The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) outlines several situations that can create listening challenges for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, including too much distance...
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Assistive Listening Systems
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The ADA and the House Committees: Three Phases
Several factors made this a logical choice. First, most of its Democratic members supported disability rights....
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4.2 Functional Comparisons
IR signals are affected by sunlight and, less severely, by fluorescent lights....
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Site Selection
The checklist contains a basic section that will allow you to review spaces such as parking lots, entrances, and public restrooms, as well as several sections on recreational facilities...
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ADA Compliant Plumbing Products for Accessible Kitchens and Baths - CEU Course
Delta Faucet Company now offers several AIA-approved Continuing Education courses — covering a range of topics — filled with interesting, relevant and practical information....
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III-2.4000 Substantial limitation of a major life activity
For example, a person with severe hearing loss is substantially limited in the major life activity of hearing, even though the loss may be improved through the use of a hearing aid....
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Accessible teeing grounds, putting greens, and weather shelters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several commenters disagreed with the assumption in the initial RIA, that virtually every tee and putting green on an existing course would need to be regraded in order to provide compliant...
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Trip-by-Trip Eligibility
For example, someone whose impairment-related condition is a severe sensitivity to temperatures below 20 degrees is not prevented from using fixed route transit when the temperature is 75...
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II-2.8000 Qualified individual with a disability
determination must be based on an individualized assessment that relies on current medical evidence, or on the best available objective evidence, to assess -- 1) The nature, duration, and severity...
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II-2.4000 Substantial limitation of a major life activity
For example, a person with severe hearing loss is substantially limited in the major life activity of hearing, even though the loss may be improved through the use of a hearing aid....
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several commenters urged the Department to clarify that equipment located in a public accommodation need not meet the technical specifications of ADAAG so long as the service provided by...
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Section 35.172 Investigations and compliance reviews. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several of those opposing this amendment argued that designated agencies are required to investigate each complaint under section 504, and a departure for title II complaints would be an...
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Aaron’s Staff Respite Care Ministries
For 27 years, they took care of their son Aaron, who was the first of their five children and had a severe case of cerebral palsy....
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Safe harbor for qualified small businesses. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
(Several small business advocacy organizations pointed out an inconsistency between the Department's description of the small business safe harbor in the Section-by-Section Analysis for...
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ADA25: #13 of 25 -- Jails and Prisons
The NAD has several pending cases. Some are large, with several deaf plaintiffs alleging that entire system is inaccessible. Some cases have one plaintiff....
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Section 36.309 Examinations and Courses (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Several commenters expressed enthusiasm for the preamble language addressing some of these issues, and some of these commenters recommended the incorporation of portions of this preamble...
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G. Response to 2008 NPRM Comments Concerning Movie Captioning and Video Description, Analysis and Discussion of Proposed Regulatory Approach
Several commenters requested that any regulation include factors describing what constitutes effective captioning and video description, including that captioning be within the same line...
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In-Flight Audio and Video Services
Several commenters called for retention of the current rule’s exemption for captioning a safety video when the captioning or inset would render the video ineffective....
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Side reach (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter, who is also a person of short stature, said that he has on several occasions pulled into a gas station only to find that he was unable to reach the credit card reader...
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4. Coverage of Real-Time Text
Second, when ICT interoperated with VoIP products or systems using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), the Advisory Committee did not recommend a specific standard, noting that there were several...
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IDEA Center
At the date of the analyses conducted for this report, 275 participants with a wide range of chronic conditions had been recruited through outreach efforts with several organizations in...
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Side reach (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter, who is also a person of short stature, said that he has on several occasions pulled into a gas station only to find that he was unable to reach the credit card reader...
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Assessment factors. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
specifically that it requires an assessment of an other power-driven mobility device's appropriateness under particular circumstances or in particular venues, the Department has added several...
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(viii) Substantial Limitation in Only One Major Life Activity Required
Thus, for example, someone with an impairment resulting in a 20-pound lifting restriction that lasts or is expected to last for several months is substantially limited in the major life...
