Furthermore, research has shown that when vehicles do yield, visually impaired pedestrians cannot reliably tell whether vehicles have yielded in all lanes (4), or when crossable gaps are...
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INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF PEDESTRIANS WITH VISION DISABILITIES
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Ensuring Online Files and Documents are Accessible
Documents and online content should be accessible and optimized for screen readers and other assistive technologies used by people who are blind or have low vision, as well as people with...
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Rules of Construction for Major Life Activities
terms ‘‘substantially’’ and ‘‘major’’ in the definition of ‘‘disability’’ to create a demanding standard for qualifying as disabled under the ADA, and that (2) required an individual to have...
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4. Benefits of the Proposed Rule
Overall, results from the Preliminary RIA demonstrate that the proposed 508 Standards will likely have substantial monetizable benefits to federal agencies and persons with disabilities....
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1023.9 Stairway identification signs
"Fire Department Signs" are for use by emergency responders to enable efficient navigation through tall buildings in emergency situations without having to backtrack, losing valuable time...
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XI. Overview of Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for New Construction and Alterations
Fixed seating assembly areas that accommodate 50 or more people or have audio-amplification systems must have a permanently installed assistive listening system. ...
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Accessible golf cars.
Accessible single-user golf cars are cars for use by individuals with mobility impairments that are driven with hand controls, and from which a person with a disability can hit the golf...
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1. INTRODUCTION
This is a point worth emphasizing: an acoustical environment acceptable for normal hearing individuals may not be so for those with hearing impairments....
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Section 36.204 Administrative Methods (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Section 36.204 specifies that an individual or entity shall not, directly, or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize standards or criteria or methods of administration that have...
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Medical Examinations
Medical Examinations An employer may only make medical examinations or inquiries of an employee regarding disability if such examinations are job-related and consistent with business...
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M303.3.3 Ramped (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Regarding running slope, the MDE NPRM proposed that ramp runs have a running slope not steeper than 1:12....
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1133B.2.5.2
, EXITS AND PATHS OF TRAVEL 1133B.2 Doors. 1133B.2.5.2 Hand-activated door opening hardware, handles, pulls, latches, locks and other operating devices on accessible doors shall have...
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5. ESTABLISHING TOLERANCE GUIDELINES
As previously stated, the California Attorney General’s office has indicated that construction tolerance guidelines "may wrongfully be viewed by some to have the effect of law" 1 and "unnecessarily...
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9. I already purchased a portable lift before March 15, 2012. Can I still use it?
If you have purchased a non-fixed lift before March 15th that otherwise complies with the requirements in the 2010 Standards for pool lifts (such as seat size, etc.), you may use it, as...
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233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units for Sale
DOJ regulation 28 CFR 35.1511(j)(2), for public entities (Title II) adds the following clarification regarding construction of dwelling units for sale to preselected buyers with disabilities...
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Captioning at movie theaters. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The ADA itself contains no explicit language regarding captioning in movie theaters, but the legislative history of title III states that, "[o]pen-captioning . . . of feature films playing...
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M201.1 Enforcing Authority (Section-by-Section Analysis)
There were no public comments regarding this provision....
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§27.121(d) Information to beneficiaries and participants.
Each recipient shall make available to participants, beneficiaries, and other interested persons such information regarding the provisions of this regulation and its application to the program...
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Injunctive Relief
with HIV aids, benefits, or services, such as medical and disability-related confidentiality, that are unequal to, or different or separate from, those afforded to detainees who do not have...
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Subpart F-Certification of State Laws or Local Building Codes (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department also has written to states that have not sought code certification to encourage them to do so. ...
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Section 1630.14(a) Pre-employment Inquiry
Therefore, for example, the employer cannot ask how the individual lost the leg or whether the loss of the leg is indicative of an underlying impairment....
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2.1(a)(ii) Major Life Activities
(ii) Major Life Activities To be a disability covered by the ADA, an impairment must substantially limit one or more major life activities....
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Paragraph (g) Availability of audio cutoff (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Comments from persons with hearing impairments supported this provision. However, some comments from both people with disabilities and manufacturers misunderstood this requirement....
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414.1.1 Digital Television Tuners
Digital television tuners shall provide processing of audio description when encoded as a Visually Impaired (VI) associated audio service that is provided as a complete program mix containing...