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Expanding Your Market: Building a Diverse Customer Base
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Parent Asks for an Evaluation of the Student
student.64 In determining a student’s needs, sources to consider include aptitude and achievement tests, teacher recommendations, physical condition, social or cultural background, and adaptive...
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§382.159 How are complaints filed with DOT?
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382.159 How are complaints filed with DOT?
382.159 How are complaints filed with DOT? Changes from the corresponding provision of the existing regulation include a time frame for filing informal complaints, a change of postal...
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27. Hand-Carrying
Except in emergency situations, a passenger's request for a driver to lift the passenger out of his or her mobility device should generally be denied because of the safety, dignity,...
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What is the definition of disability?
Therefore cancer and diabetes will, in virtually all cases, be considered disabilities....
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Accessible Cells in Detention and Correctional Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Angel Riggs, Now in Business: Handicapped Accessible Prison: State Opens First Prison for Disabled, in Tulsa World (Feb. 20, 2007). ...
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General Tips for Interacting with Individuals with Disabilities
Also, respect the privacy of individuals with disabilities. Asking about a person’s disability can be perceived as intrusive and insensitive....
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Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (Amendments Act) amended both the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act definition of disability for...
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Accessible Routes: ADA Standard Section 1007.2
Accessible routes serving holes on miniature golf courses shall comply with Chapter 4....
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14. Does an employer have to provide reasonable accommodation to enable an employee with a disability to have equal access to information communicated in the workplace to non-disabled employees?
Employers must ensure that employees with disabilities have access to information that is provided to other similarly-situated employees without disabilities, regardless of whether they...
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Section 1630.8 Relationship or Association With an Individual With a Disability
disability, from discrimination because that person is known to have an association or relationship with an individual who has a known disability....
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§ 37.163 Keeping vehicle lifts in operative condition: Public entities
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Issues Regarding Specific Disabilities
Issues Regarding Specific Disabilities...
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Sec.36.102(b) Public accommodations
(b) Public accommodations....
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Sec.36.102(a)(1) Public accommodation
(1) Public accommodation;...
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Some wheelchairs weigh more than 600 pounds when occupied, and the design load of the lifts on our vehicles is 800 pounds. Is a transportation operator required to carry these “overweight” wheelchairs?
Transportation operators must carry a wheelchair and occupant if the lift and vehicle can physically accommodate them....
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N. Mobility Disability or Mobility Disabilities
"Mobility Disability" or "Mobility Disabilities" means any impairment or medical condition that limits a person’s ability to walk, ambulate, maneuver around objects, or to ascend or descend...
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§1630.8 Relationship or association with an individual with a disability.
It is unlawful for a covered entity to exclude or deny equal jobs or benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against, a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual...
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Department of Transportation: Disability Training Materials and Helpful Information
Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (AEP) and Office of Transportation Policy have developed informative modular programs that can be used to assist...
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§104.37(c)(1)
(1) In providing physical education courses and athletics and similar aid, benefits, or services to any of its students, a recipient to which this subpart applies may not...
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Sign 4 Me - A Signed English Translator App
Sign 4 Me A Signed English Translator is the ULTIMATE tool for learning sign language. The ONLY app that provides sign language instruction in 3D! Vcom3D, the original developer...
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What kinds of securement equipment must be provided in buses and vans?
Section 38.23(d) of the DOT ADA regulations requires all ADA-compliant buses and vans to have a two-part securement system, one to secure the wheelchair, and a seat belt and...
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May a transit operator require that wheelchairs be secured in buses and vans?
Yes, if the transit operator has established such a policy, and the vehicle is required to be equipped with a securement system by 49 CFR Part 38. Section 37.165(c)(3) of the...
