It's all about people having the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Public lands offer a wide range of recreation settings and opportunities from highly developed campgrounds to...
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The Outdoors Are for Everyone—Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation and Trails Accessibility
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In Your Guest Room:
1. Pre-Plan Your Escape Routes: 1.1 Review the emergency exit plan and escape routes posted in your room, generally located on the back of the entry door. 1.1.1 Note all...
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J. PHYSICAL CHANGES TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS
survey all emergency shelters in the County using the survey instrument entitled ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters, Attachment F to identify barriers to access for individuals with disabilities...
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J. PHYSICAL CHANGES TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS
survey all emergency shelters in the County using the survey instrument entitled ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters, Attachment F to identify barriers to access for individuals with disabilities...
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B. ACCESSIBLE TICKETING
Per 28 C.F.R. § 36.302(f)(4)(v), if a group includes one or more individuals who need to use Accessible Seating because of a mobility disability or because their disability requires the...
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3. Q: I know I can't give a job applicant a medical exam before a conditional job offer is made. But what about physical agility and physical fitness tests?
A: You can give job applicants tests measuring an applicant's ability to perform job-related tasks or physical fitness tests (tests measuring performance of running, lifting, etc.) before...
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Accessible Health Care Briefs: HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS
HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS June Isaacson Kailes MSW, Associate Director Christie Mac Donald MPP, Senior Policy Analyst Center for Disabilities Issues and the...
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Use of the ISA Under the ADA
The ADA Standards apply nationwide to places of public accommodation, commercial facilities, and state and local government facilities. Promulgated by the Department of Justice (28...
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Case Study #1: Auxiliary aids and services under Title II are different from special education and related services under the IDEA.
Effective Communication determination under Title II: Because Tommy is a student with a hearing disability already identified under the IDEA, the school district also has an affirmative...
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DOT: Traveling with Service Animals with Closed Captioning
A helpful video for individuals with disabilities who are traveling with a service animal to, from, or within the United States....
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The National Shelter System and Physical Accessibility - Time to Look Under the Hood
This article focuses on physical accessibility, one of the many mass care criteria used by the American Red Cross National Shelter System (NSS)....
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ADA25: #12 of 25 -- Court Access
NAD Attorney Anna Bitencourt explains how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers access in the courtroom. View the entire #ADA25 series at www.nad.org/ADA25....
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1. Mayor's Office On Disability
Mayor's Office On Disability 1. According to the 2000 census, approximately 20% of the City of San Francisco's population (150,000 people) live with disabilities....
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Disability Discrimination
Disability Discrimination Authorities on disability have often said, and I have quoted them on this floor before, that the history of society’s formal methods of dealing with people with...
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Temporary Disabilities
Temporary Disabilities Eligibility may be based on a temporary as well as a permanent disability....
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Access Board
Access Board (or Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board) offers technical assistance on the ADA Accessibility Guidelines. Publications and...
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What kinds of securement equipment must be provided in buses and vans?
Section 38.23(d) of the DOT ADA regulations requires all ADA-compliant buses and vans to have a two-part securement system, one to secure the wheelchair, and a seat belt and...
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May a transit operator require that wheelchairs be secured in buses and vans?
Yes, if the transit operator has established such a policy, and the vehicle is required to be equipped with a securement system by 49 CFR Part 38. Section 37.165(c)(3) of the...
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Does a wheelchair user have to use the seat belt and shoulder harness?
Under the broad nondiscrimination provisions in Section 37.5 of the DOT ADA regulations, a transit operator is not permitted to mandate the use by wheelchair users of seat...
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What kinds of securement equipment must be provided in buses and vans?
Section 38.23(d) of the DOT ADA regulations requires all ADA-compliant buses and vans to have a two-part securement system, one to secure the wheelchair, and a seat belt and shoulder...
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May a transit operator require that wheelchairs be secured in buses and vans?
Yes, if the transit operator has established such a policy, and the vehicle is required to be equipped with a securement system by 49 CFR Part 38. Section 37.165(c)(3) of the DOT ADA...
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ADA25: #13 of 25 -- Jails and Prisons
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to those in jail or prison? Find out as NAD Attorney Debra Patkin explains what that looks like....
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Disability Access - Tips for the small business
California Commission on Disability Access http://www.ccda.ca.gov...
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Disabled Veterans National Foundation
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation exists to provide critically needed support to disabled and at-risk veterans who leave the military wounded—physically or psychologically—after...
