One good way to do this is to inspect each shelter facility that your community plans to use in an emergency and identify barriers to people with disabilities, including people who use wheelchairs...
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A. Evaluating the Physical Accessibility of Emergency Shelters
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Checklist
In an emergency they can be a communication life line. These devices, however, should never be the only communication method you depend on in an emergency....
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Information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
According to the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-5), ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication...
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Selecting an Accessible Play Surface Is One of the Most Important Decisions
Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2011) estimates there to be 2.8 million school-aged children with disabilities in the United States....
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Introduction
Tips for Speaking or Writing about People with Disabilities A key to any effective communication is to focus on the communication itself — what information needs to be transmitted and how...
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Title II Quiz
All the quizzes cover the same topics: general ADA, effective communication, facility/program accessibility, general Title II nondiscrimination requirements and Title II administrative requirements...
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410.6.4 Voice Mail, Auto-Attendant, and IVR Compatibility (Section-by-Section Analysis)
410.6.4 Voice Mail, Auto-Attendant, and IVR Compatibility (Section-by-Section Analysis) This section proposes that, where ICT provides real-time two-way voice communication, any associated...
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Introduction
Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program, the National Center on Accessibility, and the National Park Service collaborated on a daylong focus group study to learn about effective means of communication...
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List of Subjects for 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36
Administrative practice and procedure, Buildings and facilities, Business and industry, Civil rights, Communications equipment, Individuals with disabilities, Reporting and recordkeeping...
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§ 37.137(b)(2) Consultation with individuals with disabilities
Each entity shall contact individuals with disabilities and groups representing them in the community....
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General: ADA Standard Section 205.1
Section 205.1 of the ADA Standards covers information on scoping requirements for operable parts in the most current ADA Standards.
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First Victory
As one civil rights attorney explained, persons in the disability community thought the Reagan administration started with disability regulations because “they thought the disability community...
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Table of Contents
226 Dining Surfaces and Work Surfaces 227 Sales and Service 228 Depositories, Vending Machines, Change Machines, Mail Boxes, and Fuel Dispensers 229 Windows 230 Two-Way Communication...
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Printed and website notices
Add the following statement to any communications, announcements, or flyers about your meeting/event: "If you have questions concerning special needs or to request sign language interpreter...
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References
"Ten Commandments of Etiquette for Communicating with People with Disabilities," October 1995, National Center for Access Unlimited, Chicago, IL....
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Public accommodations
— Must provide auxiliary aids and services when necessary to ensure effective communication with individuals with disabilities....
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4.3.11.1(7)
elevator lobby when elevator shafts and adjacent lobbies are pressurized as required for smokeproof enclosures by local regulations and when complying with requirements herein for size, communication...
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The Government Response
People in the disability community correctly believed that presidential support was crucial for the ADA’s success....
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General Information about Hearing Impairments
INFORMATION ABOUT HEARING IMPAIRMENTS In 2011, a study led by researchers from Johns Hopkins reported that nearly 20% of Americans 12 and older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication...
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Chapter 3: Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response
Publicizing the ADA: Advocacy and the Government Response Gallaudet University erupted on March 1, 1988, as an estimated 1,500 alumni, students, faculty, and community supporters...
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DEFINITIONS
Likewise, someone who does not possess the ability to process spoken communication into the proper signs or to observe someone signing and change their signed or finger spelled communication...
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Open Captioning (or Other Technologies) as an Option for Compliance (Section-by-Section Analysis)
option.33 The Department decided to include this option in the proposed regulation as an example of an alternative means of meeting the movie theaters’ obligation to provide effective communication...
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The Commenters
Building Code Council; the Seattle Department of Construction and Land Use; the Barrier-free Subcode Committee of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code Advisory Board; the Department of Community...
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Telecommunications. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Commenters from the disability community and from telecommunications relay service providers argued that requirements for these particular features on telephones are obsolete not only because...