The Board was urged to reference specifications and testing protocols for slip resistance, in particular those developed by Voices of Safety International. Response....
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302 Floor or Ground Surfaces
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Slope
One commenter, the Building Officials Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA), requested clarification of the term, "slope"....
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B. Advisory Committee and Final Report (2006-2008)
The Advisory Committee addressed a range of issues, including new or convergent technologies, market forces, and international harmonization....
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Automated Airport Kiosk Definition and Applicability Based on Function/Location
Comments: In their joint request of October 7, 2011, to clarify the scope of the proposed requirement, A4A, IATA, the Air Carrier Association of America, and RAA asked the Department whether...
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4. May an employer ask questions about an obvious hearing impairment, or ask follow-up questions if an applicant discloses a non-obvious hearing impairment?
The employer's sales associates currently wear headsets with earpieces for the right ear....
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Are people living with HIV or AIDS protected by the ADA?
Moreover, the ADA protects persons who are discriminated against because they have a known association or relationship with an individual who has HIV....
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Complaint Procedures
[Sec. 382.70(c)] 1 Foreign carriers are covered by this section only with respect to disability-related complaints associated with any flight segment originating or terminating in the...
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Sections 35.130(b)(7)(i)—General Prohibitions Against Discrimination and 36.302(g)—Modifications in Policies, Practices, or Procedures
The Department received no comments associated with these provisions and retains the NPRM language in the final rule except for replacing the words ‘‘covered entity’’ with ‘‘public accommodation...
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2013 & 2016 CBC Answer
Based on the attached diagram, the accessible parking and its access aisle are adjacent to another parking space; therefore the width measurement shall be taken from centerline of the markings...
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QUESTION: WHEN A RAIL OPERATOR CONSTRUCTS A NEW STATION PLATFORM OR ALTERS AN EXISTING STATION PLATFORM, DOES 49 CFR PART 37 REQUIRE THE RAIL OPERATOR ENSURE THAT THE PLATFORM IS AT LEAST 8 INCHES ABOVE TOP OF RAIL, EVEN IF THE RAILROAD OPERATOR WILL PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.42?
ANSWER: Public entities, such as Amtrak and commuter operators, must construct a new facility for use in designated public transportation so that it is readily accessible to and...
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Relationship to Other Laws
procedures of any other federal, state or local laws (including state common law) that provide greater or equal protection for the rights of individuals with disabilities or individuals associated...
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Don’t tell me I can’t: disability in a modern world | Cheryl Stowe | TEDxFurmanU
Past President of the Tennessee Spinal Cord Injury Association This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community....
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Boston Center for Independent Living, Inc.
Access Board pace@Access-Board.gov This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...
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809 Residential Dwelling Units
The Board has sought to further this approach and to make the document more internally consistent by folding those remaining chapters specific to a facility type (residential and transportation...
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M. NEW CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS, AND PHYSICAL CHANGES TO FACILITIES
Also within nine (9) months of the entry of this Consent Decree, the County will install directional signage at all inaccessible entrances to each of its facilities and will place the international...
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Ticket Prices and Dispersal of Wheelchair Spaces
If tickets for accessible seating at a particular price level are not available because of inaccessible features, then the percentage of tickets for accessible seating that should have been...
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Outdoor showers on a swimming pool deck, Title III entities
(There are accessible showers in the locker/changing rooms serving the pool.)...
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ADA Transition Planning - Part 1
One hour digital event ADA Transition Planning Hear from Jim Terry, CEO at Evan Terry Associates, on how organizations can develop ADA Transition...
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An Overview of the Basic ADA Facility Requirements for Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities
primarily to note that some Reasonable Accommodations that may exceed the simple requirements of the ADA Standards must be made in certain circumstances to allow prospective employees to have access...
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Electronic and information technology (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
In addition, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) requested that public address systems, alarm systems, and two-way communications systems such as intercoms be expressly included as...
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Type: ADA Standard Section 209.2
Section 209.2 covers scoping requirements in the most current ADA Standards for the different types of passenger loading zones.
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General: ADA Standard Section 305.1
Section 305.1 of the ADA Standards covers information in the current ADA Standards for clear floor or ground space.
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Control End Wall: ADA Standard Section 607.4.2.2
Section 607.4.2.2 covers the current ADA Standards for grab bars on the control end of bathtubs without permanent seats.
