To verify accessibility before deciding on a site for an emergency shelter can involve asking many questions such as those in the ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters....
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Step One: Accessible Shelter Quick-Check Survey
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A4.30.1 GENERAL
In building complexes where finding locations independently on a routine basis may be a necessity (for example, college campuses), tactile maps or prerecorded instructions can be very helpful...
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Gratings [4.5.4]
Gratings can pose a hazard by catching or entrapping the tips of crutches and walkers or narrow wheels of a wheelchair....
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Construction and Maintenance Practices
For example, standard speed humps can slow speeding traffic in a campground, but they can also become barriers if the main pedestrian access route through the campground is the roadway....
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Attachment I
Provide a lavatory faucet that can be operated with 5 pounds of force or less and can be used with 1 hand and without tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist (lever-operated,...
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SAMPLE SCENARIO: POWER OUTAGE
How can your network notify your community of the dangers of candles? (Also think about how you can you incorporate this message into year-round preparedness education.)...
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Digital Human Models
Such data can be treated statistically much like any other body size descriptor and when combined with ROJM data can be used to construct a scaled, dynamic computer model....
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Cassette Recordings (Advisory Guidance)
Audio materials can be produced commercially or in-house....
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1630.2(j)(1)(I)
(I) Unable to perform a major life activity that the average person in the general population can perform; or...
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When do the ADA's employment enforcement provisions become effective?
Charges of discrimination can be filed against employers with 25 or more employees and other covered entities beginning July 26, 1992....
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405.7 Landings
Ramps that do not have level landings at changes in direction can create a compound slope that will not meet the requirements of this document....
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12. Q: Are alcoholics covered by the ADA?
However, an employer can discipline, discharge or deny employment to an alcoholic whose use of alcohol adversely affects job performance or conduct....
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Social Policy
Policies that prevent people from having access to comprehensive health care can be a huge barrier....
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20. Q: What about holding cells and jails that are not accessible?
Structural changes can be undertaken in a manner that ensures officer safety and general security....
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Accessible Entrances
Accessible Entrances One small step at an entrance can make it impossible for individuals using wheelchairs, walkers, canes, or other mobility devices to enter a public facility....
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Vertical Clearance [4.6.5]
In garages, at least one vehicular route connecting van spaces to entrances and exits must provide this clearance; van spaces can be clustered on one level....
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Angled (Front-In) Parking
ADAAG's requirement for an access aisle on either side of a space (they can be shared by two spaces) is based on the assumption that drivers can head in or back in as needed....
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Raised and Braille Characters on Hoistway Entrances [4.10.5]
Recommendation:Since Braille characters can be difficult to read if placed too close to raised characters, consider a vertical clearance of at least 3/8 inch....
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A4.8.2 SLOPE AND RISE
Most ambulatory people and most people who use wheelchairs can manage a slope of 1:16. Many people cannot manage a slope of 1:12 for 30 ft (9 m)....
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9. Dedicated vehicles or special equipment in a vehicle
., the installation of specific hand rails or a front seat in a vehicle for the passenger to avoid nausea or back pain) can be denied so long as the requested equipment is not required by...
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11B-405.7 Landings
Ramps that do not have level landings at changes in direction can create a compound slope that will not meet the requirements of this document....
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9. Dedicated vehicles or special equipment in a vehicle
., the installation of specific hand rails or a front seat in a vehicle for the passenger to avoid nausea or back pain) can be denied so long as the requested equipment is not required by...
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11B-405.7 Landings
Ramps that do not have level landings at changes in direction can create a compound slope that will not meet the requirements of this chapter....
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GOLF CAR PASSAGE
[DSA-AC] A continuous passage on which a motorized golf car can operate....