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The Twin Pillars
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Existing play areas. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
components for existing play areas or to recommend reduced scoping or additional exemptions for alteration, and has deleted the reduced scoping proposed in NPRM § 35.150(b)(4)(i) from the final rule...
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§1607.4 Information on impact.
Adverse impact and the “four-fifths rule.” ...
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Identification of accessible features in hotels and guest rooms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
To recognize that the information and level of detail needed will vary based on the nature and age of the facility, § 36.302(e)(2) has been moved to § 36.302(e)(1)(ii) in the final rule...
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C. Availability of Captioning and Audio Description
In this rule, in order to avoid confusion with the term used for captions provided in the television context (as well as in other contexts), the Department has chosen to use the terms “closed...
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TTY Use
vis-à-vis the reportedly low incidence of TTY calls, if we required queuing systems for TTYs, carriers that currently maintain TTYs might have an incentive to discontinue them, as this rule...
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Separate Pathways for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
The comments noted that path users cannot be expected to always follow the ‘‘rules of the road’’ and suggested that if paths cannot be physically separated that lanes for pedestrians and...
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A. Coverage issues
compliance schedule whereby the percentage of movie screens offering closed captioning and video description increases on a yearly basis, beginning with 10 percent in the first year any such rule...
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Wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices.
Instead, the proposed rule provides a list including wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, braces, or similar devices. ...
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Wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices.
Instead, the proposed rule provides a list including wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, braces, or similar devices. ...
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Determining appropriate auxiliary aids. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Many advocacy groups, particularly those representing blind individuals and those with low vision, urged the Department to add language in the final rule requiring the provision of accessible...
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1. Application of Functional Performance Criteria: 508 Standards
As described in the preamble to the final rule for the existing standards: This section [1194.31] provides functional performance criteria for overall product evaluation and for technologies...
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B. The ADA Standards for Accessible Design
1“Unless specifically stated otherwise, the advisory notes, appendix notes, and figures contained in the 1991 Standards and 2010 Standards explain or illustrate the requirements of the rule...
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III. PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE ADA
Following Lane, the Supreme Court in 2006 ruled unanimously in United States v....
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Cases concerning standing, like Newport News, and the normal rules of construction govern here....
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A. Movie Basics, Captioning, and Audio Description Generally
In order to avoid confusion between the specific requirements in this proposed rule and the ways the terms open and closed captioning have historically been used in other settings, the Department...
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ADA25: #1 of 25 -- The NAD and the ADA
With the passing of the ADA, the Rebab Act's anti-discrimination rules were expanded to almost all places. This was a great improvement....
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B. Title III's Implementing Regulation
The current section 36.303(g) (renumbered as 36.303(h) in this final rule) provides that if the provision of a particular auxiliary aid or service by a public accommodation would result...
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A. Statutory and Rulemaking History Up to the 2008 NPRM
On July 26, 1991, the Department issued its final rule implementing title III, which is codified at 28 CFR part 36....
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1. Captioning and Audio Description for Analog Movies
Will this rule affect the pace by which analog theaters convert to digital cinema? If so, how? ...
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Department of HHS Dear Colleague Letter: Guidance and Resources for Electronic Information Technology: Ensuring Equal Access to All Health Services and Benefits Provided Through Electronic Means
See OCR’s webpage for the Section 155 rule: http://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/forindividuals/section-1557/index.html. 7 See generally letter from Thomas E....
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Sections 35.108(b) and 36.105(b)—Physical or Mental Impairment
The Department has considered all of these comments and has decided to use the phrase ‘‘dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities’’ in the final rule....
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Equipment and furniture. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department has decided not to add specific scoping or technical requirements for equipment and furniture in this final rule....
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Section 37.163 Keeping Vehicle Lifts in Operative Condition--Public Entities
The rule provides an exception for those situations in which there is no spare vehicle (either accessible or inaccessible) available to take the place of the vehicle with an operative lift...