Some Lessons The passage of the ADA was a consciousness-changing experience for the 101st Congress and must remain an important analytic point of departure for the development of disability...
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Some Lessons
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Turning Radius
According to the AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities (p. 37), the minimum design curve radius can be calculated by using the following formula: where: R = Curve...
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Focus and Sponsorship
Rather, thousands of people from all over the nation played roles crucial to the ADA’s success, and multiple thematic threads characterize the ADA’s development....
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3.2.2.1. Low Accessibility Baseline
The Low Accessibility baseline is the most conservative of the three baselines developed for the cost estimation. ...
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1.0 Background
In response to this lack of current information, the IDEA Center has been developing a comprehensive data set with a high level of accuracy (Steinfeld, Feathers and Paquet, 2005; Feathers...
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Beneficial Designs
Our staff develops assistive and adaptive technology, performs rehabilitation research, contract design, legal consultation, standards development, and serves as a rehabilitation information...
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National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth (NCLD/Y)
NCLD/Y has a four-pronged focus on working on developing leaders, developing the capacity of centers for independent living to serve those leaders, the capacity of the staff working directly...
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Mobilizing the Disability Community
The ADA coalition embraced four major functions: strategy development; education and lobbying; grass roots mobilization; and legal analysis....
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Hearing Loop Systems T-Coil System
the nations leading provider of “Loop Systems,” we are working together with audiologists, architects, consulting firms, and non-profit organizations across the country to promote and develop...
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National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability - for Youth (NCWD/Youth)
Who We Are The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) assists state and local workforce development systems to better serve all youth, including youth...
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Changes in Level within a Dwelling Unit
The commenters opposing the Department's interpretation stated that the Department's interpretation would place an undue burden on developers and needlessly increase housing costs for everyone...
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
eligible to receive special education and related services under the IDEA, a school must provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child with a disability through a properly developed...
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Overview of Current Media Technologies
Most institutions rely on the expertise of external design firms and technical consultants to develop cutting-edge exhibits that incorporate new media and learning technologies, interface...
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4. Assess During the Planning, Installation and Maintenance Phases
Researchers have attempted to address the portability of this test protocol with the development of the Rotational Penetrometer (RP) described below....
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III. Summary of Comments
Specifically, commenters recommended adding weight capacity or patient load requirements, ensuring that the room is accessible, developing a manner to evaluate and measure the accessibility...
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SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY REGULATORY ANALYSIS
attributable to the proposed rule, the Preliminary RIA estimates, quantifies, and monetizes costs in the following broad areas: (1) costs to federal agencies and contractors related to policy development...
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1.1. Purpose and Need for Rule and Scope of Regulatory Assessment
to attend movies that they can actually understand because of the availability of captions or audio description, they are exposed to new ideas and gain knowledge that contributes to the development...
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IV. ALTERATIONS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION
the Fall of 2017 and the Spring of 2018, and Olympia’s commitment to ensuring that the Events Center will fully comply with the ADA as per paragraph 15, Olympia will require that Olympia Development...
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Implications
Data on the performance of the hybrid surface systems may be promising enough to lead to further research and product development as the next generation of accessible protective playground...
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Two-tiered definitional approach. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
They also favored this concept because it recognizes technological developments and that the innovative uses of varying devices may provide increased access to individuals with mobility...
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‘‘Facility.’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department therefore will not interpret the new construction and alterations provisions of subpart D to apply to the types of facilities discussed here, pending further development of...
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205 Operable Parts
Exceptions the Board developed in rulemaking on recreation facilities are included in the final rule....
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1. Mayor's Office On Disability
As part of its efforts to promote access for disabled persons, MOD maintains a public website that provides extensive information on various topics, including: (1) new developments; (2)...
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Summary of Major Provisions
Where group sites are developed for emergency transportable housing units, the final rule requires at least 10 percent of the unit pads at each group site to be designed and constructed...
