activity, so long as the selection or competition criteria are not discriminatory.105 In considering whether a reasonable modification is legally required, the school district must first...
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Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
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Which accessibility guidelines must we use?
First, here's a little background about laws, guidelines, and standards: The laws governing accessibility include: The 1968 law—the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)—requires that...
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Chapter 1: Background
The first part of this study is a literature review that sought expert opinion on the relevance and strength of the evidence concerning set up and transfer performance. ...
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Expert opinion on the current knowledge
In our own observations we see individuals going around or over the top of obstacles (e.g. transferring onto the obstacle first and then down into the seat/surface). ...
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Department of Transportation Disability Law Guidance: Use of "Segways" on Transportation Vehicles
A transportation provider seeking to exclude a mobility device on direct threat grounds should first consult with the appropriate DOT operating administration for guidance. ...
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Medical Certificate and a Passenger with a Communicable Disease or Infection
The first thing you should do is interview the passenger and her mother to obtain basic information about the girl’s condition....
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Alternate Scenarios
As a result, in the first set of alternate IBC baseline analyses, the Final RIA assumes that all of the three IBC model codes—IBC 2000, IBC 2003, and IBC 2006—have been fully adopted by...
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E102.1 Incorporation by Reference (Section-by-Section Analysis)
First, the cost of implementing this proposed rule can be mitigated, in part, through use of an updated product accessibility template that includes WCAG 2.0 and the other referenced standards...
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8. Revisions to Exceptions under 508 Standards
First, with respect to § 1194.3(c), which provides that assistive technology need not be supplied at all federal employees’ workstations, the Board proposed its deletion because, in essence...
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Factors to Consider in Planning For & Administering an ADA Facilities Compliance Plan
Your initial compliance efforts and your long-term success in integrating ADA requirements into your work will all benefit from early consideration of the following: First, consider your...
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Considerations When Hiring an Interpreter
If the interpreter will be voicing for a Deaf presenter, the interpreter will typically sit in the first or second row of the audience, where they can clearly see the signer for whom they...
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Chapter 2: Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
(R-CT) and Congressman Tony Coelho (DCA) first introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act in April, 1988, many persons in and out of the disability community did not give it a fighting...
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Data Collection Procedures
This was considered the first site visit for the longitudinal study. On-site assessments continued annually throughout the longitudinal study. ...
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Alternate Scenarios
As a result, in the first set of alternate IBC baseline analyses, the Final RIA assumes that all of the three IBC model codes—IBC 2000, IBC 2003, and IBC 2006—have been fully adopted by...
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S STATEMENT OF INTEREST ON THE PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
The United States filed its first statement of interest in this case on May 31, 2011. ECF No. 97....
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Section 37.43 Alteration of Transportation Facilities by Public Entities
First, if the alteration is made to a primary function area, (or access to an area containing a primary function), the entity shall make the alteration in such a way as to ensure that the...
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Category 2 Eligibility
Speaking first of bus systems, if a person is traveling from Point A to Point B on route 1, and route 1 is accessible, the person is not eligible for paratransit for the trip....
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II-5.2000 Methods for providing program accessibility
First, when program accessibility in existing facilities can be achieved only through structural alterations (that is, physical changes to the facilities), carrying may serve as a temporary...
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Subpart E—Enforcement (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Furthermore, the court may vindicate the public interest by assessing a civil penalty against the covered entity in an amount not exceeding $50,000 for a first violation and not exceeding...
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Section 1630.2(o) Reasonable Accommodation
In those cases, the plaintiffs had been found not to be covered under the first prong of the definition of disability “because of the overly stringent manner in which the courts had been...
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Issue 21: What additional education and training are needed for supervisors of employees with low vision?
But I come in and first of all I’m just tickled pink to have this job, because I’m disabled, and to get a job in the federal government with easy benefits and it’s stable, man, I am on cloud...
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T215 Communication Features
While these requirements are new to OTRBs, they have all been in effect for buses and vans since the existing guidelines were first promulgated in 1991....
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Section 1.0 Background
Access Board developed the first Federal guidelines for facility accessibility in the U.S....
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Additional Information
The Final RIA's first scenario examines the incremental impact of the final rules using the ‘‘main'' set of assumptions (i.e., assuming a primary baseline (1991 Standards), that the safe...