Census vastly underestimates the number of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have low vision....
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2. Public Comments on the Initial Regulatory Assessment and Department Responses
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Vischeck
Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind....
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Fair Housing Act
For example, a landlord with a "no pets" policy may be required to grant an exception to this rule and allow an individual who is blind to keep a guide dog in the residence....
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Fire Department Issues
Evacuating from the 78th floor, Michael, who is blind, relied on his own instincts, his guide dog, Roselle, and his business associates to make it to safety. ...
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ADA25: #3 of 25 -- Title I
Reasonable accommodations pertaining to deaf and hard of hearing employees include: qualified interpreters, CART, Videophone, TTY, visual alerts, transcribers/notetakers. ...
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Section 1193.2 Scoping (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The comment from CEMA goes further by suggesting that, if one manufacturer makes a cellular phone accessible to blind persons, another manufacturer would not need to even consider whether...
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Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services
Points (PSAPs) to provide direct, equal access to their services for people with disabilities who use teletypewriters (TTYs), which are also known as "telecommunications devices for the deaf...
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C. Eligibility Criteria
For example, a community with a school for students who are deaf may designate that facility as an emergency shelter for people who are deaf....
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8. What are auxiliary aids and services? What does it mean to provide effective communication?
, assistive listening devices, assistive listening systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed caption decoders, open and closed captioning, telecommunications devices for deaf...
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How do I know it’s a service animal and not a pet?
As noted earlier, functions include, but are not limited to: A. helping blind or visually impaired people to safely negotiate their surroundings; B. alerting...
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Summary of Major Provisions
The final rule requires entities to provide emergency transportable housing units with communication features for disaster survivors who are deaf or have a hearing loss as determined by...
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§35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination (Section-by-Section Analysis)
recognize the difference between criminal activity and the effects of seizures or other disabilities such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, mental illness, or deafness...
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410.8 Video Communication (Section-by-Section Analysis)
commenters expressed support for the general concept of a video quality requirement as important for ensuring the accessibility of a means of communication, which, for persons who are deaf...
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VocRehab Vermont - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Counselors for Deaf - Work with someone who understands the unique employment needs of Deaf people....
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Other Cost Issues
Or, if it would be an undue hardship for an employer to purchase brailling equipment for a blind applicant, the applicant should be offered the option of providing his own equipment (if...
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Architectural Barriers
The awning and awning support over the walk to the entrance is too close to the ground and is a barrier to people who are blind or visually impaired....
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Operational Definitions
Visual impairment can refer to loss of visual acuity – I’ll explain what that is; loss of contrast sensitivity – I’ll explain what that is; loss of peripheral vision; blind spots and a number...
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I. Plan Development
For example, many individuals who are blind may prefer to walk down stairs unassisted....
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Section 37.29 Private Providers of Taxi Service
It would be discrimination to pass up a passenger because he or she was blind or used a wheelchair, if the wheelchair was one that could be stowed in the cab and the passenger could transfer...
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Dancing Dots - Valley Forge, PA
., was founded in 1992 to develop and adapt music technology for the blind. In 1997 Dancing Dots released its first product, the GOODFEEL® Braille Music Translator. ...
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Video Caption Corporation Closed Captioning and Subtitling Services
Choice of Formats and Styles We offer both standard format translated subtitles and English-language Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH)....
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Opening Remarks and Introductions
I work for the American Foundation for the Blind....
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Captioning at movie theaters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is considering options under which it might require that movie theater owners and operators exhibit movies that are captioned for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. ...
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G. Response to 2008 NPRM Comments Concerning Movie Captioning and Video Description, Analysis and Discussion of Proposed Regulatory Approach
Department sought input from the public as to whether the Department´s regulation should require movie theater owners and operators to exhibit movies that have captioning for patrons who are deaf...
