This framework is similar to that established by Congress for implementing the accessibility requirements under the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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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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Rulemaking authority of the Board and effect of the guidelines
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902 Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces
Persons with disabilities considered the 34 inch maximum height too high for surfaces used for any length of time....
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M303.2.3 Depth (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Three commenters (two disability rights organizations and a state agency concerned with accessibility) recommended increasing the depth of front or rear entered spaces to 58 inches....
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208 Parking Spaces
Persons with disabilities urged an increase in the number of parking spaces required to be accessible....
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Summary of Major Provisions
least 10 percent of the unit pads at each group site to be designed and constructed to accept the installation of units with mobility features for disaster survivors who have mobility disabilities...
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Costs
From footnote 21: FEMA, Recovery Policy (Interim) 9452.1, Temporary Housing Units for Eligible Disaster Victims with a Disability, October 13, 2006 at: http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data...
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4. "Overarching Policy"
Rather, Kirola now asserts that the City has an "overarching policy of leaving disability access barriers in place," and that she has standing to challenge this "official" policy....
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I. Electronic Submission of Comments and Posting of Public Comments
Comments on this ANPRM will also be made available for public viewing by appointment at the Disability Rights Section, located at 1425 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 4039, Washington, D.C....
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Significant alternatives which minimize any significant economic impacts on small entities
There are no significant alternatives that will minimize any significant impacts of these requirements on small governmental jurisdictions and achieve the objectives of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Table 1.2 Organizational Members of the Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory Committee
Dunlap GE Healthcare, John Jaeckle and Steven Kachelmeyer Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy at Western University of Health Sciences, June Isaacson Kailes and Brenda...
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I. Electronic Submission of Comments and Posting of Public Comments
Comments on this ANPRM will also be made available for public viewing by appointment at the Disability Rights Section, located at 1425 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 4039, Washington, D.C....
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27. Is an employer's obligation to offer reassignment to a vacant position limited to those vacancies within an employee's office, . . . or geographical area?
. \ Furthermore, the ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations, including reassignment, regardless of whether such accommodations are routinely granted to non-disabled...
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Definitions of residential facilities and transient lodging. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department believes that the coordination of the Fair Housing Act with other applicable disability rights statutes is within the jurisdiction of HUD, which is the agency charged with...
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Compliance Problems Due to Lack of Accessibility Guidelines
The delay in publication of the final Guidelines also is attributable in part to the Department's effort to develop Guidelines that would (1) ensure that persons with disabilities are afforded...
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Bathroom
These commenters stated that persons with disabilities should have access to all bathrooms in their homes, not only full bathrooms....
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Conflict with Local Accessibility Codes
This principle is equally applicable when multifamily dwellings are subject to more than one Federal law requiring accessibility for persons with physical disabilities....
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
tend to be larger (in terms of square footage) in order to accommodate clearance for the in-swinging door and, thus, are already likely to have adequate clear floor space for persons with disabilities...
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233.1 General
Section 233 outlines the requirements for residential facilities subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990....
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A. Format and Organization
This organization is consistent with the approach used by the Access Board since the issuance of its Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines...
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C204.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
applicable in the proposed 508 Standards, the exception for commercial non-availability would apply (under proposed E202.6.2), thereby requiring a federal agency to provide a user with disabilities...
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Checklist for Inclusive Emergency Safety Briefings for Attendees
During the September 11, 2001 evacuation of the World Trade Center towers, people with disabilities directed to wait in these areas for evacuation help from fire fighters died. ...
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I. Electronic Submission of Comments and Posting of Public Comments
Comments on this ANPRM will also be made available for public viewing by appointment at the Disability Rights Section, located at 1425 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 4039, Washington, D.C....
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Q. COMPLIANCE
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section, Attn: Dov Lutzker, Trial Attorney, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, or by email at dov.lutzker@usdoj.gov...
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3.4.1. Captioning Hardware Unit Costs
Average (All Technologies) $912 Source: NATO, Statement of Position on RIN 1190-AA63, CRT Docket No. 126, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability...