A transportation provider seeking to exclude a mobility device on direct threat grounds should first consult with the appropriate DOT operating administration for guidance. ...
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Department of Transportation Disability Law Guidance: Use of "Segways" on Transportation Vehicles
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Medical Certificate and a Passenger with a Communicable Disease or Infection
The first thing you should do is interview the passenger and her mother to obtain basic information about the girl’s condition....
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"Doing work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed that the Department maintain the requirement first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform...
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Alternate Scenarios
As a result, in the first set of alternate IBC baseline analyses, the Final RIA assumes that all of the three IBC model codes—IBC 2000, IBC 2003, and IBC 2006—have been fully adopted by...
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Providing minimal protection. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
One commenter noted that the use of a service animal trained to provide ‘‘minimal protection'' may impede access to care in an emergency, for example, where the first responder is unable...
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E102.1 Incorporation by Reference (Section-by-Section Analysis)
First, the cost of implementing this proposed rule can be mitigated, in part, through use of an updated product accessibility template that includes WCAG 2.0 and the other referenced standards...
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8. Revisions to Exceptions under 508 Standards
First, with respect to § 1194.3(c), which provides that assistive technology need not be supplied at all federal employees’ workstations, the Board proposed its deletion because, in essence...
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Factors to Consider in Planning For & Administering an ADA Facilities Compliance Plan
Your initial compliance efforts and your long-term success in integrating ADA requirements into your work will all benefit from early consideration of the following: First, consider your...
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1.5. Major Provisions of Final Rule
First, the captioning and audio description requirements of this rule apply only to movie theaters with auditoriums that exhibit digital movies. ...
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Considerations When Hiring an Interpreter
If the interpreter will be voicing for a Deaf presenter, the interpreter will typically sit in the first or second row of the audience, where they can clearly see the signer for whom they...
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V. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF AGREEMENT
Postal Service, first class certified mail, return receipt requested, and notice shall be deemed given on the date of receipt of the same. ...
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Chapter 2: Putting the ADA on the Legislative Agenda: The National Council on Disability
(R-CT) and Congressman Tony Coelho (DCA) first introduced the Americans with Disabilities Act in April, 1988, many persons in and out of the disability community did not give it a fighting...
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Data Collection Procedures
This was considered the first site visit for the longitudinal study. On-site assessments continued annually throughout the longitudinal study. ...
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Doing "work'' or "performing tasks.'' (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM proposed that the Department maintain the requirement, first articulated in the 1991 title III regulation, that in order to qualify as a service animal, the animal must ‘‘perform...
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Alternate Scenarios
As a result, in the first set of alternate IBC baseline analyses, the Final RIA assumes that all of the three IBC model codes—IBC 2000, IBC 2003, and IBC 2006—have been fully adopted by...
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S STATEMENT OF INTEREST ON THE PARTIES’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
The United States filed its first statement of interest in this case on May 31, 2011. ECF No. 97....
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Section 37.43 Alteration of Transportation Facilities by Public Entities
First, if the alteration is made to a primary function area, (or access to an area containing a primary function), the entity shall make the alteration in such a way as to ensure that the...
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Category 2 Eligibility
Speaking first of bus systems, if a person is traveling from Point A to Point B on route 1, and route 1 is accessible, the person is not eligible for paratransit for the trip....
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II-5.2000 Methods for providing program accessibility
First, when program accessibility in existing facilities can be achieved only through structural alterations (that is, physical changes to the facilities), carrying may serve as a temporary...
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Subpart E—Enforcement (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Furthermore, the court may vindicate the public interest by assessing a civil penalty against the covered entity in an amount not exceeding $50,000 for a first violation and not exceeding...
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Section 1630.2(o) Reasonable Accommodation
In those cases, the plaintiffs had been found not to be covered under the first prong of the definition of disability “because of the overly stringent manner in which the courts had been...
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Section 1630.2(l) Regarded as Substantially Limited in a Major Life Activity
is reasonable under the ‘regarded as' prong of the definition because individuals seeking coverage under this prong need not meet the functional limitation requirement contained in the first...
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Issue 21: What additional education and training are needed for supervisors of employees with low vision?
But I come in and first of all I’m just tickled pink to have this job, because I’m disabled, and to get a job in the federal government with easy benefits and it’s stable, man, I am on cloud...
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T215 Communication Features
While these requirements are new to OTRBs, they have all been in effect for buses and vans since the existing guidelines were first promulgated in 1991....