combination of various elements in a building, facility, site, or area, or portion thereof which allows access, circulation and the full use of the building and facilities by persons with disabilities...
Search Results "CDIHP: Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions"
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ACCESSIBILITY
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Ami Klin: A new way to diagnose autism
Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more....
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ADA Now - Online Quarterly Newsletter from the ACTCP
ADA Now is an on-line magazine, published quarterly, that provides information and resources on the Americans with Disabilities Act. ...
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Gripping Surface: ADA Standard Section 505.6
Section 505.6 covers the current ADA Standards for the handrail gripping surface.
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502.2.1 User Control of Accessibility Features (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This provision would be new to the 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines, though it draws on the prohibition in § 1194.21(b) of the existing 508 Standards against disrupting or disabling accessibility...
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Aisle Seats
These seats are intended to provide access for people with disabilities who do not need or prefer wheelchair spaces. Comment....
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Revolving Doors or Turnstiles
While automated revolving doors, if large enough, may be usable by people with disabilities, certain questions remain about the appropriate maximum speed, minimum diameter, compartment size...
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382.53 What information must carriers give individuals with a vision or hearing impairment at airports?
, the basic point of this section is that at each gate, ticketing area, and customer service desk that a carrier owns, leases, or controls, a carrier must ensure that passengers with a disability...
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5. Funding for Access Improvements
The Capital Plan for Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021 allocates a total of $177 million in fully-funded capital spending over the 10-year period to disability access improvements, which includes...
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Is There a Usable Circulation Path?
A circulation path is considered a usable circulation path if it meets one of the following criteria: A person with disabilities is able to travel unassisted through it to a public...
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Physical or mental impairments
.; see also OCR, Protecting Students with Disabilities: Frequently Asked Questions About Section 504 and the Education of Children with Disabilities (FAQ 12) (last modified Oct. 16, 2015...
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Design Guidelines for Environmental Illness
Twenty-three (23) commenters advised the Department that many individuals are disabled because of severe allergic reactions to certain chemicals used in construction, and in construction...
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Emergency Services
However, public entities that provide direct access to emergency services such as police, fire and ambulance, which often includes 911, must provide direct access for people with disabilities...
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12183(a)(2)
thereof, a failure to make alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the altered portions of the facility are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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Responsibility for supervision and care of a service animal. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department notes that there are occasions when a person with a disability is confined to bed in a hospital for a period of time....
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§35.150(b)(1)
of accessible rolling stock or other conveyances, or any other methods that result in making its services, programs, or activities readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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V. Request for Public Comments
Request for Public Comments The Department seeks input from the public and from those in the disability community, representatives of Federal, State, or local governments, public safety...
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III-4.2200 Specialties
It is not considered discriminatory for a public accommodation with a specialty in a particular area to refer an individual with a disability to a different public accommodation if --...
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VII. New Construction and Alterations
Public entities must ensure that newly constructed buildings and facilities are free of architectural and communication barriers that restrict access or use by individuals with disabilities...
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Are accessible parking spaces required on a site where valet service is provided but vehicles are parked off site, such as in a public parking garage or on public streets?
Parking facilities with valet parking must provide accessible parking spaces to allow self-parking by people with disabilities (and must also provide an accessible passenger loading zone...
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WHEELCHAIR
[ADA Title II §35.104] Wheelchair means a manually-operated or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or...
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12101(a)(4)
unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability...
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§382.111(e)
To receive such assistance, the passenger must self-identify as being an individual with a disability needing the assistance....
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§382.157(f)(2)
(2) As either carrier in a codeshare relationship, you must forward to your codeshare partner disability-related complaints you receive from or on behalf of passengers with respect to difficulties...
