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Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness: What Visitors with Vision Loss Want Museums and Parks to Know about Effective Communication
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Alabama Department of Rehab Services
Created by the Alabama Legislature in 1994, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is the state agency that serves people with disabilities from birth to old age through...
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Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
Goal The goal of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is to assist an individual in achieving or maintaining an employment outcome that is consistent with his/her unique strengths, resources...
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F247.4 Trail Facilities
Outdoor recreation access routes are not required at camping facilities, picnic facilities, or viewing areas provided on trails....
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5 “G’s” Getting Access to Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities
91766‑1854, Phone: (909) 469‑5380, TTY: (909) 469-5520, Fax: (909) 469‑5503, Email: ahcs@westernu.edu, www.CDIHP.org This work was supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation...
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F245.4.2 Routes to and within Common Use and Public Use Areas
This section requires at least one outdoor recreation access route to connect each picnic unit with mobility features with common use and public use areas serving the unit; and at least...
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11B-809.10.8.2 Floor space
A floor space 30 inches (762 mm) minimum by 48 inches (1219 mm) minimum shall be provided centered on the lavatory....
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AbleData
wealth of information to assist domestic and international customers and their family members, vendors, distributors, organizations, professionals and caregivers in understanding assistive technology...
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4.7.6 Water Hydrant Clear Floor or Ground Space
Clear floor or ground space around a water hydrant shall be 48 inches (1220 mm) by 72 inches (1830 mm) with the long side of the space adjoining an outdoor recreation access route, trail...
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Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation’s (DETR) Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
The Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation’s (DETR) Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation is a state and federally funded program designed to help people with disabilities...
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Multi-Story Buildings and Facilities: ADA Standard Section 206.2.3
Section 206.2.3 covers the scoping requirements in the most current ADA Standards for accessible routes within multi-story buildings and facilities
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Assistive Technology Industry Association
The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) is a not-for-profit membership organization of manufacturers, sellers and providers of technology-based assistive devices and/or services...
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Planning and Designing Outdoor Recreation Facilities for Horses
"Equestrian Design Guidebook for Trails, Trailheads, and Campgrounds," a comprehensive technical resource, details those elements of planning, design, and construction that are...
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Inclusive Event Procedures for Emergencies
from: Grant to North Carolina Emergency Management from The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities Grant to North Carolina Emergency Management The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center...
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Wheelchair Space or Transfer Seat or Transfer Device
Commenters urged the Department to revise the requirements for wheelchair spaces and transfer seats and devices because most amusement rides are too complex to be reasonably modified or re-engineered...
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4.10.14* Emergency Communications
If provided, emergency two-way communication systems between the elevator and a point outside the hoistway shall comply with ASME A17.1‒1990. The highest operable part of a two-way...
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11B-1002.4.4.3 Permitted protrusions in wheelchair spaces
Objects are permitted to protrude a distance of 6 inches (152 mm) maximum along the front of the wheelchair space, where located 9 inches (229 mm) minimum and 27 inches (686 mm)...
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1002.4.4.3 Permitted Protrusions in Wheelchair Spaces
Objects are permitted to protrude a distance of 6 inches (150 mm) maximum along the front of the wheelchair space, where located 9 inches (230 mm) minimum and 27 inches (685 mm)...
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1016.7.2 Cross Slope
The cross slope shall not be steeper than 1:48. EXCEPTION: Where the surface is other than concrete, asphalt, or boards, cross slopes not steeper than 1:20 shall be permitted when...
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Protrusions
Protrusions There may be some protrusions into wheelchair spaces on rides, but not into circulation areas, accessible routes,or load and unload areas. Where a wheelchair space is...
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Gaps
Gaps Where wheelchair spaces are provided on amusement rides, the floors of rides must be coordinated with the floors of the load and unload areas so that when the ride is at...
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Passing Spaces [1016.4]
Where the clear width of an ORAR is less than 60 inches, passing spaces must be provided at intervals of at least 200 feet. Passing spaces must be: A minimum space of 60...
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Using the ORAR Exceptions [F202.3, Exception 4 and 1016, Exceptions 1, 2, and 3]
Where elements or spaces in camping and picnic facilities, viewing areas, or trailheads are altered but the circulation path to the altered element or space is not changed, the...
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Protruding Objects [1016.9]
Objects that protrude into ORARs, passing spaces, and resting intervals can pose hazards to people who are blind or have low vision. Constructed elements, such as signs on ORARs,...
