Under the ADA, employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Accommodations can include alterations to spaces within the facility....
Search Results "ODEP: Office of Disability Employment Policy"
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Employee Work Areas [§203.9]
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Applicability
It imposes the ongoing responsibility for owners of public accommodations to remove existing barriers for individuals with disabilities to the extent that it is readily achievable to do...
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Section 36.202(c) (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Separate benefit -- Section 36.202(c) permits different or separate benefits or services only when necessary to provide persons with disabilities opportunities as effective as those provided...
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Alternate formats and alternate modes (Advisory Guidance)
In considering how to best provide product information to people with disabilities, it is essential that information be provided in an alternate format or mode that is usable by the person...
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INVESTIGATION AND FINDINGS
Complainant is an individual with a “disability” within the meaning of the ADA. 42 U.S.C. § 12102; 28 C.F.R. § 36.104. 7. St....
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Other relevant federal rules and guidance documents
Health and Human Services issued a guidance document for health care providers regarding their responsibilities to make their services and facilities accessible to individuals with mobility disabilities...
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Identification of available accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department proposed in § 35.138(d) that a public entity, upon being asked, must inform persons with disabilities and their companions of the locations of all unsold or otherwise...
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
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1.9.1.5
1.9.1.5 Special conditions for persons with disabilities requiring appeals action ratification....
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
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EQUIVALENT FACILITATION
Note: In determining equivalent facilitation, consideration shall be given to means that provide for the maximum independence of persons with disabilities while presenting the least risk...
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1. Public Rights-of-Way
The Board’s aim in developing these guidelines is to ensure that access for persons with disabilities is provided wherever a pedestrian way is newly built or altered, and that the same degree...
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202.3 Alterations
If providing accessibility in compliance with these requirements for people with one type of disability (e.g., people who use wheelchairs) is not feasible, accessibility must still be provided...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(viii) Substantial Limitation in Only One Major Life Activity Required
The ADAAA explicitly states that an impairment need only substantially limit one major life activity to be considered a disability under the ADA....
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Breast Platform [M303.4.1]
Recommendations from accessibility experts who developed mammography protocols for women with disabilities identified a need for a breast platform height of 24 inches....
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M305.2.3 Height (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Four commenters (two manufacturers, one disability rights organization, and a state agency concerned with accessibility) supported the proposed height range....
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Introduction
The Access Board is responsible for developing accessibility guidelines for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and...
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F. Electronic and information technology
Electronic and information technology The Department believes that it is important for individuals with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to use electronic and information technology...
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Transfer Surface Size: Equipment Used by Patients in Supine, Prone, or Side-Lying Position (M301.2.2)
The 30 inches minimum width is based on comments submitted by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) regarding medical equipment dimensions in response to DOJ’s ANPRM on...
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2. Neighborhood Access
[n]ecessarily require a public entity to make each of its existing facilities accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.")....
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ADA Transition Planning - Part 1
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Center for Speech and Language Disorders - Lombard and Chicago, IL
We are a non-profit organization with offices in Lombard and Chicago. ...
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Universaling Design
This is being explored through the context of disability and design, with the focus on assessing the relevance of the principles and practices of one of the foremost, contemporary, design...
