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Requirements for Effective Communication
Law enforcement agencies must provide the communication aids and services needed to communicate effectively with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, except when a particular aid or...
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Section 36.208(b) (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
In Arline, the Supreme Court recognized that there is a need to balance the interests of people with disabilities against legitimate concerns for public safety....
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Standards that exclude an entire class of individuals with disabilities
Such standards also may be used to screen out people who an employer fears, or assumes, may cause higher medical insurance or workers' compensation costs, or may have a higher rate of absenteeism...
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D. What Does Title II of the ADA Require with Respect to Curb Ramps at Pedestrian Crossings?
Title II of the ADA requires state and local governments to make pedestrian crossings accessible to people with disabilities by providing curb ramps.2 This requirement applies if your state...
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Three: Is the limitation on any major life activity substantial?
An impairment is “substantially limiting” under the ADA if the limitation is “severe,” “significant,” “considerable," or "to a large degree."16 The ADA protects people with serious, long-term...
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G. Completing the Survey and Checklist
It is usually more efficient for two or three people to work together doing these surveys. One person can measure while the other records the information and takes photos....
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Some Lessons
With the ADA, however, scores of organizations representing thousands of people with different disabilities joined forces to work for a common cause....
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1.0 Background
1.0 Background The standards used to ensure accessibility for people who use wheeled mobility devices like wheelchairs and scooters are based on research in anthropometry, the measurement...
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Caution regarding minimum Aisle Widths for aisles that serve "elements on both sides"
clear width related to egress when a Main Aisle is fed by feeder aisles (also known as 'Range Aisles') on both sides of the Main Aisle (thereby needing the wider aisle to accommodate more people...
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How do I know it’s a service animal and not a pet?
As noted earlier, functions include, but are not limited to: A. helping blind or visually impaired people to safely negotiate their surroundings; B. alerting...
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Mary Ann Hay, IALD, LEED™ AP. Artificial Lighting
The client, Lifetime Entertainment, wanted to create a very interactive, more casual environment for the office space, let people do more teaming in the space, and the lighting helps to...
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Sections §§ 35.108(d)(1)(vii) and 36.105(d)(1)(vii)—Comparison of Individual’s Performance of Major Life Activity Usually Will Not Require Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis
Department proposed at §§ 35.108(d)(1)(v) and 36.105(d)(1)(v) rules of construction making clear that the comparison of an individual’s performance of a major life activity to that of most people...
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ADA25: #6 of 25 -- Title IV
First photo shows a group of people marching, one holds a NAD poster. Second photo shows another group of people marching, one holds a poster "We Shall Overcome."...
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Chapter 3 Addendum: Title II Checklist (General Effective Communication)
(For example, does your entity communicate with blind people by using Braille, large print, or email when asked to do so?) ◼ Yes ◼ No 10. ...
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Trail Study Sites
The soil was firm with little loose soil or unstable rock....
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Alterations
Technically infeasible means: “… something that has little likelihood of being accomplished because existing structural conditions would require removing or altering a load-bearing member...
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Alternate Scenarios
The results of this scenario show that the expected NPV is positive for each readily achievable barrier removal rate and that varying this assumed rate has little impact on expected NPV....
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4.2.3. Alternate Medium Accessibility Baseline
Overall, there is little impact to the total costs when using the alternate baseline. ...
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5. Compare Surface Options
Some agencies may have more capital dollars at the front of the project for a surface system that costs a little more but requires less maintenance....
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Program requirements. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
If the detention and correctional facilities fail to accommodate prisoners with disabilities, these individuals have little recourse, particularly when the need is great (e.g., an accessible...
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Alternate Scenarios
The results of this scenario show that the expected NPV is positive for each readily achievable barrier removal rate and that varying this assumed rate has little impact on expected NPV....
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Substitute cells. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
be a viable option since such an approach could create a centralized location for accessibility needs and, because that jail system's facilities were in close proximity, it would have little...
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Section 37.43 Alteration of Transportation Facilities by Public Entities
Thus, for example the term “to the maximum extent feasible” should be construed as not requiring entities to make building alterations that have little likelihood of being accomplished without...