The Department has lowered the minimum required scoping for captioning and audio description devices in order to ensure that the scoping requirements sufficiently provide access to individuals...
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1.4.2. Minimum Scoping Requirements for Captioning and Audio Description Devices
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Section 36.303(g)(1) Audio Description
“Audio Description” In the NPRM, the Department used the term “audio description” to refer to the spoken description of information describing the visual elements of a movie to an individual...
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Principle of Reasonableness and Cost
Four commenters noted that, in the preamble to the proposed guidelines, the Department indicated that the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines were limited by a "principle of reasonableness...
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XI. Technical Assistance
The Department issued for public comment on December 5, 1990, a government-wide plan for the provision of technical assistance....
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Analog Movie Screens (Section-by-Section Analysis)
It is unclear to the Department, however, whether those analog movies that continue to be made will be produced with captions and audio description. ...
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R101 Purpose (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department of Transportation regulations implementing Section 504 also contain requirements for recipients of federal financial assistance from the Department regarding compliance planning...
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1.2. 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On August 1, 2014, the Department issued the 2014 NPRM proposing to require movie theaters to provide closed movie captioning and audio description at all scheduled showings of a movie...
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Examples of Major Life Activities—Operations of a Major Bodily Function
One commenter objected to the Department’s inclusion of additional examples of major life activities in both these lists, suggesting that the Department include only those activities and...
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Appendix A to Part 37—Standards for Accessible Transportation Facilities
In the original 1991 publication of part 37, the Department complied with this requirement by reproducing the Access Board's Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG...
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B. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Captioning and Video Description
The Department received over 1150 comments on the 2010 ANPRM....
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Organization of This NPRM
The proposed standards and the Department's response to comments regarding the 2004 ADAAG are contained in Appendix A to the NPRM. ...
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A. Prior to 2010
On September 30, 2004, the Department published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announcing its intention to update the 1991 title II and title III ADA regulations and to adopt revised...
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§1191.1(a)
The guidelines serve as the basis for accessibility standards adopted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation under the Americans with Disabilities Act....
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ANSI Standard
The Department has developed Guidelines for those requirements of the Act where departures from ANSI were appropriate. Comment....
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2. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Second, the Department sought public comment on several technical questions that arose out of comments on the 2008 NPRM. ...
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SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
The United States Department of Justice (Department) initiated this matter as a compliance review of the City of Waukegan, Waukegan, Illinois under title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Section 35.172 Investigations and compliance reviews. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has reviewed each complaint that the Department has received and directed its resources to resolving the most critical matters....
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Transient Lodging
Transient lodging does not include residential dwelling units intended to be used as a residence, inpatient medical care facilities, licensed long-term care facilities, detention or correctional...
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Pool Lift Location: ADA Standard Section 1009.2.1
Pool lifts shall be located where the water level does not exceed 48 inches (1220 mm). EXCEPTIONS: 1....
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REPAIR
The definition is clear that repair is limited to work on an item or part and does not apply to a renovation, rehabilitation or renovation to an existing building in the event of fire or...
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REPAIR
The definition is clear that repair is limited to work on an item or part and does not apply to a renovation, rehabilitation or renovation to an existing building in the event of fire or...
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Section 36.306 Personal Devices and Services (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
addressed the issue of personal devices and services in the contexts of auxiliary aids and alternatives to barrier removal, Sec.36.306 provides a general statement that the regulation does...
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R202 Alterations and Elements Added to Existing Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department of Justice and Department of Transportation may provide guidance on the meaning of the word “resurfacing” when they conduct rulemaking to include accessibility standards for...
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II-1.4200 Other Federal and State laws
Title II does not disturb other Federal laws or any State laws that provide protection for individuals with disabilities at a level greater or equal to that provided by the ADA....