Examples include alerting people who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds; pulling wheelchairs; carrying or retrieving items for people with mobility disabilities or limited use of arms...
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D. Reasonable Modifications
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F. Shelter Environment
Likewise, someone who is deaf or hard of hearing may need a cot placed away from visual distractions that would prevent him from sleeping....
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Service Animals
Many individuals who are deaf use dogs to alert them to sounds. People with mobility disabilities often use dogs to pull their wheelchairs or retrieve items....
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REFERENCES
NY: National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Johnstone, C. (l999) Personal communication. Laszlo, C. (l998) Personal Communication. Lederman, N. & Hendricks, P. (l994)....
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6.1. Compliance Date
The Department believes that a two-year compliance date is too long and will further delay important accessibility benefits to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, or blind or have...
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Acoustiguide Opus+ Multimedia Guiding System
Acoustiguide interpretive guides offer innovative software to allow clients to collect visitors usage statistics on how audio guide users are moving around the site and what information...
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The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
broadcasting's ground-breaking work in media access that began in 1972 with the establishment of The Caption Center at WGBH and its development of captioning for television viewers who are deaf...
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Through the Looking Glass (TLG)
The dialog between non-peers, people with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, siblings, spouses and adult children of parents with disabilities or deaf parents is sometimes...
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David New, Plaintiff, v. Lucky Brand Dungarees Stores, Inc., d/b/a Lucky Brand Jeans, Defendant - Statement of Interest of the United States of America
This litigation implicates the proper interpretation and application of title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189, the Department’s regulation implementing title III, 28 C.F.R. pt....
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DISABILITY
In determining whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity, the term major shall not be interpreted strictly to create a demanding standard. ii....
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Section 1630.2(i) Major Life Activities
these examples to further illustrate the non-exhaustive list of major life activities, including major bodily functions, and to emphasize that the concept of major life activities is to be interpreted...
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A. Designating an ADA Coordinator
For example, the ADA Coordinator is often the main contact when someone wishes to request an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, such as a sign language interpreter or...
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Background
The guidelines are required to principally address the access needs of individuals with disabilities affecting hearing, vision, movement, manipulation, speech, and interpretation of information...
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Overview
Such input helped interpret how these interactions would affect each other....
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Periodic Reevaluation of Students with Disabilities
Supreme Court decision interpreting the law that preceded the IDEA and a U.S. Supreme Court decision under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....
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Other OCR Resources
Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs, Policy Interpretations, 43 Fed. Reg. 18630 (May 1, 1978), www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/frn-1978-08-14.html. ...
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Q9: How can a school district meet its obligation, as described in the Section 504 regulation, to evaluate students to determine the need for special education or related services consistent with the Amendments Act?
As explained in Q5, in determining if a student has a disability, the school district should ensure that it follows the expanded Amendments Act interpretation of disability, including the...
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25. Evaluation and placement
procedures designed to ensure that children are not misclassified, unnecessarily labeled as being handicapped, or incorrectly placed because of inappropriate selection, administration, or interpretation...
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Accessibility Standards in Title II Regulations Issued by DOJ
As emphasized by the revised Title II regulatory language as well as the interpretive guidance published with it, covered entities engaged in physical construction or alterations during...
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RESEARCH NEEDS
Drivers may interpret this delay as a decision by the pedestrian not to cross, and proceed just as the pedestrian steps into their path....
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Sections 35.108(d)(1)(i) and 36.105(d)(1)(i)—Broad Construction, Not a Demanding Standard
The Department believes that the nine rules of construction interpreting the term ‘‘substantially limits’’ provide ample guidance on determining whether an impairment substantially limits...
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III.
make the naked judicial claim to legislative power--a claim fundamentally at odds with our system of government--to be able to rewrite Title II in accord with the Department's textual interpretation...
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§35.190 Designated agencies (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Also, language has been added to §35.190(a) of the final regulation stating that the Assistant Attorney General shall provide policy guidance and interpretations to designated agencies to...
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233 Residential Facilities
Requirements for residential facilities address access for persons with disabilities, including persons with mobility impairments and those who are deaf or hard of hearing....
