DSA regulates the usability of elevators and platform (wheelchair) lifts for persons with disabilities....
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2010 ADA Definition
Individual with a Disability: Individual with a disability means a person who has a disability. The term "individual with a disability" does not include an individual who is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs, when the private entity acts on the basis of such use.
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11B-410.1 General
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11B-223.1 General
The lack of a design requirement does not mean that covered entities are not required to provide services to people with disabilities where accessible patient bedrooms or resident sleeping...
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Service and Companion Animal Owners: Know Your Rights!
Service and Companion Animal Owners Service and companion animals can help people with disabilities go about their daily lives. ...
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IRS Videos in ASL: Understanding Tax Terms for American Sign Language Interpreters, Part 3 (Captions & Audio)
In this video, the complex phrase for deaf and hard of hearing taxpayers, Permanently and Totally Disabled, is defined as it relates to taxes....
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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A. About Appendices 1 and 2
Reviewing programs and facilities for accessibility is one of the most effective ways for state and local governments to ensure that they are complying with the Americans with Disabilities...
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Resources for Web Developers
is available at www.section508.gov, which also provides information about the Federal government’s initiative to make its electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities...
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M302.2.3 Size (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One commenter, a manufacturer, although in agreement with the 21-inch width, stated that the 15 inches deep requirement should be increased to 17 inches, a disability advocate recommended...
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B. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Lewisboro agrees to provide qualified sign language and oral interpreters and other appropriate auxiliary aids and services, when needed for effective communication with qualified persons with disabilities...
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Introduction
When the ADA's minimum requirements are not met, the results can limit or exclude a person with a disability and can be dangerous....
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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Examples of effective communication are:
A pizza delivery service must accept calls through the telephone relay service from a customer who uses a TTY because of a speech disability....
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction The Department of Justice published its revised regulations for Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 "ADA" in the Federal Register on September...
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If the patient does bring an assistant or a family member, do I talk to the patient or the companion? Should the companion remain in the room while I examine the patient and while discussing the medical problem or results?
Just because the patient has a disability does not mean that he or she cannot speak for him or herself or understand the exam results....
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More Information
For people with disabilities, this publication is available in alternate formats. Duplication of this document is encouraged. January 2014...
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11B-225.2.3 Library book stacks
Book stacks available for public use may be higher than 54 inches (1372 mm) maximum above the finish floor when an attendant is available to assist persons with disabilities. 2. ...
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Who Will Provide the Assistance?
A viable plan to address this situation may be for the person with the disability to be aware that he or she will need to ask someone for assistance with a particular door or a particular...
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Running Slope [1018.7.1]
Gradual running slopes provide more independent use for people with disabilities. Resting intervals must be provided more frequently when running slopes are more severe....
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R201.1 Scope
is a designated portion of a public right-of-way, the elements are required to comply with the applicable requirements in this document instead of the requirements in the Americans with Disabilities...
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Stadium-style theaters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The 1991 Standards require that wheelchair seating "provide people with physical disabilities a choice of admissions prices and lines of sight comparable to those for members of the general...
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H. Men's Spa and Fitness Center Locker Room
Men's Spa and Fitness Center Locker Room: (1) Defendants will install a vertical, self-operating lift in the Men's Spa whirlpool in order to permit access for persons with disabilities...
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L. Lavatory
.: levers, wrist blades, single arm, etc.) usable with one hand, without tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist, since many persons with disabilities may not have high manual...
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"Minimal protection." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
current phrase can be interpreted to apply coverage under the ADA to "protection dogs" that are trained to be aggressive and protective, so long as they are paired with a person with a disability...
