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Section 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Touchscreens and other controls that operate by sensing a person's touch pose access problems for a range of persons with disabilities....
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2.8 Aircraft and Air Carrier Facility Accessibility.
contracts between airports and air carriers concerning the use of airport facilities define the respective responsibilities for providing accessible facilities and services to individuals with disabilities...
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Sub-Committee Summary of Scope for Recommendations
The goal of the sub-committee is to encompass the broadest range of individuals with mobility disabilities including wheeled mobility device users in the following recommendations....
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201.1 Scope
shall have the authority to make adjustments when it is determined that the standards would cause the numbers or locations to be insufficient to adequately meet the needs of people with disabilities...
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The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Commenters observed that now, more than seventeen years after the enactment of the ADA, as facilities are becoming physically accessible to individuals with disabilities, the Department...
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36 CFR Part 1194 - Proposed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines NPRM - Preamble
and section 255-based guidelines are intended to ensure that information and communication technology covered by the respective statutes is accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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VI. REPORTING AND MONITORING
Agreement, (d) what if anything Kaiser plans to do to remedy these problems, and (e) any complaints and any responses to such complaints Kaiser has received regarding access for people with disabilities...
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Paragraph (f) Prevention of visually induced seizures (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Trace Center noted that the provision for audio cutoff would help alleviate the problem by allowing a person with such a disability to insert a plug and cut off any external auditory cues...
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Accessible Fishing Piers and Platforms
They also thought that this would hinder access for persons with disabilities because the railing height would be too high for a person seated in a wheelchair to reach over with their fishing...
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Subpart D -- New Construction and Alterations (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
section 303 of the Act, which requires that newly constructed or altered places of public accommodation or commercial facilities be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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Operable Parts of Windows
Comments from people with disabilities supported the idea of a specified sill height, though few recommended a particular height. Comment from industry opposed such a requirement....
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and Electromagnetic Sensitivities
The Board recognizes that multiple chemical sensitivities and electromagnetic sensitivities may be considered disabilities under the ADA if they so severely impair the neurological, respiratory...
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Alerting to intruders. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
to be aggressive because of breed reputation, stereotype, or the history or experience the observer may have with other dogs, but the dog is under the control of the individual with a disability...
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c. Problem: Specifying Colors and Font Sizes
But because of their disability, many people with low vision do not see webpages the same as other people. Some see only small portions of a computer display at one time....
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b. Telephone Communications
Public entities that use telephones must provide equally effective communication to individuals with disabilities....
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11B-232.2 General holding cells and general housing cells
title II of the ADA requires that each service, program, or activity conducted by a public entity, when viewed in its entirety, be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Polling Places (2016 Checklist), provides guidance to election officials for determining whether a polling place already has the basic accessibility features needed by most voters with disabilities...
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Accessible Counter Height
Comments from persons with disabilities considered this too high to be used as a writing surface....
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7. Training Call Takers to Respond Effectively to TTY Calls
the following are essential for proper training: Training should be mandatory for all personnel who may have contact with individuals from the public who have hearing or speech disabilities...
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11B-404.1 General
It would not be acceptable for security personnel to operate the doors for people with disabilities while allowing others to have independent access....
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232 Detention Facilities and Correctional Facilities
As corrections systems plan for new facilities or alterations, the Department urges planners to include in their population estimates a projection of the numbers of inmates with disabilities...
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1008.4.2 Clear Floor or Ground Space
This will enhance the ability of children with disabilities to independently use the play component....
