The Department interprets the Act's requirement of placing environmental controls in accessible locations as referring to those environmental controls that are used by residents or tenants...
Search Results "Qualified Interpreter"
2010 ADA Definition
Qualified Interpreter: The final definition now states that ‘‘[q]ualified interpreter means an interpreter who, via a video remote interpreting (VRI) service or an on-site appearance, is able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary. Qualified interpreters include, for example, sign language interpreters, oral transliterators, and cued-language transliterators.''
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Guidelines for Requirement 5
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Railings—Guardrails, Handrails, and Safety
It may not always be appropriate to provide paths and interpretive signs....
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What Terminology Should Be Used?
Speak directly to the person and maintain eye contact, don't speak through a companion or interpreter. Use person-first terminology....
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Sections 35.108(a)(2) and 36.105(a)(2) Definition of ‘‘disability’’—Rules of Construction
The NPRM’s inclusion of rules of construction stemmed directly from the ADA Amendments Act, which amended the ADA to require that the definition of ‘‘disability’’ be interpreted in conformance...
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Sections 35.108(d)(3) and 36.105(d)(3)—Condition, Manner, or Duration
Sections 35.108(d)(3)(ii) and 36.105(d)(3)(ii) provided examples of how restrictions on condition, manner, or duration might be interpreted and also clarified that the negative or burdensome...
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Structural Impracticability (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Almost all commenters supported this interpretation....
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III. Benefits of Ratification
The package of RUDs sent forward by the Administration and the specific interpretations found in the Secretary’s Report address the concerns that have been identified by outside observers...
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PATH OF TRAVEL
However, the CBC scoping is interpreted and enforced by Local Building Officials and other Authorities Having Jurisdiction, whereas the ADA scoping is not....
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C. The CVAA Does Not Preempt the ADA or Conflict With the ADA’s Application to This Case
Fundamental principles of statutory construction militate against interpreting the CVAA as repealing the ADA (or sections thereof) by implication....
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Hold and release of unsold accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many of those same commenters also requested that ‘‘sell-out'' be qualified with the phrase ‘‘of all seating available for sale'' since it is industry practice to hold back from release...
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Hold-and-release of unsold accessible seating. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many of those same commenters also requested that ‘‘sell-out'' be qualified with the phrase ‘‘of all seating available for sale'' since it is industry practice to hold back from release...
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D. Reasonable Modifications
If the answers to these questions reveal that the animal has been trained to work or perform tasks for a person with a disability, it qualifies as a service animal and must generally be...
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Section 36.406(f)(3)
create wheelchair spaces and companion seats that are otherwise dissimilar from nearby fixed seating and then simply adding a small number of additional seats to the platform would not qualify...
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Official Definitions
Then you qualify for the term blindness, according to the World Health Organization criteria....
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1. GENERAL
. § 791(b), and implementing regulations at 29 CFR 1614.203, which prohibit discrimination in Federal civilian employment against a qualified person with a disability and require elimination...
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Test C (Section-by-Section Analysis)
legitimate reason for the refusal (such as failure to meet eligibility criteria), a perceived concern about admitting persons with disabilities could be inferred and the individual would qualify...
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Enactment of the ADA and Issuance of the 1991 Regulations
Title II applies to State and local government entities, and, in Subtitle A, protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination on the basis of disability in services,...
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1.2 Legal Requirements.
Section 504 prohibits discrimination against any qualified individual with a disability solely by reason of his or her disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance...
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DOT Response to Comments
Department wants again to make clear that, as stated in the preamble to the last rulemaking: [the] September 2005 guidance concerning origin-to-destination service remains the Department's interpretation...
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Accessible Route to Dumpster and Enclosure
The purpose of this interpretation is to address the question of whether or not an accessible route is required by the ADA Standards from a retail store to an on-site dumpster and enclosure...
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Section 1630.2(j)(3) Predictable Assessments
Describing this goal, the legislative history states that courts had interpreted the Rehabilitation Act definition “broadly to include persons with a wide range of physical and mental impairments...
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3. Handicapped person
The Department will interpret the term as it is used in section 602 of the Education of the Handicapped Act, as amended....
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4. Proposed Updates to Other Web-Specific Provisions in Existing 508 Standards
We propose to delete § 1194.22(m) of the existing 508 Standards, which applies when a Web page needs an applet, plug-in, or other application present on the client system to interpret page...