37.21 Applicability—General
Unlike section 504, the ADA and its implementing rules apply to entities whether or not they receive Federal financial assistance. They apply to private and public entities alike....
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3) Signs
* Has requirements not only for the standard international symbol of accessibility, but also for symbols of accessibility identifying volume control telephones, text telephones, and assistive...
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PUBLIC HOUSING
Note: A public entity’s program to provide housing may include but is not limited to: the allocation of local, state, or federal financial assistance, Community Development Block Grants,...
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11B-224.1 General
The Fair Housing Amendments Act requires that certain residential structures having four or more multi-family dwelling units, regardless of whether they are privately owned or federally assisted...
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Structural Impracticability—28 CFR 35.151
excluding qualified individuals with disabilities from, denying benefits of, or otherwise subjecting them to discrimination under, any program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance...
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Section 36.103 Relationship to Other Laws (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, section 504 requires that all federally assisted programs and activities be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps, even if major structural alterations...
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A. The Release Provisions Appear To Waive Access Claims Arising After The Date Of The Settlement Agreements
The Agreements prohibit class members from "ever asserting a Released Claim, and from commencing, joining in or voluntarily assisting in a lawsuit or adversary proceeding, against the Released...
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D. Captioning and Video Description Generally
Captioning and Video Description Generally Captioning makes movies shown in theaters accessible to individuals whose hearing is too limited to benefit from assistive listening devices...
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1. Importance of Movies in American Culture
One commenter who wears a hearing aid and cannot benefit from assistive listening receivers currently provided in movie theaters said she often misses half the plot when she goes to a movie...
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Regarded as having a disability
take specific action if a student has a physical or mental impairment that is transitory and minor, Section 504 also does not prohibit schools from going beyond what the law requires to assist...
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Define "animal" or what qualifies certain species as "service animals." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) issued a position statement against the use of monkeys as service animals, stating, "[t]he AVMA does not support the use of nonhuman primates as assistance...
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IMPLEMENTATION
PEREZ Assistant Attorney General SAMUEL R. BAGENSTOS Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division JOHN L. WODATCH, Chief PHILIP L....
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Complaints to the Department of Justice and Other Federal Agencies
In cases where the Title II entity receives federal financial assistance, assistance termination is an enforcement option....
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6. General prohibitions against discrimination
Section 104.4 contains general prohibitions against discrimination applicable to all recipients of assistance from this Department....
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Companions
available; or (ii) Where the individual with a disability specifically requests that the accompanying adult interpret or facilitate communication, the accompanying adult agrees to provide such assistance...