As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination...
Search Results "Disability Support Service"
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Low Vision Part 2: What Can I Do if I Have Low Vision?
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Low Vision Part 1: What Is Low Vision?
As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination...
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Scoping for Guest Rooms
The industry considers the original ADAAG specification, which is substantially lower than 50%, to be excessive in view of its assessments on the usage rate of such rooms by persons with disabilities...
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105.2.2 ASME
and ASME A18.1-2003 address the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of lifts that are intended for transportation of persons with disabilities...
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105.2.2 ASME
and ASME A18.1-2003 address the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of lifts that are intended for transportation of persons with disabilities...
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II. Cost-disproportionality Is Only a Factor Under Certain Circumstances
A public entity is permitted to consider cost-disproportionality in determining whether to make an altered path of travel readily accessible to individuals with disabilities (including individuals...
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
The Access Board received more than 2,500 comments from individuals with disabilities, affected industries, State and local governments, and others....
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Part II: ABA Application and Scoping
The Board’s ABA guidelines serve as the basis for standards issued by four standard-setting Federal agencies: the General Services Administration (GSA), the Department of Defense (DOD),...
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5.3 Employment Agencies
It includes private and public employment agencies and other organizations, such as college placement services, that regularly procure employees for an employer....
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Who has Obligations
In some cases it is difficult to determine whether a particular entity that is providing a public service, such as a library, museum, or volunteer fire department, is in fact a public entity...
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Permanently Fixed vs. Portable TTYs
This includes access to phones in hospital and hotel rooms; (TTYs at hospital or hotel front desks will allow patients or guests using TTYs in their rooms to access in-house services)....
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Toilet Room Configuration
numerous facilities including: a nursing care addition at Pennswood Village Retirement Community, Newton, PA (Lewis and Rodgers Architects, Fort Washington, PA) (Figure 1); Bridges Medical Services...
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Section 37.21 Applicability—General
The DOT rules apply only to the entity's transportation facilities, vehicles, or services; the DOJ rules may cover the entity's activities more broadly....
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§ 36.303(g)(9)(iv)
(iv) Communicate effectively with individuals with disabilities, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or have low vision, about how to use, operate, and resolve...
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§382.83(a)(2)(i)
(i) You must provide notice that all passengers assigned these seats (other than passengers with a disability listed in §382.81 of this part) are subject to being reassigned to another seat...
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§382.41(d)
(d) Any limitations on the availability of storage facilities, in the cabin or in the cargo bay, for mobility aids or other assistive devices commonly used by passengers with a disability...
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§ 36.302(f)(1)(ii) Ticket sales
A public accommodation that sells tickets for a single event or series of events shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an...
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§ 36.303(g)(9)(iv)
(iv) Communicate effectively with individuals with disabilities, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing or who are blind or have low vision, about how to use, operate, and resolve...
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E101.1 Purpose (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section-by-Section Analysis) This section states that the purpose of the 508 Standards is to provide scoping and technical requirements for ICT that is accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities...
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§ 35.138(a)(2) Ticket sales
A public entity that sells tickets for a single event or series of events shall modify its policies, practices, or procedures to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal opportunity...
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§ 37.161(b)
When an accessibility feature is out of order, the entity shall take reasonable steps to accommodate individuals with disabilities who would otherwise use the feature....
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§ 37.167(b)(1)
transfer points with other fixed routes, other major intersections and destination points, and intervals along a route sufficient to permit individuals with visual impairments or other disabilities...
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§ 37.3 The Act or ADA
The Act or ADA means the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub....
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106.3 Undefined Terms
The meaning of terms not specifically defined in 106.5 or in regulations issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation to implement the Americans with Disabilities...