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15. Q: The police department hires from a pool of applicants that have received conditional offers. Does the ADA allow a police department to re-rank the applicants in the pool based on the results of the medical examination?
individual (orally or in writing) if his or her placement into an actual vacancy is in any way adversely affected by the results of a post-offer medical examination or disability-related question...
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4. Do the carpet requirements of Section 302.2 apply to ground level accessible routes within a play area?
(Information of how to obtain a copy of the American Society for Testing and Materials referenced standards are available in Question 22)....
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21. Q: Do we have to help children take off and put on their leg braces and provide similar types of assistance to children with mobility impairments?
The Department of Justice's settlement agreement with the Sunshine Child Center of Gillett, Wisconsin, addresses this issue and others (see question 26)....
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Is obesity considered a disability under the ACAA?
QUESTION: Is obesity considered a disability under the ACAA and, if so, is an obese passenger entitled to two seats for the price of one if he or she needs more than one seat?...
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Overhead Lifts
Question 27. If diagnostic equipment is designed for use with overhead lifts, should the equipment be exempted from providing clearance in or around the base for portable floor lifts?...
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Introduction
Many of the questions that were open to question under the language of the 1991 Standards were answered by the language of the new section and by its advisory text....
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‘‘Qualified individual with a disability.’’
It combines the definition at 45 CFR 84.3(k)(1) for employment (‘‘a handicapped person who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question’’) with...
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Issue 14: How can improved lighting and zero net energy goals by achieved while improving health care?
Question by Jim Woods: So you have lighting minimums? Response by Kurt Knight: Right. But we still demand that the AE design the building holistically to meet the 30 percent....
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8. How do I determine if it is readily achievable for me to install a lift in my existing pool?
Guidance on “Common Questions: Readily Achievable Barrier Removal” is available at http://www.ada.gov//adata1.htm (1996). 1 Specifically, in determining whether an action is “readily...
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Notice Requirement (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the 2010 ANPRM, in Question 18, the Department requested public comment relating to the necessity of a requirement for providing notice about the availability of captioned and audio-described...
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4. Drug addicts and alcoholics
misconceptions about the implications of including alcoholics and drug addicts within the scope of the regulation, the Secretary understands the concerns that underlie the comments on this question...
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"Readily achievable.'' (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
A number of commenters asked for more specific guidance as to when and how the resources of a parent corporation or entity are to be taken into account in determining what is readily achievable...
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Wheelchair Securement Systems
Additionally, the 2010 NPRM also asked two questions seeking commenters’ views on potential cost savings from the proposed design force reduction and proposed technical requirements for...
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"Service Animal'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, the Department proposed to modify the definition of service animal and asked for public input on several issues related to the service animal provisions of the 1991 title III...
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Amramp Modular Ramps
Ask us for independent test lab data on ramp fire safety. Available for RENT or Purchase Amramp is available for purchase or rental....
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Design Features and Accommodations for those with Depression, PTSD, & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace
We may ask her about her new baby and whether the baby is sleeping, but have we considered the smile on her face is nothing more than an accessory?...
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Paragraph (c) Access to moving text (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM provision exempted TTYs from this provision because it assumed a person who needed static text could ask the TTY sender to pause or type slowly....
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Typical examples of reasonable modifications are:
Instructing staff that if a customer who has lost the use of his or her arms asks them to reach into a shirt or jacket pocket to retrieve the wallet or credit card needed to pay the bill...
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I have an accessible exam table, but if it is in use when a patient with a disability comes in for an appointment, is it OK to make the patient wait for the room to open up, or else use an exam table that is not accessible?
The receptionist should ask each individual who calls to make an appointment if the individual will need any assistance at the examination because of a disability....
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3. Scope—Web Sites and Other Electronic Information and Communication Technologies
The Department asked for comment on whether we should limit the requirement to certain portions of the primary Web site (e.g., booking function, checking flight status), whether the requirements...
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Prevalence and Incidence of Low Vision and Blindness in the U.S.
There’s this Inhane Study which is done – you go around and ask people, basically, are you satisfied with your vision?...
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Importance of Codes
It helps you so much [to specify the] right thing and to know what to ask suppliers and manufacturers [about] materials that you’re going to use....
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Showers
Another commenter asked whether showers were required to comply with dimensions specified by the ANSI Standard. Response....
