These commenters noted that while movie theaters near areas with a high concentration of residents or students who are deaf or hard of hearing may experience greatest demand for devices,...
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Section 36.303(g)(3) Minimum Requirements for Captioning Devices
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Accessible Routes Throughout the Museum
Some people who are blind or have low vision use canes to detect barriers that jut into the path of travel, whether along the accessible route or any other circulation path....
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Low Vision Part 5: How Can Family Members Help a Loved One With Low Vision?
National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding...
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1.2 Background
Detectable warning surfaces are intended primarily to provide a tactile cue to pedestrians who are blind or have visual impairments....
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217 Telephones
Access to telephones is covered for people who use wheelchairs and those who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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Scoping Requirement for Alarms
Many commenters supported ensuring that such alarm systems are accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, but no information was received on appropriate technical specifications...
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Hall Lanterns [4.10.4]
Visual signals provide this information to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. At least one visible signal must serve each car....
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III-3.4300 Modifications in the regular program
interpreter for one of its regularly scheduled tours, the availability of the signed tour may be a factor in determining whether it would be an undue burden to provide an interpreter for a deaf...
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VI. Communications
"Auxiliary aids" include such services or devices as qualified interpreters, assistive listening headsets, television captioning and decoders, telecommunications devices for deaf persons...
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Requirements for Effective Communication
Law enforcement agencies must provide the communication aids and services needed to communicate effectively with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, except when a particular aid or...
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II-3.4400 Modifications in the regular program
interpreter for one of its regularly scheduled tours, the availability of the signed tour may be a factor in determining whether it would be an undue burden to provide an interpreter for a deaf...
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Section 35.161 Telecommunications (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department proposes to redesignate current § 35.161 as § 35.161(a), and to replace the term "Telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD's)" with "text telephones (TTYs)." ...
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II-7.1200 Qualified interpreter
When an interpreter is required, therefore, the public entity should provide a qualified interpreter, that is, an interpreter who is able to sign to the individual who is deaf what is being...
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SignOn VRI in Legal Settings
Learn how SignOn's video remote interpreting service can improve communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing sign language users....
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Introduction
There is only one problem… you are blind....
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G.9. - Are agency purchases from Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or severely disabled (NIB/NISH) or Federal Prison Industries ("FPI," also known as UNICOR) exempt from Section 508?
No. Agency purchases from NIB/NISH and FPI are treated as procurements and are subject to Section 508. For EIT products and services where NIB/NISH and FPI are mandatory sources,...
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Issue 7: Repair/replacement (put it back right!)
When the APS is not correctly installed, there is a risk that a person who is blind will cross a street with the wrong WALK indication or in the wrong direction....
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a. Problem: Images Without Text Equivalents
Blind people, those with low vision, and people with other disabilities that affect their ability to read a computer display often use different technologies so they can access the information...
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G. Completing the Survey and Checklist
Some sections of the checklist are divided into two parts, one for individuals with a mobility disability and the other for individuals who are blind or who have low vision....
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Cassette Recordings (Advisory Guidance)
Some persons who are blind or who have learning disabilities may require documentation on audio cassettes. Audio materials can be produced commercially or in-house....
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224 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
Access is addressed for people with disabilities, including those with mobility impairments (224.2) and people who are deaf or hard of hearing (224.4)....
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I) Police Services
A police officer and a deaf person communicate using a writing pad and pen....
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III-4.3420 Outgoing calls by customers, clients, patients, or participants
Newly constructed hotels must have a certain number of rooms that are accessible to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (the exact number is dependent on the number of rooms in the hotel...
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Visual Alarms
Result: People who are deaf have no way of knowing that a building emergency has been declared while others who can hear are alerted by the audible alarm....
