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Assisted Living Directory - Connecticut Assisted Living Facilities & Senior Care
The State of Connecticut defines assisted living as ‘a special combination of housing, supportive services, personalized assistance and health care designed to respond to the individual...
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Growth of the Disability Rights Movement
As a first step toward meeting these goals, DREDF leaders sponsored a meeting in San Francisco in the fall of 1980....
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"Disability.'' (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Congress adopted this same basic definition of ‘‘disability,’’ first used in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and in the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, for a number of reasons....
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Appendix C: Previous Research on the Visibility of Detectable Warning Surfaces
Following the first day of testing, the detectable warning surfaces were painted with various colors and patterns....
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Disability (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Congress adopted this same basic definition of "disability,'' first used in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and in the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, for a number of reasons....
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§ 382.38 Seating accommodations
paragraph (a) or (c) of this section, the carrier shall not reassign that individual to another seat in response to a subsequent request from another individual with a disability, without the first...
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21. How should an employer handle leave for an employee covered by both the ADA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
An employer must allow the individual to use any accrued paid leave first, but, if that is insufficient to cover the entire period, then the employer should grant unpaid leave....
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Examples of Major Life Activities, Other Than the Operations of a Major Bodily Function
A number of commenters representing persons with disabilities or the elderly recommended that the Department add a wide variety of other activities to this first list....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1) Rules of Construction
Congress extensively deliberated over whether a new term other than “substantially limits” should be adopted to denote the appropriate functional limitation necessary under the first and...
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ATTACHMENT A
and services are necessary must be made at the time H&R Block, H&R Block Tax Services, or its franchisees services are requested or an appointment is scheduled, whichever occurs first...
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A. Evaluating the Physical Accessibility of Emergency Shelters
A first step to providing an accessible shelter is to identify any physical barriers that exist that will prevent access to people with disabilities....
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Ask Questions and Provide Instructions
Don’t assume that by communicating with the carrier for the first leg of your trip, other carriers handling the rest of the journey are fully briefed and able to accommodate you....
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C. Training
After the first election occurring after the Effective Date of this Agreement, and for each election thereafter during the term of this Agreement, the City will identify each Election Officer...
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Step 3: Apply the Accessibility Provisions
First, look at the existing conditions on the ground and determine whether the trail alignment complies with the required running slopes of a maximum of 1:20 (5 percent) for any distance...
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Situations and Solutions
The employer wanted to provide accommodations during the first stage interview, which involved answering questions from a three-person search committee....
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C. Election Judge and Poll Worker Training
After the first election occurring after the Effective Date of this Agreement, and at each training session for each election thereafter, Harris County will identify each election judge...
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Station 3-Turning Radii
The participants traveled through the largest radius path first (figure 32). They repeated the process on paths with progressively smaller radii (figure 33)....
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The Research
The primary objective of these first two phases was to gather and develop statistical evidence to support the development of design guidelines that will define the various physical and three-dimensional...
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Conclusions and Recommendations
First, achievement of innovation under equivalent facilitation is difficult....
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Companions
Additional individuals beyond the first companion are carried only on a space available basis; that is, they do not displace other ADA paratransit eligible individuals....
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Hill-Rom Golvo® 8000 / 8008 Patient Lift
The Golvo® mobile lift combined with this ambulation support accessory provides support to take those first steps while reducing risk of injury to patients and caregivers....
