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Conclusion
pedestrian ramp, passageway between platforms, staircase, escalator, etc.) in an existing facility is itself the subject of alteration and is therefore subject to 49 CFR § 37.43(a)(1), the public...
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§ 37.23(a)
(a) When a public entity enters into a contractual or other arrangement (including, but not limited to, a grant, subgrant, or cooperative agreement) or relationship with a private entity...
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Moving to the House Floor
The amendment established public policy in contradistinction to known facts “in deliberate deference to the fears and prejudice of others.”...
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Parent Asks for an Evaluation of the Student
. §104.35(a); For more information about health plans and Section 504, see OCR, Questions and Answers on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 for Students with Disabilities Attending Public Elementary...
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Guidelines for Requirement 3
The Guidelines provide separate guidance for (1) doors that are part of an accessible route in the public and common use areas of multifamily dwellings, including entry doors to individual...
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Washing Machines; Clothes Dryers— Sections 214.2 and 214.3 of the 2010 Standards
UFAS requires front loading washing machines and clothes dryers in common use laundry rooms in facilities serving accessible residential dwelling units.20 UFAS’ requirements for...
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28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 28 CFR Part 36 [CRT Docket No. 126; AG Order No. 3779–2016] RIN 1190–AA63 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations—Movie Theaters...
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PUBLIC BUILDING OR FACILITY
[DSA-AC] A building or facility or portion of a building or facility designed, constructed, or altered by, on behalf of, or for the use of a public entity subject to Chapter 1, Section 1.9.1.1...
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III-4.4100 General
Public accommodations must remove architectural barriers and communication barriers that are structural in nature in existing facilities, when it is readily achievable to do so....
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ADA National Network
ADA National Network The ADA National Network provides information, guidance and training on implementing the ADA to support the mission of the ADA to “assure equality of...
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(3) Doors within individual dwelling units
The final Guidelines recommend that doors intended for user passage within individual dwelling units have a clear opening of at least 32 inches nominal width when the door is open 90...
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Administrative Requirements
Title II requires public entities to take several steps to become compliant with the ADA. ...
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ADA Business Brief: Service Animals
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), businesses and organizations that serve the public must allow people with disabilities to bring their service animals into all areas of the...
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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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A. GENERAL NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS
Ensuring that communications with people with disabilities, including applicants, participants, and members of the public, are as effective as communications with others, including furnishing...
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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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Safe harbor and other proposed limitations on barrier removal.
Such a balance would not impose unnecessary financial burdens on existing places of public accommodation....
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A. GENERAL NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS
Ensuring that communications with people with disabilities, including applicants, participants, and members of the public, are as effective as communications with others, including furnishing...
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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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Enshrining the ADA: House-Senate Conference and the Signing
Enshrining the ADA: House-Senate Conference and the Signing The overwhelming votes in favor of the ADA in both the House and the Senate seemingly destined the ADA for success....
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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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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...