particularly interested in receiving comments from all of those who have a stake in ensuring that the websites of public accommodations and public entities are accessible to people 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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IV. Request for Public Comments
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§27.19(a)
(a) Recipients subject to this part (whether public or private entities as defined in 49 CFR part 37) shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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THE PARTIES
The United States Department of Justice is the federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12181...
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Was the carrier correct in asking me to take a seat other than a bulkhead seat in the emergency exit row?
Carriers must comply with all applicable FAA safety rules, even when attempting to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities....
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Step 5 - Conduct a Self-Evaluation
Plus since information technology barely existed when the ADA was passed in 1990, and all state and local governments now have website that need to be accessible to people with disabilities...
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Step One: Accessible Shelter Quick-Check Survey
Step One: Accessible Shelter Quick-Check Survey Selecting Sites to Survey for Accessibility Providing an emergency shelter that is accessible to people with disabilities involves making...
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STEP 1: OBTAIN COPIES OF THE ADA REQUIREMENTS AND GIVE THEM TO YOUR ARCHITECT AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR.
To ensure that persons with disabilities can use lodging facilities like everyone else, all newly constructed lodging facilities must comply with building requirements called the ADA Standards...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities....
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8. Transportation Vehicles
From the Board’s website: “The Access Board has issued a final rule updating sections of its accessibility guidelines for transportation vehicles covered by the Americans with Disabilities...
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503.4 User Controls for Captions and Audio Description (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Advisory Committee recommended inclusion of these provisions to ensure that persons with hearing- and vision-related disabilities can find—and use—captioning and audio description controls...
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8. Transportation Vehicles
From the Board’s website: “The Access Board has issued a final rule updating sections of its accessibility guidelines for transportation vehicles covered by the Americans with Disabilities...
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6. Why should I comply, no else does. Besides, I can fix issues once I get sued.
Additionally, if a person with a disability is injured because a business failed to meet its access obligations, the results can be catastrophic for all parties involved....
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PART 1190 –ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
When the guidelines are adopted, with or without additions and modifications, as accessibility standards in regulations issued by other federal agencies implementing the Americans with Disabilities...
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II. Research Methodology
development of protocols for a National trails surface study to evaluate alternatives to asphalt, concrete and boardwalk as suitable materials for making trails accessible to people with disabilities...
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3-D Shape Digitization
Large quantities of 3-D scan data have not yet been collected on any population (with disabilities or without) so the potential usefulness of the data is largely unexplored....
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Tips for Attendees
Even planners who mean well may need to be educated about what will make the best experience for participants who have disabilities....
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Requirements for Effective Communication
Agencies must give primary consideration to providing the aid or service requested by the person with the hearing disability....
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16. Opening Building Doors
For paratransit services, a passenger's request for the driver to open an exterior entry door to a building to provide boarding and/or alighting assistance to a passenger with a disability...
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EFFECTIVE DATE/TERMINATION DATE
KNIGHT, Trial Attorney Disability Rights Section Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W....
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§ 37.187(c)
All fixed-route operators involved in interline service shall ensure that they have the capacity to receive communications at all times concerning interline service for passengers with disabilities...
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8. Transportation Vehicles
From the Board’s website: “The Access Board has issued a final rule updating sections of its accessibility guidelines for transportation vehicles covered by the Americans with Disabilities...
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11B-215.1 General
Consult local fire departments and prepare evacuation plans taking into consideration the needs of every building occupant, including people with disabilities. ...
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3. Emergency Transportable Housing
developed these guidelines according to recommendations from an advisory panel it organized, the Emergency Transportable Housing Advisory Committee, which included representation from disability...
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Dwelling Unit
These requirements are mandatory for covered multifamily dwellings for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, regardless of the ownership status of covered individual dwelling units....