Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section A Guide to Disability Rights Laws July 2009 For persons with disabilities, this document is available...
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A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
of travel into compliance are not required to modify those elements in order to reflect incremental changes in the proposed standards when the public entity alters a primary function area...
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National Association of the Deaf, Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, and Lee Nettles, Plaintiffs v. NETFLIX, INC., Defendant - Statement of Interest
To remedy such discrimination, the ADA prohibits a public accommodation, such as Netflix, from denying individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing the “full and equal enjoyment of [its]...
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Accessible Voting Technology Initiative
The Accessible Voting Technology Initiative is working to: Understand the barriers and facilitators to voting for people with disabilities Identify gaps where...
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Voters With Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods
Voting is the foundation of our American democratic system, and federal law generally requires access to voting on Election Day for people with disabilities. Under the law, state...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Comprehensive Civil Rights Legislation
Nondiscrimination in Public Accommodations Title III of the ADA extends to people with disabilities the same protections that Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to people...
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Section 35.151(k) Detention and correctional facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
However, correctional and detention facilities operated by or on behalf of public entities have always been subject to the nondiscrimination and program accessibility requirements of title...
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§27.127(d) Right to counsel.
(d) Right to counsel. In all proceedings under this section, the applicant or recipient and the responsible Departmental official have the right to be represented by counsel....
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Requirement 3. Usable doors.
Guideline Section 100.205(c)(2) would apply to doors that are a part of an accessible route in the public and common use areas of multifamily dwellings and to doors into and within individual...
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISABILITY LAW GUIDANCE: Paratransit Requirements for §5311-Funded Fixed-Route Service Operated by Private Entities
or demand responsive service, the public entity shall ensure that the private entity meets the requirements of this part that would apply to the public entity if the public entity itself...
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Flange way gap
For rail projects, no flange way gap can be greater than 2.5" where passenger circulation paths cross tracks at grade (i.e. a street-level pedestrian crossing over streetcar tracks)....
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Maneuvering Space at Doors
the preamble to the proposed guidelines, approaches to, and maneuvering spaces at, the exterior side of the entrance door to an individual dwelling unit would be considered part of the public...
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Section 35.151(b) Alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Another commenter argued that it would be a waste of money to create an accessible facility without having a way to get to the primary area....
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Small Business and ADA Readily Achievable Requirements - A Factsheet from the ADA National Network
All Rights Reserved....
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Accessibility Requirements for Occasional Public Use on Second Floor of Older Office Buildings
In many of these buildings, the second floor consists mostly of private offices that aren’t considered places of public accommodation....
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
language, Braille, or oral communication).59 Once a child is determined eligible to receive special education and related services under the IDEA, a school must provide a free appropriate public...
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VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC.
&
OUTPATIENT IMAGING AFFILIATES, LLC.
DJ# 202-62-458
VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC. & OUTPATIENT IMAGING AFFILIATES, LLC. DJ# 202-62-458
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Emergency Preparedness
Medication, refrigeration, and back-up power - A reasonable number of shelters should have back-up generators and a way to keep medications in a refrigerator or a cooler with ice....
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8. Private rights of action
Several comments urged that the regulation incorporate provision granting beneficiaries a private right of action against recipients under section 504....
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F210.1 General
In detention and correctional facilities, stairs that are not located in public use areas shall not be required to comply with 504. 2. ...
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210.1 General
In detention and correctional facilities, stairs that are not located in public use areas shall not be required to comply with 504. 2....
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United Way
United Way is the world’s largest privately-funded nonprofit. ...
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210.1 General
In detention and correctional facilities, stairs that are not located in public use areas shall not be required to comply with 504. 2....
