The Department of Transportation's definition of wheelchair is "a mobility aid belonging to any class of three or four-wheeled devices, usable indoors, designed for and used by individuals...
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"Wheelchair" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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"Wheelchair" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department of Transportation's definition of "wheelchair" is "a mobility aid belonging to any class of three or four-wheeled devices, usable indoors, designed for and used by individuals...
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 POLICY INTERPRETATION NO. 4
This paragraph does not require a recipient to make each of its existing facilities or every part of a facility accessible to and usable by handicapped persons. (b) Methods. ...
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Summary of Significant Changes
intended to revise and update the Access Board’s existing guidelines that provide scoping and technical requirements to ensure that ADA-covered buses, OTRBs, and vans are accessible to, and usable...
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A. Statutory and rulemaking history
The ADA also requires newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable...
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36 CFR Part 1194 - Proposed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines NPRM
section 508-based standards and section 255-based guidelines are intended to ensure that information and communication technology covered by the respective statutes is accessible to and usable...
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DSA IR 11B-4: DETECTABLE WARNINGS (with revisions issued through Nov. 2011)
Alternative Designs: The Division of the State Architect (DSA) recognizes the federal research effort and that the new technical criteria provide substantially equivalent or greater access and usability...
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Background
Further, industry standards, specifications, and measurement procedures do not even address some measures important to facility usability in new construction, such as how to measure the...
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Enactment of the ADA and Issuance of the 1991 Regulations
The ADA also requires newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable...
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B. The 2010 Standards Regarding Public Entrances Are Intended To Achieve the Same Result As the 1991 Standards Regarding Public Entrances
To that end, the ADA requires that new construction, such as Defendants’ stores, be “readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities,” except where an entity can demonstrate...
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11B-206.2.3 Multi-story buildings and facilities
less than 3,000 square feet (279 m2) per story if a reasonable portion of all facilities and accommodations normally sought and used by the public in such a building are accessible to and usable...
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Section 35.151(f) Housing at a place of education
By contrast, the residential facilities standards do require certain features that provide greater accessibility within units, such as more usable kitchens, and an accessible route throughout...
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c. Transfer Surface Size for Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in the Supine, Prone, or Side-lying Position
Some members of the MDE Advisory Committee noted that there was little gain in usability by increasing the transfer surface width from 28 inches to 30 inches, and that the significant gain...
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3.4 Some Basic Principles of Reasonable Accommodation
Or, if deep pile carpeting in a work area makes it impossible for an individual to use a manual wheelchair, the employer may need to replace the carpet, place a usable surface over the carpet...
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§ 382.21 Aircraft accessibility
The lavatory shall provide door locks, accessible call buttons, grab bars, faucets and other controls, and dispensers usable by qualified individuals with a disability, including wheelchair...
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B. Legal foundation for Web accessibility
regulations to require public entities and public accommodations that provide products or services to the public through websites on the Internet to make their sites accessible to and usable...
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2. Question: What is the minimum width needed for a level boarding railroad passenger station platform to meet the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
altered railroad station platforms, including non-level boarding platforms, used for intercity rail passenger service or commuter rail passenger service must be readily accessible to and usable...
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Auxiliary aids and services (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Methods of making services, programs, or activities accessible to, or usable by, individuals with mobility or manual dexterity impairments are addressed by other sections of this part, including...
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Costs and Benefits
in the 2016 Non-Rail Vehicle Guidelines are expected to directly benefit a significant number of Americans with disabilities by ensuring that transit buses and OTRBs are accessible and usable...
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About and Acknowledgements
reaching the disability market; customer service and product design, accessible telecommunication, disaster preparedness for people with disabilities and incorporating universal design and usability...
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INTRODUCTION
The standards, which are called ANSI A117.1, "Specifications for Making Buildings and Facilities Accessible to, and Usable by, Physically Handicapped People," are developed using the consensus...
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VI. CERTIFYING STATE ACCESSIBILITY CODES
specifically recognizes the importance of eliminating structural and architectural barriers by requiring all new or altered facilities subject to the ADA to be readily accessible to and usable...
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2.0 Methodology
2.0 Methodology We reviewed ICC/ANSI A117.1 (1998) Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, which serves as the model for the technical requirements in the federal guidelines in...
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Section 35.161 Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department is convinced that the general requirement to make such automated systems usable by persons with disabilities is appropriate at this time and title II entities should evaluate...