Section 505.6 covers the current ADA Standards for the handrail gripping surface.
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Gripping Surface: ADA Standard Section 505.6
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11B-505.6 Gripping surface
People with disabilities, older people, and others benefit from continuous gripping surfaces that permit users to reach the fingers outward or downward to grasp the handrail, particularly...
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Introduction
Modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the ADA is an "equal opportunity" law, not a benefit...
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218 and 810 Transportation Facilities
The 2010 Standards also delete the requirement for the material used to contrast in resiliency or sound-on-cane contact from adjoining walking surfaces at interior locations....
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Contracting with Other Entities to Provide Programs, Services or Activities
The state lottery has an obligation to ensure that stores are accessible to people with disabilities, including people who use wheelchairs....
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B. Assistive Listening Systems
Earphone jacks with variable volume controls can benefit only people who have slight hearing loss and do not help people who use hearing aids....
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Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Office of Management and Budget has reviewed this proposed rule pursuant to Executive Orders 12866 and 13563.47 The Access Board prepared a regulatory assessment of the potential costs and benefits...
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Regulatory Process Matters
Estimated Benefits of the Final Rule The benefits associated with the final rule results from increased access to electronic and information technology for Federal employees with disabilities...
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Integrated Setting
integrated way appropriate to their needs.21 Separate or special activities are permitted under Title II of the ADA to ensure that people with disabilities receive an equal opportunity to benefit...
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R407.2 Running Slope
Providing stairways along with ramps, where possible, benefits pedestrians with heart disease, limited stamina, and others for whom distance presents a greater barrier than steps....
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Element-by-element safe harbor for public accommodations. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The proposed safe harbor reflects the Department's determination that it would be an inefficient use of resources to require covered entities that have complied with the 1991 Standards to...
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38. Is an employer relieved of its obligation to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability who fails to take medication, to obtain medical treatment, or to use an assistive device (such as a hearing aid)?
While from an employer's perspective it may appear that an employee is "failing" to use medication or follow a certain treatment, such questions can be complex....
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H.4.ii. - If an instructor uses slides from presentation software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Corel Presentations, which are projected to a live class, do the Access Board standards apply?
As a reminder, the software used to create and playback the slideshow must meet the requirements of Section 1194.21, software applications and operating systems....
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11B-219.4 Location
Sitting in close proximity to the performing area benefits persons with hearing impairments by allowing them to lip-read and better see the facial expressions of performers. ◼...
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11B-219.4 Location
Sitting in close proximity to the performing area benefits persons with hearing impairments by allowing them to lip-read and better see the facial expressions of performers. ◼...
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11B-219.4 Location
Sitting in close proximity to the performing area benefits persons with hearing impairments by allowing them to lip-read and better see the facial expressions of performers. ◼...
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A. Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis (Executive Order 12866)
Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to propose or adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that its benefits justify its costs; tailor the regulation to impose...
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5. Conclusion
When you speak up, you let fitness professionals know that you are not the only one who would benefit from removing barriers....
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Sec. 469.106. Buildings and Facilities Used to Provide Direct Services to Persons With Mobility Impairments; State Leases
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Figure M1: Overview of M301 Diagnostic Equipment for Use by a Patient in a Supine, Prone, or Side-Lying Position
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§ 37.81 Purchase or lease of used rail vehicles by public entities operating rapid or light rail systems
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3. What does it mean for a public school district to give “primary consideration” to the request of the student with a disability when making the decision to provide a particular auxiliary aid or service?
For example, if a high school student was deaf at birth or lost his or her hearing before learning language, that person may use American Sign Language (ASL) as his or her primary form of...
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§8.6(c)
any other action that would not result in such an alteration or such burdens but would nevertheless ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, individuals with handicaps receive the benefits...