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...
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412.1.1 Digital Television Tuners
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9.5.3 Accessible Sleeping Accommodations in New Construction
Additional sleeping rooms that comply with 9.3 Sleeping Accommodations for Persons with Hearing Impairments shall be provided in conformance with the table provided in 9.1.3....
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Wheelchair
A device, including one that is battery-powered, that is designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for locomotion and that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area. ...
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§ 35.108(d)(3)(iv)
This is particularly true with respect to impairments such as those described in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section, which by their inherent nature should be easily found to impose a...
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The Fair Housing Information Clearinghouse - A Service of the National Fair Housing Training Academy
Our mission is to ensure that the public has open access to consistent information regarding their rights to fair housing....
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John Brabyn, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Center on Low Vision and Blindness (NIDRR), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Role of Alternative Signage Braille signs can help but have to be found before they can be read (slide 56)....
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1. Rulemaking History Prior to the 2010 ANPRM
Additionally, there were no auxiliary aids being provided to individuals who are deaf to access the sound content of the movie or to individuals who are blind or have low vision to access...
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Verification of Service Animals
[Sec. 382.55(a)(1)] Keep in mind that passengers accompanied by service animals may not have identification or written documentation regarding their service animals....
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§35.161 Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD's)
that, where a public entity communicates with applicants and beneficiaries by telephone, TDD’s or equally effective telecommunication systems be used to communicate with individuals with impaired...
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Show us your #CrappyCurb
Curb Cuts sometimes have textured areas that alert people with vision impairments that the sidewalk is transitioning into the street. We're all set up, I'm officially the Bionic Woman!...
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4. Example: Installing Curb Ramps for Program Accessibility
Consider a case where the streets and sidewalks in a small town were built pre-ADA and have not been altered since. Some intersections have curb ramps; most do not....
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Display Screens
DOT Decision: We have accepted the suggestion to require display screen characters and background to have a minimum luminosity-contrast-ratio of 3:1....
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Other Contrast Attributes
But it’s a change in texture so a person who’s visually impaired or blind, they would know – they’ve got the texture – but they’ve got both [cues]....
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12. Q: Do I have to take a sign language interpreter to a call about a violent crime in progress or a similar urgent situation involving a person who is deaf?
A: No. An officer's immediate priority is to stabilize the situation. If the person being arrested is deaf, the officer can make an arrest and call for an interpreter to be available...
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20.1 Q. If a covered multifamily dwelling has an individual, private garage which is attached to and serves only that dwelling, does the garage have to be accessible in terms of width and length?
A. Garages attached to and which serve only one covered multifamily dwelling are part of that dwelling unit, and are not covered by Requirement 2 of the Guidelines, which addresses...
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12.2 Q. What happens if a builder deliberately manipulates the grade so that a second story, which also might have been treated as a ground floor, requires steps?
A. Deliberate manipulation of the height of the finished floor level to avoid the requirements of the Fair Housing Act would serve as a basis for the Department to determine that...
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N. Mobility Disability or Mobility Disabilities
"Mobility Disability" or "Mobility Disabilities" means any impairment or medical condition that limits a person’s ability to walk, ambulate, maneuver around objects, or to ascend or descend...
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§8.31 Historic properties.
Accessibility to historic properties subject to alterations need not be provided if such accessibility would substantially impair the significant historic features of the property or result...
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Wheelchair
A device, including one that is a battery-powered, that is designed solely for use by a mobility-impaired person for locomotion and that is suitable for use in an indoor pedestrian area....
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§1630.2(j)(4)(iv)
This is particularly true with respect to impairments such as those described in paragraph (j)(3)(iii) of this section, which by their inherent nature should be easily found to impose a...
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V. Public Information Systems
However, it should be noted that while visual display systems accommodate persons who are deaf or are hearing impaired, assistive listening systems aid only those with a partial loss of...
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8. Are there situations in which an employer cannot ask for documentation in response to a request for reasonable accommodation?
Depending on the results of the blood test, the employee might have to take insulin....
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FACTS APPLICABLE TO ALL CLAIMS
As a result of Defendant's policies and practices with regard to curb ramps in the City's pedestrian right of way, people with mobility disabilities have been discriminated against and denied...
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A4.4.1 GENERAL
However, most people with severe impairments of vision use the long cane as an aid to mobility....
