Thus each can potentially offer advantages not possible when listening to a live voice or in the acoustic far field of a loudspeaker....
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2. BACKGROUND
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Works Progress Administration Protests
The league's 300 people—most living with polio and cerebral palsy—had all been turned down for WPA jobs after the city’s Home Relief Bureau stamped their applications “PH” for “physically...
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Seeger et al.
About 73% of the sample lived in nursing homes and other institutions. Forty-five percent were over 65. Eleven percent used power chairs and 2% used scooters....
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E101.4 Units of Measurement (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This section would also provide that each system be used independently of the other....
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Phase III- Aquarium Exhibit Installation
The “Fintastic” exhibit is now a 1500 square foot permanent exhibit that includes several new live fish exhibits....
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M305.2 Transfer Supports (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Transfer Supports), the Access Board strengthened the transfer support requirements and added additional requirements in the final rule to ensure that supports are capable of assisting with independent...
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Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
aims to create a more secure financial and healthcare framework so that more Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries can move toward financial independence...
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Elevators with Standby Power [IBC §1007.4 (2003), §1003.2.13.3 (2000)]
Like all elevators, they are not to be used independently by building occupants in emergencies....
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§382.103 May a carrier leave a passenger unattended in a wheelchair or other device?
subpart unattended by the personnel responsible for enplaning, deplaning, or connecting assistance in a ground wheelchair, boarding wheelchair, or other device, in which the passenger is not independently...
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Medical Care Facilities
many health care facilities, personnel responsible for ensuring the safety of patients respond to intercom messages or other signals not intended to alert or alarm patients incapable of independent...
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Are stairway chairlifts permitted?
Chairlifts require transfer to a fixed seat from wheeled mobility aids and thus are not independently usable....
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F208.2.1 Hospital Outpatient Facilities
Doctors' offices, independent clinics, or other facilities not located in hospitals are not considered hospital outpatient facilities for purposes of this document....
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208.2.1 Hospital Outpatient Facilities
Doctors' offices, independent clinics, or other facilities not located in hospitals are not considered hospital outpatient facilities for purposes of this document....
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R103.3 Units of Measurement
The values stated in each system (metric and U.S. customary units) may not be exact equivalents, and each system shall be used independently of the other....
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Shower
Moreover, the design would work equally well for individuals who could shower independently....
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The ADA’s Benefits to Businesses
People with disabilities are of all ages, are members of all racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, and live in communities large and small throughout the country....
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11. Do not use language that perpetuates negative stereotypes about psychiatric disabilities.
Use Don’t Use He has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder; he is living with bipolar disorder He is (a) bipolar; he is (a) manic-depressive...
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Section 4. Application of the Guidelines
Under the discussion of Section 4 in the proposed guidelines, the Department requested comment on the Act's application to dwelling units with design features such as a loft or sunken living...
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Olmstead Decision
Through this decision, the Court sends a simple, yet profound, message that long-term services and supports for people with disabilities of all ages, including participation in community living...
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Hearing Loss Later in Life
Elders who are beginning to lose their hearing may need accommodations for the first time in their lives....
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3306.2 Walkways
Walkways shall be accessible in accordance with Chapter 11A or 11B as applicable, and shall be designed to support all imposed loads, and the design live load shall be not less than 150...
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II. Recommendations of Diagnostic Imaging Equipment Manufacturers on Transfer Surface Low Height
While it is ideal for transfer surfaces to be at the same height as the seat heights of mobility devices, there is evidence that non-level independent transfers are also feasible....
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POWER DISRUPTION
Power outages are a nuisance for everyone, but they can be life-threatening for those who are vulnerable to extreme temperatures, live in high-rises and cannot use the stairs, use oxygen...