Search Results "Private Residence"

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  Freedom Center, Inc. - Frederick, MD
  

  It is a private, nonprofit agency. It is designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities and is providing an array of independent living (IL) services....

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  DIRECT Center for Independence, Inc - Tucson, AZ
  

  Administration, Arizona Department of Economic Security, the City of Tucson Community Development Block grant, Pima County, United Way of Southern Arizona, and through fundraising and private...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > Committee Activity and Reports > Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report
  2.1 Health Care Experiences of Persons with Disabilities

  2.1 Health Care Experiences of Persons with Disabilities The approximately 57 million U.S. residents living with disabilities vary widely in the nature of the conditions underlying their...

• Regulatory Support Documents > Regulatory Impact Analyses > Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
  5. BENEFITS DISCUSSION

  showing the desired movie with captions and audio description on a convenient day and time; (3) the movie theater may be located much farther away from where the person with a disability resides...

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  Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California (APIDC)
  

  Among the conference highlights was a panel featuring APIs with disabilities who were employed in various private and public positions, including elected officials and corporate executives...

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  Voters with Disabilities: Additional Monitoring of Polling Places Could Further Improve Accessibility
  

  All but one polling place we visited had an accessible voting system—typically, an electronic machine in a voting station—to facilitate private and independent voting for people with disabilities...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities NPRM: Preamble (2008 Title III NPRM Preamble)
  Section 36.406(a)(2) Applicable Standards (Section-by-Section Analysis)

  As the Department explained in the preamble to its 1991 NPRM to implement title III: Commercial facilities are those facilities that are intended for nonresidential use by a private entity...

• Legal Documents > United States of America v. Washington Hospital Center - Settlement Agreement
  I. BACKGROUND

  As a private entity that owns and operates medical service establishments, WHC is a public accommodation covered by Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181(6); 28 C.F.R. § 36.104....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > Withdrawn: 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Places of Public Accommodation; Equipment and Furniture (ANPRM)
  B. Legal foundation for equipment and furniture coverage

  equipment and furniture coverage The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all services, programs, and activities offered by public entities and in the operation of privately...

• Research and History > Regulations and Standards History > Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the Americans with Disabilities Act
  Early Actions in the House

  Foley (D-WA) were skeptical of the ADA’s wide-ranging impact and viewed the bill more as a private agenda of Congressman Coelho than an issue of national policy importance.3 “I had the leadership...

• Federal Documents > Preamble to Standards > 36 CFR Part 1194 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508 Standards) - Preamble
  Section 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)

  This gives the user the ability to listen privately to the information. The product must also provide a method to pause, restart, and interrupt the flow of information....

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  Southern Tier Independence Center (STIC) - Binghamton, NY
  

  We are funded through a wide variety of state contracts, fees-for-service, corporate event sponsorships, project-specific foundation grants and private individual donations....