Stadium-Style Movie Theaters Pursuant to 28 CFR 35.151(g) and 36.406(f), in addition to other obligations, stadium-style movie theaters must meet horizontal and vertical dispersion requirements...
Search Results "OPDMD: Other Power-Driven Mobility Device"
2010 ADA Definition
OPDMD: Other Power-Driven Mobility Device: Other power-driven mobility device means any mobility device powered by batteries, fuel, or other engines – whether or not designed primarily for use by individuals with mobility disabilities – that is used by individuals with mobility disabilities for the purpose of locomotion, including golf cars, electronic personal assistance mobility devices (EPAMDs), such as the Segway® PT, or any mobility device designed to operate in areas without defined pedestrian routes, but that is not a wheelchair within the meaning of this section. This definition does not apply to Federal wilderness areas; wheelchairs in such areas are defined in section 508(c)(2) of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12207(c)(2).
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Stadium-Style Movie Theaters
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14. Child welfare agencies have an obligation to ensure the health and safety of children. How can agencies comply with the ADA and Section 504 while also ensuring health and safety?
disability represents a "direct threat."87 Section 504 incorporates a similar principle.88 Under the ADA and Section 504, a direct threat is a significant risk to the health or safety of others...
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Dispersion
Section 224.5 requires dispersion of accessible rooms among the various classes of rooms provided, including room type, bed count, and other amenities to a degree comparable to the choices...
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382.19 May carriers refuse to provide transportation on the basis of disability?
In using its authority to make a direct threat determination and exclude a passenger, a carrier must not act inconsistently with other provisions of Part 382....
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1. When does someone with a hearing impairment have a disability within the meaning of the ADA?
meaning of the first part of the ADA's definition of disability because they are substantially limited in the major life activity of hearing.[15] Individuals with a hearing impairment other...
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Does the ADA also prohibit State and local governments from discriminating against persons with HIV or AIDS?
The ADA applies to all State and local governments, their departments and agencies, and any other instrumentalities or special purpose districts of State or local governments....
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Smooth Surface
This provision requires that parts creating joints in the smooth surface are to be within 1/16 inch of the same plane as the other....
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8. Providing Qualified Readers
In some job situations a reader may be the most effective and efficient accommodation, but in other situations alternative accommodations may enable an individual with a visual disability...
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221 Assembly Areas
similar statement that provided an illustrative list of assembly areas covered by this section, such as motion picture houses, theaters, stadiums, arenas, concert halls, courtrooms, and others...
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Accessible Sports Facilities
Other provisions contained in ADAAG address elements commonly found within a sports facility, such as accessible vehicle parking spaces, exterior accessible routes, doors, assembly sections...
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Introduction
“Acceptable Measurements,” on the other hand, are simply existing conditions and dimensions that plaintiffs and facility owners agree can remain if the facility owners will fix everything...
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221.1 General
companion seats are dispersed around that field of play or performance area; (3) Wheelchair spaces and companion seats are not located on (or obstructed by) temporary platforms or other...
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Scenario 3 – Disabilities in Remission
Omar’s mom notes that he runs and plays like all the other children and his grades are great. How would a group of knowledgeable persons determine if Omar has a disability?...
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Analysis of impact on small entities.
nature of complaints or comments received concerning the rule from the public; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other...
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Choosing more than one provider
A VRS provider (or its installers) may not adjust your hardware or software to restrict access to or diminish the quality of your service from any other VRS provider without your consent...
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ADA Task Force Meeting Topics (Public Entity)
Questions Contact with Federal Authorities Technical Assistance Complaints Response to grievances, complaints and plaintiffs Maintain Updated Library of ADA Standards Other...
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8. May a public school require an individual with a hearing, vision, or speech disability to bring another person to interpret or facilitate communication, or to rely on a person who accompanies an individual with such a disability?
regulations expressly prohibit a public school from requiring an individual with a disability to bring another person to interpret for him or her.35 Assuming the provision of an interpreter or other...
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Undue Burden
If an action would result in such an alteration or such burdens, the public entity must take any other action that would not result in such an alteration or such burdens but would nevertheless...
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8. How do I determine if it is readily achievable for me to install a lift in my existing pool?
The readily achievable analysis is based on factors such as the nature and cost of the needed action; all the financial, staff and other resources available to the business and any parent...
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206.2.1 Site Arrival Points
ETA Editor’s Note: Requirements for curb ramps, sidewalks and other elements in the public right of way may be covered by other Federal, State or local standards and regulations....
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21. New construction
Thus, if a doorway or wall is being altered, the door or other wall opening must be made wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs....
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ACCESS
If your carrier has an internal procedure for documenting complaints that requires CRO involvement or for documenting other types of passenger complaints, fill out the appropriate forms,...
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Effective communication and auxiliary aids.
ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities, including applicants, participants, members of the public, and their companions, are as effective as communications with others...
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(1) Site impracticality
All other sites, including a site with a single building having multiple entrances serving either individual dwelling units or clusters of dwelling units, may be analyzed either under the...