Not exact matches
President Mahama assured PWDs of
accessibility to public places that are now being constructed in line with the
laws on disability, adding that those that preceded the
law would
require a lot of engineering work to adapt.
Local
Law 28
requires City department and agency «advertising and other materials pertaining to public events to include information regarding
accessibility for people with disabilities» but it does not include elected officials or Community Boards.
During a hearing on Friday, July 8, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ordered the county to hire a consultant by Aug. 7 in order to complete a settlement -
required analysis of impediment, AI, report, which highlights a municipality's assessment of
laws, regulations and procedures that affect a location's availability and
accessibility to fair and affordable housing units.
-- With respect to alterations of buildings or facilities designated as historic under State or local
law, the guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall establish procedures equivalent to those established by 4.1.7 (1)(b) and (c) of the Uniform Federal
Accessibility Standards, and shall
require, at a minimum, compliance with the requirements established in 4.1.7 (2) of such standards.
The three analogies: (1) whereas a pre-electronic paper record can be symbolized by a piece of paper in a file drawer, an electronic record is like a drop of water in a pool of water, i.e., it is completely dependent upon its ERMS for its existence,
accessibility, and «integrity» (as that word is used in the electronic records provisions of the Evidence Acts; e.g. s. 31.2 (1)(a) CEA); (2) if expert opinion evidence were rendered admissible in the way that electronic records are, there would be no evidence presented, nor cross-examination allowed, as to the qualifications of the expert witnesses, i.e., the «qualifications» of an electronic record being the state of records management of the ERMS in which it is stored; (3) going from a horse - powered transportation system to a motor vehicle - based transportation system has
required a vast amount of new
laws, regulations, and enforcement personnel, including police officers, judges, and lawyers, i.e., stepping up to a new technology
requires that it be controlled by new
laws and regulations, otherwise it will cause injury, damage, and injustice.
Because there is no
law of general application
requiring institutional ERMSs be maintained in compliance with the national standard, defects that can interfere with the existence,
accessibility, and integrity of e-records are very numerous and very common.
Many disability advocates believe that only with the enactment of proper
laws that
require governments and companies to implement
accessibility measures will
accessibility be achieved.
In California, a kind of crybaby cottage industry has popped up around, of all things, the Americans with Disabilities Act — the federal
law that
requires all public places to meet a minimum level of
accessibility.