Sentences with phrase «architectural barriers»

Social Media doesn't understand about architectural barriers, or distinguish between countries or beliefs, it just spreads everywhere.

The ADA prohibits architectural barriers, such as the physical obstacles stairs pose to a student in a wheelchair, he said.

Helping managers determine the essential duties of the position, identify architectural barriers and possible modifications that allow people with disabilities to perform essential duties.

42 USC 4151, Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 This act provides that all federal agencies must accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing accessibility measures.

It also provides for «removing architectural barriers from schools and colleges, supplying books, uniforms and other materials to children with disabilities attending schools, grant of scholarship to students with disabilities, restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities» and a number of other facilities.

The improvement project will eliminate a number of architectural barriers in Central Park, make access from Washington Street and Benton Avenue comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act and provide accessible seating for the band shell.

Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana and the Teatrino are completely accessible to visitors with motor disabilities thanks to the absence of architectural barriers from the landing stage of boats at San Samuele (Palazzo Grassi and Teatrino) and at Salute (Punta della Dogana).

Noisy classrooms present similar architectural barriers to children with a hearing impairment.

Johnson uses anthropomorphosis to bring common objects to life, highlighting how architectural barriers frame and direct our experience of the surroundings.

The works themselves index architectural barriers between outside and inside — a monumental new series of aluminum - cast windows, a large - scale brick - wall painting and a new series of concrete sculptures cast from the corners of urban buildings — collectively comprising the space of an inner world.

It also urged the church to employ such persons, encouraged individuals with handicaps to become part of the ongoing life of the church, and specifically called attention «to removal of environmental and architectural barriers.»

The architectural barrier is to be found in all too many places.

Getting the university to provide the things she knew she had a right to took «telephone call after telephone call, letters, and arguments,» but eventually toilets were modified, architectural barriers were removed, and ramps were added.

In an analogous way, Cortina [Curtain] and Arco [Arch] have heavy concrete spheres — also used as an architectural barrier, this material is used in public and private squares to delimit the movement of people.

Ward recasts tropes of outdoor structures — the monument, the playground, lawn ornaments, architectural barriers, and the advertising sign — into surreal and playful creations.

In work from this period up to 1964, Truitt established her interest in making sculptures with dimensions that relate to the human body in ways similar to architectural barriers and monuments.

Rather, architectural barriers, societal attitudes and discriminatory policies contribute to the status of those with disabilities.

And Congress has passed several laws that have protected the rights of those with disabilities, including the Architectural Barriers Act in 1968, the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970, the Rehabilitation Act in 1973, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1975, the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 and the Fair Housing Amendments Act in 1988.

The 2015 review, conducted by University of Toronto law professor Mayo Moran, recommended that the government consider establishing Building Code requirements for building retrofits to remove architectural barriers.

Particular activities carried out by the Office include implementing and enforcing the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968.