However, few trade and materials specifications include tolerances for features that are relevant to usability by people who have disabilities....
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11B-206.2.6 Performance areas
For example, requiring persons with disabilities to go outside the building and reenter the building to gain access the stage when others have a direct route would not be considered coinciding...
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Height
supine, prone or side-lying position, and diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position: a) Are transfer supports within the above height range usable by patients with disabilities...
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M201.1 Enforcing Authority
An enforcing authority can be a federal, state, or local government agency that enforces laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, or regulates health care facilities....
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Section 35.151 New construction and alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
that are constructed or altered by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity shall be designed, constructed, or altered to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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11B-505.6 Gripping surface
People with disabilities, older people, and others benefit from continuous gripping surfaces that permit users to reach the fingers outward or downward to grasp the handrail, particularly...
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Medical facilities. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A disability advocacy group and a number of other commenters recommended that the Department expand the application of section 232.4 to apply to all such facilities in detention and correctional...
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§ 38.29(b)
(b) Handrails and stanchions shall be provided in the entrance to the vehicle in a configuration which allows persons with disabilities to grasp such assists from outside the vehicle while...
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11B-103 Equivalent facilitation.
other responsible parties, must verify that the designs, products or technologies actually result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability for people with all disability...
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11B-223.1.1 Alterations
In this way, people with disabilities can have access to the full-range of services provided by a medical care facility. ◼...
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11B-206.2.6 Performance areas
For example, requiring persons with disabilities to go outside the building and reenter the building to gain access the stage when others have a direct route would not be considered coinciding...
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11B-103 Equivalent facilitation
other responsible parties, must verify that the designs, products or technologies actually result in substantially equivalent or greater accessibility and usability for people with all disability...
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NSS Questions and Concerns
A project on the accessibility of emergency shelters was conducted by the Montana Disability and Health Program in partnership with the Montana Centers for Independent Living (CILs) and...
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Swimming pools. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition, these entities continue to be subject to the general title II obligation to make their programs usable and accessible to persons with disabilities....
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Efforts to minimize impact
If a large manufacturer has an extensive marketing effort, involving surveys and focus groups, it may be appropriate to include persons with disabilities in such groups....
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Alterations and Water Closet Clearances in Single-User Toilet Rooms With In-Swinging Doors (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The majority of commenters believed that this requirement would increase the number of toilet rooms accessible to individuals with disabilities who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters,...
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Exclusion of service animals. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
into new § 35.136(a), which states that ‘‘[g]enerally, a public entity shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a service animal by an individual with a disability...
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11B-604.8.1.1 Size
Convenience fixtures such as baby changing tables must also be accessible to people with disabilities as well as to other users....
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11B-242.2 Swimming pools
Providing different means of access will better serve the varying needs of people with disabilities in getting into and out of a swimming pool....
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I. Ensuring Compliance Now and In the Future
Establish written procedures for soliciting and receiving input on the accessibility of pedestrian crossings and transportation stops from people with disabilities....
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1.3. Public Comments on Initial Regulatory Assessment and Department Responses
The Department received comments from movie industry representatives, individuals with disabilities, advocacy groups representing individuals with disabilities, State and Federal entities...
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Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed rule only specified that software not interfere with features that affect the usability for persons with disabilities....
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Substantially Limited in Working
This is consistent with the fact that no other major life activity receives special attention in the regulation, and with the fact that, in light of the expanded definition of disability...
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1. New Curb Ramp Construction and Alterations
In 1989, DPW established its Curb Ramp Program and developed priorities for the design and installation of curb ramps based on input from the disabled community....