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...
Search Results "Individual with a Disability"
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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Section 206.3
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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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11B-225.2.3 Library book stacks
Book stacks available for public use may be higher than 54 inches (1372 mm) maximum above the finish floor when an attendant is available to assist persons with disabilities. 2. ...
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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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A. Scoping Requirements for Units with Mobility Features
on private sites provided by the occupant of the unit, the advisory committee recommended that entities provide units with mobility features to ensure non-discrimination on the basis of disability...
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One of the ADA's core concerns is the treatment of disabled persons confined in institutions. See 42 U.S.C. §§12101(a)(2),(3),& (5); Olmstead, 527 U.S. at 589 n.1....
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B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The revisions in the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines will help ensure that buses, vans, and OTRBs are readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities....
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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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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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Resources for Web Developers
is available at www.section508.gov, which also provides information about the Federal government’s initiative to make its electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities...
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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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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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Introduction
When the ADA's minimum requirements are not met, the results can limit or exclude a person with a disability and can be dangerous....
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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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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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413.1.2 Audio Description Controls (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For commenters who do not view this proposed requirement as beneficial, how should the accessibility barriers faced by individuals with vision impairments who seek to locate and operate...
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707.5 Speech Output
instructions and orientation, visible transaction prompts, user input verification, error messages, and all displayed information for full use shall be accessible to and independently usable by individuals...
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11B-707.5 Speech output
instructions and orientation, visible transaction prompts, user input verification, error messages, and all displayed information for full use shall be accessible to and independently usable by individuals...
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‘‘Commerce.’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
a neighborhood restaurant, a laundromat, or a bakery) that affect interstate commerce through the purchase or sale of products manufactured in other States, or by providing services to individuals...
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Viewing Scopes [1011.2, 1011.3, and 1011.8]
Viewing scopes that can be used from a seated position provide viewing opportunities not only for seated individuals, but also for children and people of short stature....
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Bathroom Do’s and Dont’s
Include bathroom towel bars/hooks within reach of the shower or bench, so an individual does not have to travel across the bathroom using a mobility aid device....
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5. Significance and Use
When profiles are measured simultaneously for multiple traveled wheel tracks, then the MRI is considered to be a better measure of pathway surface roughness than the PRI for either wheel individually...