The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public accommodations (businesses and non-profit organizations) to provide goods and services to people with disabilities on an equal basis...
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What is Readily Achievable Barrier Removal?
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A4.4.1 General
Service animals are trained to recognize and avoid hazards. However, most people with severe impairments of vision use the long cane as an aid to mobility....
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PRIORITIES
§36.304(c)(2) Second, a public accommodation should take measures to provide access to those areas of a place of public accommodation where goods and services are made available to the...
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Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers...
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Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS)
The document embodies an agreement to minimize the differences between the standards previously used by four agencies (the General Services Administration, the departments of Housing and...
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I. Who is Covered by Title II of the ADA
"Public entities" include any State or local government and any of its departments, agencies, or other instrumentalities....
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STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS The ADA applies to all State and local government programs, actions, and services....
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C206.1 General
Where support documentation and services are provided for ICT, telecommunications equipment manufacturers shall provide such documentation and services in conformance with Chapter 6, upon...
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Dogs for Better Lives (Formerly: Dogs for the Deaf)
In both 2016 and 2017, we have been named a Business Magazine’s Top 100 nonprofits in Oregon to work for, and Charity Navigator gave us their highest rating for our financial health and...
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How can airline personnel help ensure that passengers with service animals are assigned and obtain appropriate seats on the aircraft?
Passengers generally know what kinds of seats best suit their service animals....
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§27.71(a)
(a) This section applies to all terminal facilities and services owned, leased, or operated on any basis by a recipient of DOT financial assistance at a commercial service airport, including...
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2.1 Health Care Experiences of Persons with Disabilities
Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. Second Edition, Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. Second Edition ed....
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C206.1 General
Where support documentation and services are provided for telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment, manufacturers shall ensure that such documentation and services conform...
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11B-805.4.3 Turning space
ETA Editor's Note The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, has issued Code Application...
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11B-805.4.3 Turning space
ETA Editor's Note The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, issued Code Application...
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2. b. WIDE AND EASY TO OPEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DOORS
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2. a. iii. Clear (Path-of-Travel) Floor Space
Access also includes how people will move into and around lobby and office reception areas, and determine the unobstructed floor or ground space to accommodate a wheelchair user....
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29 CFR Part 1630, Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the ADA (Title I Regulations with amendments issued through May 2016)
29 CFR Part 1630, Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the ADA Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12116 and 12205a of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as...
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Information for Disabled Persons
This page is designed to answer frequently asked questions on the housing rights of people with disabilities and the responsibilities of housing providers and building and design...
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12210(b) Rules of Construction
(b) Rules of Construction.-- Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to exclude as an individual with a disability an individual who--
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B. Legal Authority to Require Captioning and Audio Description
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Can an operator require a person to transfer from a wheelchair to a vehicle seat?
No. Section 37.165(e) of the DOT ADA regulations allows persons who use wheelchairs to transfer to a vehicle seat, if one is available. Such a move is the rider’s decision and...
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F. Counter Height
F. Do the registration counters or other counters serving guests have a lowered portion no more than 36" high or is there a folding shelf at 36" high to allow persons who use...
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Roadway resurfacing, curb ramps at crosswalks
If roadways are being resurfaced or otherwise altered as part of a BRT project, curb ramps must be installed at crosswalks that have been affected. (DOT ADA Standard 106.5.)
