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Audio Description (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In order to ensure that individuals who are blind or have low vision have access to audio-described movies when such movies are available in a movie theater, the theater needs to provide...
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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...
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806 Transient Lodging Guest Rooms
Section 806 addresses access to accessible guest rooms (806.2) and those guest rooms that provide access to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (806.3)....
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TTYs
Organizations representing persons who are deaf recommended a keyboard height of 33 to 35 inches where users are expected to stand....
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B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
We project that U.S. carriers would need to provide two hours of training to each of their employees with respect to new requirements concerning oxygen and deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers...
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DEFINITIONS
telecommunications devices; videotext displays; accessible electronic and information technology; or other effective methods of making aurally delivered information available to individuals who are deaf...
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Evaluate Your Need to Identify as Someone Who Requires Assistance During an Evacuation
(Horovitz 2001) People who were deaf and hard of hearing could not receive instructions on the stairwell after the power and lights went out. ...
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III-4.3600 Limitations and alternatives
ILLUSTRATION: It may be an undue burden for a small private historic house museum on a shoestring budget to provide a sign language interpreter for a deaf individual wishing to participate...
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Telephones
language to communicate, those without access to high speed Internet, and some other signers often use teletypewriters (TTYs), which used to be called Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf...
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II-3.3000 Equality in participation/benefits
ILLUSTRATION 1: A deaf individual does not receive an equal opportunity to benefit from attending a city council meeting if he or she does not have access to what is said....
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Section 36.302 Modifications in Policies, Practices, or Procedures (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, it would not be discriminatory for a physician who specializes only in burn treatment to refer an individual who is deaf to another physician for treatment of an injury other...
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Annex A THE ADA: A BEGINNING
My eyes are blue, yours are brown, her vision is 20/20, he is blind — there are literally billions of combinations....
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Section 36.302 Modifications in Policies, Practices, or Procedures (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
For example, it would not be discriminatory for a physician who specializes only in burn treatment to refer an individual who is deaf to another physician for treatment of an injury other...
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Common Problems with Access to Programs, Generally
Voting: Consider the accessibility of voting machines to persons who have mobility impairments as well as those who are blind when acquiring new machines....
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TITLE II COVERAGE AND FINDINGS
The United States has determined that the University’s exclusion of a student who is blind from its course offerings through the use of MyOMLab, an online learning product that was inaccessible...
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Operable Parts
In addition, they proposed to include a new “key repeat” provision, modify the color provision to further accommodate individuals with color blindness, and expand the scope of the operable...
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16. Reasonable accommodation
nominal sum, such as that necessary to equip a telephone for use by a secretary with impaired hearing, but a large school district might be required to make available a teacher's aide to a blind...
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A. Accessible Voting Program
The Board has an obligation to provide an accessible voting program under federal law, including a program that is accessible to persons with mobility disabilities and persons who are blind...
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FM Systems
Multiple frequencies are possible and can support various programs such as audio description for people who are blind and simultaneous translation in multiple languages....
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A. Accessible Voting Program
The County has an obligation to provide an accessible voting program under the ADA, including a program that is accessible to persons who use wheelchairs and persons who are blind or have...
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HumanWare Trekker Breeze+ Handheld Talking GPS
The easy all-in-one handheld talking GPS for people who are blind or low vision....
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Executive Summary
The National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that, currently, more than 38 million Americans age 40 and older experience blindness, low vision, and...
