Thirty (30) percent of male manual wheelchair users and 6 percent of male power wheelchair users had seat heights equal to or less than 19 inches....
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AVAILABLE DATA DO NOT SUPPORT DEPARTING FROM THE CURRENTLY ACCEPTED STANDARD OF 19-INCH TRANSFER SURFACE HEIGHT
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Stages.
sources with which to quantify the benefits that accrue to students and other persons with disabilities who, as a result of direct access to stages, would be able to participate fully and equally...
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7.9 Health Insurance and Other Employee Benefit Plans
Employees with disabilities must be given equal access to whatever insurance or benefit plans the employer provides....
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Other OCR Resources
Dear Colleague Letter: Equal Access to Extracurricular Athletics for Students with Disabilities (Jan. 25, 2013), www.ed.gov/ocr/letters/colleague-201301-504.html. ...
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Falls and Injuries
So you have four times the risk of hip fracture if you have low vision by Medicare definition than you if you don’t – all else being equal....
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Alternate Scenarios
In other words, it was assumed that the number of ADA-covered facilities respectively compliant with these 20 requirements was equal to the percentage of the United States population (based...
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1. Summary of Results
depend not only on technologies that are currently available to achieve compliance, but also on emerging technologies that may provide more cost-effective ways in the future to ensure equal...
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Background
In contrast, older respondents who were nonambulatory reported that all of the configurations (including the preferred and alternative ADA configurations) were equally difficult....
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Alternate Scenarios
In other words, it was assumed that the number of ADA-covered facilities respectively compliant with these 20 requirements was equal to the percentage of the United States population (based...
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Substitute cells. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
planned), provided that each substitute cell is located within the same facility, is integrated with other cells to the maximum extent feasible, and has, at a minimum, physical access equal...
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Tri-County Center for Independent Living (TCIL) - Rolla, MO
Independent Living is having the opportunity to make decisions that affect your life - limited only in the same manner as a person without a disability....
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Fulton County, GA Self Evaluation Report
Prompted in part by these developments, and as part of its ongoing commitment to civil rights, Fulton County determined that it would renew its efforts to offer full and equal access to...
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Communication Needs
For a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, the IEP Team must consider: (1) the child's language and communication needs; (2) opportunities for direct communication with peers and professional...
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2. Accommodation in testing
For example: A person with dyslexia should be given an opportunity to take a written test orally, if the dyslexia seriously impairs the individual's ability to read....
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Section 36.406(f)(3)
that seat four or more wheelchair users and their companions have the potential to reduce the number of available wheelchair seating spaces below the level required, thus reducing the opportunities...
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Time periods
the House report explains, ‘‘The employment, transportation, and public accommodation sections of * * * (the ADA) would be meaningless if people who use wheelchairs were not afforded the opportunity...
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Accessibility Stories by Vijay Gupta
But I see a lot of opportunity and I think it can be achieved. It will take a lot of experience, a lot of [work]. That’s one story I wanted to tell....
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Section 35.136 Service Animals (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Add in § 35.136(c) that if a public entity properly excludes a service animal, the public entity must give the individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in or benefit from...
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ADA Professional Training Certificate Program
Real-life scenarios are used throughout the course and the student will have the opportunity to meet several individuals with various disabilities and hear first-hand their experiences and...
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Disability is Natural - Books and Media
in the belief that our attitudes drive our actions, and changes in our attitudes and actions can help create a society where all children and adults with developmental disabilities have opportunities...
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Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
LDA’s mission is to create opportunities for success for all individuals affected by learning disabilities and to reduce the incidence of learning disabilities in future generations....
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Service Animal Issues
apparent lack of problems in the real world of air travel, hundreds of comments expressed the fear that the Department was proposing new regulations that would unfairly limit the travel opportunities...
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Show us your #CrappyCurb
Curb Cuts make sure people with mobility disabilities can navigate the city safely and have equal access. How's your community doing?...
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B. Technical standards for criterion-related validity studies
the following considerations should also be taken into account: The degree of adverse impact of the procedure, the availability of other selection procedures of greater or substantially equal...
