no change shall be undertaken which decreases or has the effect of decreasing accessibility is a common principle in disability access codes and standards and was borrowed from both the ADA...
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Section 1193.39 Prohibited reduction of accessibility, usability and compatibility [1193.29 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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208.3.1 General
or designated lots for parking by persons who have disabilities, may, in lieu of the required parking space design, provide parking spaces that comply with Sections 208 and 502 of the ADA...
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Section 1630.3(a) through (c) Illegal Use of Drugs
Consequently, such individuals are still required to establish that they satisfy the requirements of these definitions in order to be protected by the ADA and this part....
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Sales and Service Counters
The ADA Standards for Accessible Design provide detailed information on the requirements for checkout aisles and for sales and service counters....
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C. Developing an Action Plan For Providing Accessible Websites
This technical assistance document is available on the ADA Home Page atwww.ada.gov. VI....
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Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies
including short- and long-term disability leave programs, it should ensure that any automatic form letters generated by these providers comply with the employer's obligations under the ADA...
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Toilet Room Doors
These floor plans showed typical examples that met the minimum requirements of the proposed ADA Standards....
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Background:
Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulation at 49 CFR § 37.43(a)(1), provides that when a public entity “alters an existing facility or a part of...
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B. Coverage limitations
It is the Department´s intention to regulate only governmental entities and public accommodations covered by the ADA that provide goods, services, programs, or activities to the public via...
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Emergency Preparedness
Making sure that people with disabilities have full access to state and local government emergency preparedness and response programs is a critical part of ADA obligations. ...
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Integration
A primary goal of the ADA is the equal participation and integration of people with disabilities in the mainstream of American life....
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1022.9 Stairway identification signs
Neither the "Floor Identification Signs" nor the "Fire Department Signs" are required by 2010 ADAS. Note also that neither of these signs is required at open stairways....
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Comments
As the Department is aware and as many commenters pointed out in response to the NPRM question on the subject, in the nearly 20 years since the Department issued its ADA regulation there...
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Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter asked that the safe harbor be revised to include pre-ADA facilities that have been made compliant with the 1991 Standards to the extent "readily achievable'' or, in the...
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409.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This proposed exception is based on an exception to the requirements for speech output at Automated Teller Machines and Fare Vending Machines in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines....
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Providing Appropriate Information About Accessibility
Don't use the terms "ADA," "partially," "barrier free," or "handicapped." Provide specific details about what people can expect to encounter....
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III-4.4600 Seating in assembly areas
The ADA accessibility standard for alterations requires wheelchair seating to be dispersed (i.e. , provided in more than one location) only in assembly areas with fixed seating for more...
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IV. DEFINITIONS
"Disability" will be defined as it is in the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1). See also 28 C.F.R. § 35.108....
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Telephones
According to the ADA regulations, meeting facilities that provide equipment for participants to make outgoing calls on “more than an incidental convenience basis” must provide the same opportunity...
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7.1. Purpose and Objective of the Final Rule, Relative to Movie Theaters Categorized As Small
As noted earlier in this Final RA (see Section 1.1), the Department’s existing regulation implementing the ADA’s title III auxiliary aids provision reiterates the obligation of covered...
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Section 36.206 Retaliation or Coercion (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Section 36.206 Retaliation or Coercion (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments) Section 36.206 implements section 503 of the ADA, which prohibits retaliation against any...
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Transfer Sides (M301.2.3 and M302.2.3)
The 2004 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines provide a gap of 3 inches between the edge of a shower seat and the shower compartment entry, and the gap does not appear to interfere with...
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Medical Device Manufacturers
If DOJ amends its ADA regulations as announced in the ANPRM, medical device manufacturers may have an economic incentive to produce accessible products that conform to the standards for...
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A. Accessible Voting Program
The County has an obligation to provide an accessible voting program under the ADA, including a program that is accessible to persons who use wheelchairs and persons who are blind or have...