Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs updates regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors...
Search Results "UFAS: Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards"
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Updates to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
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17. Q. What about "911" calls? How are those made accessible to people with speech or hearing disabilities?
A: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities must have direct access to "911" or similar emergency telephone services, meaning that emergency response centers must be equipped to...
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Wheelchair Space or Transfer Seat or Transfer Device
Sections 234.3 and 1002.4 - 1002.6 of the 2010 Standards provide that each new and altered amusement ride, except for mobile/portable rides and a few additional excepted rides, will be required...
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Re: Steven Jones
Do not design to the limits of the ADA Standards. Stay in the ranges of compliance. Think about accessibility early in a project process. The sooner the better....
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235 and 1003 Recreational Boating Facilities
235 and 1003 Recreational Boating Facilities These sections require that accessible boat slips and boarding piers be provided....
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§ 1194.21(b)
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according...
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Question 2
The Access Board is expected to promulgate design standards for medical and dental diagnostic tables and chairs....
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1.0 Background
1.0 Background The standards used to ensure accessibility for people who use wheeled mobility devices like wheelchairs and scooters are based on research in anthropometry, the measurement...
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Summary of Significant Changes
more buses in annual maximum service for all fixed route bus modes collectively based on required annual data reported to the National Transportation Database, which is maintained by the Federal...
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1. Scope
and other pedestrian surfaces. 1.3 This practice is based on an algorithm developed at the University of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Laboratories sponsored by United States Access...
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16(a)(iii)
(iii) The hotel has the required number of rooms for guests with hearing impairments, as set forth in ADA Standards §§ 9.1.2 and 9.1.3, that comply with ADA Standards § 9.3....
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Signs Required at Waiting Lines to Amusement Rides
Section 216.12 of the 2010 Standards requires signs at entries to queues and waiting lines identifying type and location of access for the amusement ride....
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In a doctor’s office or clinic with multiple exam rooms, must every examination room have an accessible exam table and sufficient clear floor space next to the exam table?
The medical care provider must be able to provide its services in an accessible manner to individuals with disabilities. In order to do so, accessible equipment is usually necessary....
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New construction and alteration requirements
The ADA requires that newly constructed facilities, first occupied on or after January 26, 1993, meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design (Standards...
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Re: 216 Signs
The international symbol for accessibility shall be used at each accessible entrance of a facility." ...
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§ 35.151(b)(3)
(3) Alterations to historic properties shall comply, to the maximum extent feasible, with the provisions applicable to historic properties in the design standards specified in § 35.151(c...
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12114(c)(5)
(5) may, with respect to Federal regulations regarding alcohol and the illegal use of drugs, require that --...
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12114(c)(5)
(5) may, with respect to Federal regulations regarding alcohol and the illegal use of drugs, require that...
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Floor and Ground Surfaces
This guide explains requirements in the ADA Standards for floor and ground surfaces. ...
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‘‘Facility.’’
Such activities would be covered by the requirement for program accessibility in § 35.150, and would be included in the definition of ‘‘facility’’ as other real or personal property,’’ although...
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Facility (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Such activities would be covered by the requirement for program accessibility in §35.150, and would be included in the definition of "facility" as "other real or personal property," although...
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Section 1194.5 Equivalent facilitation (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
be used in a particular way, that could provide the same functional access in ways not envisioned by these standards....
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations
The NPRM proposed amending Sec. 35.151 to add both the path of travel requirements and the exemption relating to barrier removal (as modified to apply to the program accessibility standard...
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11B-232.1 General
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: §35.151(k) Detention and correctional facilities 1) New construction of jails...