piece of equipment, or system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is commonly used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities...
Search Results "AHEAD: Association on Higher Education and Disability"
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Assistive technology (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
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3. Private Property
Department of Housing and Urban Development for discriminating against services for persons with disabilities....
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4. Obstructions
Transportation entities are not required to pick up passengers with disabilities at nondesignated locations....
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NOTIFICATION
Within three months of the effective date of this Agreement, SDA will a) implement written procedures for providing information to interested persons with disabilities concerning the existence...
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Error/Omission: Where toilet rooms or bathrooms are provided, not all public and common use toilet rooms and bathrooms (including locker rooms and toilet rooms for employee use) are accessible.
Result: People with disabilities are restricted to a limited number of toilet rooms and may have to travel long distances to the accessible toilet room while others can use any toilet...
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Section 206.3
believe it is useful to make explicit the concept that, in transportation facilities such as rail stations, important facility elements are placed so as to minimize the distance persons with disabilities...
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4. Obstructions
Transportation entities are not required to pick up passengers with disabilities at nondesignated locations....
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3. Private Property
Department of Housing and Urban Development for discriminating against services for persons with disabilities....
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§ 38.159(c)(8) Handrails
If provided, handrails shall allow persons with disabilities to grasp them from outside the vehicle while starting to board, and to continue to use them throughout the boarding process,...
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[2010 ADA Standards] 105.1 General
be inspected at the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004; at the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability...
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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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Breed limitations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Such deference would have the effect of limiting the rights of persons with disabilities under the ADA who use certain service animals based on where they live rather than on whether 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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B. Carrier-Supplied Oxygen
As a matter of disability law, undue burden implies that there may necessarily be some burden (a “due burden”) in accommodating someone’s disability....
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Interactive Transaction Machines (ITMs)
Comments from disability groups and individuals with disabilities generally supported coverage of ITMs and point-of-sale machines....
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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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5.4.6 Transfer Support Gripping Surface Cross Section and Clearances for M301, M302, and M305.2
Cross Section and Clearances for M301, M302, and M305.2 Description: This provision prescribes a cross-sectional profile of the transfer support sufficient to enable individuals with disabilities...
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10. How quickly must an employer respond to a request for reasonable accommodation?
If the employer and the individual with a disability need to engage in an interactive process, this too should proceed as quickly as possible.(37) Similarly, the employer should act promptly...
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31. Must an employer provide a reassignment if it would violate a seniority system?
Generally, it will be "unreasonable" to reassign an employee with a disability if doing so would violate the rules of a seniority system.(92) This is true both for collectively bargained...
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (d)(1) is retitled, "Telephones" and altered to address situations in which a public accommodation must provide an effective means to communicate by telephone for individuals with disabilities...
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ATTACHMENT A
A H&R BLOCK POLICY REGARDING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING Clients who are deaf or hard of hearing, or with other communication disabilities...
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6. Modifications to the Functional Performance Criterion for Limited Vision
Board proposed to increase the covered acuity range to 20/200 (or a field of vision less than 20 degrees)—which is a common legal definition of blindness—to afford more individuals with disabilities...
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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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C. Election Judge and Poll Worker Training
of this Agreement, and the need to follow the instructions of the EDSs regarding the implementation of temporary measures on Election Day; Interacting with individuals with disabilities...