believes that for each specific facility that is designed, the owner, operator, and design professionals will be able to distinguish easily between seating locations and the quality of the associated...
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Line of Sight and Dispersion of Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Areas
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3. Testing and Labeling of Electronic Respiratory Assistive Devices
The Air Transport Association and other industry commenters proposed that carriers only be required to permit the use of an electronic respiratory assistive device that has been tested and...
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382.3 What do the terms in this rule mean?
Of those who commented on §382.3, the carriers and carrier associations generally opposed a definition of “hard of hearing, deaf, and deaf-blind,” agreeing with the Department that such...
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6. Recognize that Proper Installation of Play Surface Systems is Key
Accessibility deficiencies arising out of installation were associated with all of the surfaces in the NCA study....
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Auxiliary Aids and Services
Auxiliary Aids and Services The ADA uses the term “auxiliary aids and services” (“aids and services”) to refer to the ways to communicate with people who have communication disabilities...
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d. Unobstructed Transfer
The Access Board explained that “[t]he 2004 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines provide a gap of 3 inches between the edge of the shower seat and the shower compartment entry, and the gap...
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"Qualified Interpreter'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
On review of this issue, the Department has decided against imposing a certification requirement under the ADA. It is sufficient under the ADA that the interpreter be qualified....
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A. Accessible Voting Program
Harris County will take all reasonable and necessary steps to effectuate its obligation to comply with the ADA with respect to its voting program and this Agreement. ...
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Because the ADA does not apply directly to the manufacture of products, the Department lacks the authority to issue design requirements for equipment designed exclusively for use in private...
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Section 1193.39 Prohibited reduction of accessibility, usability and compatibility [1193.29 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
no change shall be undertaken which decreases or has the effect of decreasing accessibility is a common principle in disability access codes and standards and was borrowed from both the ADA...
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‘‘Commercial facilities’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The interplay between the Fair Housing Act and the ADA with respect to those facilities that are ‘‘places of public accommodation’’ was the subject of many comments and is addressed in the...
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208.3.1 General
or designated lots for parking by persons who have disabilities, may, in lieu of the required parking space design, provide parking spaces that comply with Sections 208 and 502 of the ADA...
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Section 1630.3(a) through (c) Illegal Use of Drugs
Consequently, such individuals are still required to establish that they satisfy the requirements of these definitions in order to be protected by the ADA and this part....
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Sales and Service Counters
The ADA Standards for Accessible Design provide detailed information on the requirements for checkout aisles and for sales and service counters....
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15. When may an employer refuse to hire, terminate, or temporarily restrict the duties of a person who has or had a hearing impairment because of safety concerns?
Under these circumstances, the school district cannot demonstrate that this applicant would pose a direct threat to the safety of others, and its refusal to hire her would violate the ADA...
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C. Developing an Action Plan For Providing Accessible Websites
This technical assistance document is available on the ADA Home Page atwww.ada.gov. VI....
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Communication Issues for Employers with Maximum Leave Policies
including short- and long-term disability leave programs, it should ensure that any automatic form letters generated by these providers comply with the employer's obligations under the ADA...
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Toilet Room Doors
These floor plans showed typical examples that met the minimum requirements of the proposed ADA Standards....
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Definitions of residential facilities and transient lodging
The ADA does not exempt spaces because of a belief or policy that excludes persons with disabilities from certain work....
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A. Purpose and Legal Authority
Private parties, including individuals with disabilities, have also entered into settlement agreements with health care providers to enforce the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation...
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Background:
Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulation at 49 CFR § 37.43(a)(1), provides that when a public entity “alters an existing facility or a part of...
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224.5 Dispersion
Access Board’s Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: Places of lodging....
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B. Coverage limitations
It is the Department´s intention to regulate only governmental entities and public accommodations covered by the ADA that provide goods, services, programs, or activities to the public via...
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Emergency Preparedness
Making sure that people with disabilities have full access to state and local government emergency preparedness and response programs is a critical part of ADA obligations. ...