This document lists a sampling of common accessibility errors or omissions that have been identified through the Department of Justice's ongoing enforcement efforts....
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Introduction
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Communication. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department notes that as part of its ongoing enforcement of the reasonable modifications, program access, and effective communications requirements of title II, the Department has required...
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Questions and Answers about Health Care Workers and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the employment provisions of the ADA....
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More Steps Toward Access
Title III of the ADA authorizes the Department of Justice to certify that State laws, local building codes, or similar ordinances meet or exceed the ADA Standards for Accessible Design for...
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10. How quickly must an employer respond to a request for reasonable accommodation?
The supervisor does not act on the request and does not forward it to someone with authority to respond. The employee makes a second request to the supervisor....
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29. Does reassignment mean that the employee is permitted to compete for a vacant position?
Cir. 1998) (the court, in interpreting a collective bargaining agreement provision authorizing reassignment of disabled employees, states that "[a]n employee who is allowed to compete for...
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Social Security Administration Guide: Alternate Text for Images
The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement...
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Safety
Part 382 does not require or authorize you to disregard FAA safety regulations....
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Acknowledgements
The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable and generous time contributions of these subject matter experts and reviewers as well as many others who chose not to be not listed:...
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specify that Franchised Hotels in the United States take the following actions, within 120 days after the requirement is imposed: (a) Designate an onsite ADA Contact Person who shall have authority...
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Companions
The transit authority may require that the eligible individual reserve a space for the companion when the individual reserves his or her own ride....
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Medical Certificates/Communicable Diseases
Some comments also asked how directives or recommendations from public health authorities would play into carrier decisions under the rule....
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About and Acknowledgements
Second Street/College Plaza, Pomona, California 91766‑1854 909.469.5380 E-mail evac@westernu.edu About the Guide’s Author: June Isaacson Kailes has operated a full‑time...
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Phase I: Education and Labor Committee
At the hearing, businessmen, government officials, and transit authorities gave a ringing endorsement to the ADA....
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Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING REGULATORY AUTHORITY....
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Negotiations Between the Senate and the White House
For the administration, participants came primarily from the White House, including Roper and Funk; the Justice Department, especially the author of the Section 504 regulations, John Wodatch...
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Master Strategy and the Retooling of the ADA
They believed that the ultimate goal of legislation must not simply be to pass a bill, but rather to make an enforceable law....
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ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY GENESIS
Within 21 days of approval by the United States, Genesis will adopt and implement the non-discrimination policy, and Genesis will maintain and enforce the non-discrimination policy for the...
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The Audio Description Project: An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind
Sebastian Andrade-Miles is the author of our daily described television schedule. ...
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Neurofibromatosis Network
communities Coordination of state and regional efforts to maximize impact at the national level Creating awareness of NF and its effects to health care professionals, government authorities...
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5. Exception from the Requirements of M302 for Weight Scales with Integral Seats
However, the Access Board has declined to include such a provision in the final rule because of the potential space impact and because, it will ultimately be up to the enforcing authority...
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Issue 22: How is accessibility for persons with low vision assessed during the design review process?
Or the enforcing agency of the barriers act, the barrier board, can then stop funding on a project until we fix it. They have, by law, the right to do that. That’s a big stick....
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Comments to the NPRM
Others said that the Department lacks statutory authority under the ADA to require reasonable modification or that reasonably modifying paratransit policies and practices would force entities...
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Development of the 2004 ADA/ABA Guidelines
However, the Department of Justice has enforcement authority for all private entities under title III of the ADA, so individuals with complaints about noncompliance with part 39 should provide...
