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Search Results "Texas Society of Architects"
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Alliance of Disability Advocates - Raleigh, NC
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PREFACE
The benefits of the ADA extend to a broad range of people by cutting across all sectors of society; virtually everyone has already experienced positive benefits from the law or knows someone...
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National Association of the Deaf, Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and Lee Nettles, Plaintiffs v. NETFLIX, INC., Defendant - Statement of Interest
disabilities persists in such critical areas as . . . recreation . . .” and that “many people with physical or mental disabilities have been precluded from [fully participating in all aspects of society...
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General: ADA Standard Section 228.1
Section 228.1 of the ADA Standards covers information in the current ADA Standards on scoping requirements for depositories, vending machines, change machines, mail boxes, and fuel...
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Alliance of Disability Advocates
Alliance of Disability Advocates, Center for Independent Living (Alliance), is committed to assisting people with disabilities to live independently and become productive full participants in society...
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Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL) - Decatur, Charleston, Shelbyville, IL
SAIL is one of 23 Centers for Independent Living in the state of Illinois, which provides “independent living” access through all aspects of society....
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Disabled Peoples' International (DPI)
Peoples International (DPI) is a Human rights organization committed to the protection of the rights of people with disabilities and the promotion of their full and equal participation in society...
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Rebuilding Together East Bay-North - Berkeley, CA
Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April) was born of that spirit as people came together to help low-income neighbors fix their houses—first in Texas, then in Washington D.C. and...
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Rebuilding Together SouthWest Illinois - Madison, IL
In 1973, a group of neighbors from Texas decided to devote one day in April to repairing dilapidated homes of low-income, disabled, or elderly neighbors in their community. ...
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U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
GSA has a rich history of inclusion and is committed to creating a more accessible society, engaging in numerous efforts to create a more open government....
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Clarification on Standard Roll-In Shower Compliance
At a site I’m consulting for, the architect wants to install a fold-down grab bar to help achieve clearances in the bathroom (turning radius, lavatory clearance, etc)....
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Hearing Loop Systems T-Coil System
As the nations leading provider of “Loop Systems,” we are working together with audiologists, architects, consulting firms, and non-profit organizations across the country to promote and...
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Christian Blind Mission (CBM)
on its Christian values and over 100 years of professional expertise, CBM addresses poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability, and works in partnership to create an inclusive society...
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1022.9 Stairway identification signs
Architects, Signage Consultants and Manufacturers having standard details showing one sign for both purposes are encouraged to change them permanently, indicating two separate and distinct...
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Location
Rob Pfauth, AIA, a design architect at OWP&P stated that: "grab bars on both sides of water closets that either swing up or away obviously afford the ability for one or more caregivers...
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Closing
They tend to be past presidents of the different organizations representing the different sectors, building codes, home builders, architects, engineers and including about six presidential...
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Issue 22: How is accessibility for persons with low vision assessed during the design review process?
As Marsha has already explained, the chief architect’s office basically conforms, as far as I know, to the [ABA]....
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Grass Roots Activism
After seeking to work with the architects to no avail, Johnson and others staged a protest as a media event....
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Disability is Natural - Books and Media
Natural is to encourage new ways of thinking about developmental disabilities, in the belief that our attitudes drive our actions, and changes in our attitudes and actions can help create a society...
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National Center for Learning Disabilities
We’re working to create a society in which every individual possesses the academic, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, at work and in life....
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Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
LDA Visualizes a World in Which: all individuals with learning disabilities are empowered to thrive and participate fully in society; the incidence of learning disabilities is reduced; and...
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VI. CERTIFYING STATE ACCESSIBILITY CODES
Prior certification recipients included Washington, Texas, Maine, and Florida....
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Water Closet Location.
Young Retirement Community in Dallas, TX (Figure 9), it was challenged by both the Dallas Building Department as well as the reviewer for compliance with the Texas Accessibility Standards...
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Chapter 2: Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
There needed to be a clearly defined problem (for society, not just isolated individuals), coupled with a concrete solution, and a political climate to legitimate it....
