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PART 1: OVERVIEW AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Accessibility is not only legally required, it is important medically so that minor problems can be detected and treated before turning into major and possibly life-threatening problems....
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Dispersion
The Board has not added a requirement for dispersion in medical care facilities because compliance over the life-time of the facility could prove difficult given the need for flexibility...
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Accessible Sports Facilities
The promise of the ADA...has enabled people with disabilities to enjoy much greater access to a wide range of affordable travel, recreational opportunities and life-enriching services."...
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Record of a disability
of a disability means that a person either has a history of a disability or has been misclassified as having a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life...
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Q11: What must a school district do for a student who has a disability but does not need any special education or related services?
For example, suppose a student is diagnosed with severe asthma that is a disability because it substantially limits the major life activity of breathing and the function of the respiratory...
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Preface for Day 2: Discussion led by Earle Kennett
I found a piece of research this morning from Life Science that says that a researcher, Daniel Zimmerman – and he’s a psychiatrist in Bellevue Hospital Center in New York – his research...
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Defining Disability Broadly
Longer life expectancies and decreasing death rates from heart disease increase the numbers of people living with chronic, nonfatal, but disabling conditions....
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Stories of Emergency Use of Mobile Devices
“We’ve also heard from parents of children with food allergies, thanking us for creating the app that saved their child’s life.”...
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6. RECEIVERS AND COUPLERS: RECOMMENDATIONS
• All receivers should include "low battery" warning lights, to give adequate battery life warning....
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2. Who is considered a person with a disability under Title II of the ADA and Section 504?
Answer: The ADA and Section 504 protect the rights of individuals with disabilities.40 A “disability” is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life...
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Scenario 6 – Disagreement Over Need to Evaluate
did not interfere with her ability to attend school, she might still be determined to be a student with a disability under Section 504 because the disease substantially limits a major life...
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2.2.3 Receivers
Battery life for the rechargeable batteries range from 6 to 10 hours (or up to 35 hours according to one report), while the life span of the disposable batteries (either 9 volt, AAA, or...
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Physical and Mental Qualification Standards
are necessary to perform specific jobs (for example, jobs in the transportation and construction industries; police and fire fighter jobs; security guard jobs) or to protect health and safety...
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Visible Alarms in Alterations to Existing Facilities
Other commenters said that the exception will make the safety of individuals with disabilities dependent upon the varying age of existing fire alarm systems....
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Section 36.204 Administrative Methods (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Of course, § 36.204 is subject to the various limitations contained in subpart C including, for example, necessity (§ 36.301(a)), safety (§36.301(b)), fundamental alteration (§ 36.302(a)...
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Are there any situations in which an animal would not be permitted to accompany its user on the flight?
rule contemplates that a service animal would not be permitted to accompany its user at his or her seat is where the animal blocks a space that, per FAA or applicable foreign government safety...
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VII. Existing Facilities: Removal of Barriers
Legitimate safety requirements may be considered in determining what is readily achievable so long as they are based on actual risks and are necessary for safe operation....
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§ 382.3 Applicability
(d) Nothing in this part shall authorize or require a carrier to fail to comply with any applicable FAA safety regulation....
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§ 382.47 Accommodations for persons with hearing impairments
(b) In aircraft in which safety briefings are presented to passengers on video screens, the carrier shall ensure that the video presentation is accessible to persons with hearing impairments...
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When An Employee Becomes Disabled
perform essential functions of the job currently held, (or held before the injury or illness), with or without reasonable accommodation, and without posing a "direct threat" to health or safety...
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4.4.3 Implications of Mammography Equipment Components
Another important feature of mammography equipment is the base support (shown in Figure 4.4.3(a), which is critical for structural support, seismic stability, and installation safety....
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5.9.2.1 Standing Supports on Single Ramped Entry Raised Platforms with Wheelchair Spaces Recommendations
Rationale for the recommendation The Committee recommends placement of standing supports on both sides for single ramp entry to a raised platform because the supports add safety....
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Diversion and Coordination with Mental Health Providers
settlement agreement with Hinds County, Mississippi regarding its jail, the Department and County agreed to “work toward the goal of population reduction in a manner that preserves public safety...