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Search Results "Speech Impairment"
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Expanding Your Market: Accessibility Benefits Older Adult Customers
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9. Is an employer required to provide the reasonable accommodation that the individual wants?
The employee requests that the employer install a computer with speech output and that his supervisor send all memoranda through electronic mail which the computer can then read to him....
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4. What factors should a public school district consider in determining what auxiliary aids or services are necessary to afford qualified students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, the public school’s services, programs, or activities?
Likewise, a student with cerebral palsy who is nonverbal may need a computer that produces text or speech in order to communicate with the teacher and his or her classmates....
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402.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
If VMS cannot be speech enabled, should the Board require VMS to, at least, be accessible to people with low vision?...
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2.2.4 Issues
The general recommendation was that the transmitted signal be "as pure" as possible, with processing used to maximize speech intelligibility (as opposed other types of sound stimuli such...
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Tips for Presenters
Always face the audience; this is especially helpful for audience members who are speech readers (lip readers)....
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Section 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, 65 dB is the volume level for normal speech....
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AccessRec PathMat Temporary ADA Beach Access Mat
Aesthetically Pleasing - Visually attractive, the blue color of the PathMat provides a surface that is highly visible, delineating the route to access recreation areas for people with visual impairments...
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Adaptive Engineering Inc. Mobilift TX Wheelchair Lift for Rail Access
Trains can safely accommodate the special needs of mobility impaired passengers using the Mobilift TX....
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Ai Squared ZoomText Magnifier
ZoomText is the world's leading magnification and screen reading software for the visually impaired and helps countless individuals across the globe stay employed and in touch with the world...
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Background
U.S.C.] section 40105(b)) any foreign air carrier, may not discriminate against an otherwise qualified individual on the following grounds: (1) The individual has a physical or mental impairment...
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Helping Hands
We are a non-profit organization that helps adults with spinal cord injuries and other mobility impairments live more independent and engaged lives....
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Reasonable Accommodation
This is "reasonable" because a TTY is a common device used to facilitate communication between hearing and hearing-impaired individuals....
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382.27 May a carrier require a passenger with a disability to provide advance notice in order to obtain specific services in connection with a flight?
psychiatric service animal, transportation of any service animal on a flight scheduled to take eight hours or more, and accommodation of an individual who has both severe vision and hearing impairments...
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Background
., alerting a person with epilepsy of imminent seizure onset, pulling a wheelchair, assisting persons with mobility impairments with balance)....
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Section 1630.4 Discrimination Prohibited
We hope this will be an important signal to both lawyers and courts to spend less time and energy on the minutia of an individual's impairment, and more time and energy on the merits of...
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Shelves and Maneuvering Space
Staff should provide information about an item by reading labels for people with a vision impairment....
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2. Job Restructuring
If a person with a visual impairment could not verify the identification of an individual using the photo and other information on the card, the employer would not be required to transfer...
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BACKGROUND
In recent years, with the development of guidelines for the public right-of-way, concerns have been raised about the accessibility of roundabouts to persons with severe visual impairments...
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III-4.1100 General
Although the garage operator does not intend to discriminate against individuals with disabilities, the garage's policy unnecessarily tends to screen out people with certain mobility impairments...
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Section 37.129 Types of Service
., persons who can use fixed route transit but who, because of a specific impairment-related condition, cannot get to or from a stop), the “feeder paratransit” option, under the conditions...
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Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES): Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
You may be eligible for VR services if you meet all of the following requirements: You have a physical or mental impairment; Your physical or mental impairment constitutes...
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Assisted Living Directory - Ohio Assisted Living Facilities & Senior Care
unrelated individuals, and supervision and personal care services for three or more of those individuals who are dependent on the services of others by reason of age or physical or mental impairment...
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a) Public Right-of-Way
However, she argues that paratransit is not an effective substitute because not all mobility-impaired persons are able to use its services, and it is not always reliable....
