Sentences with phrase «of access for persons with disabilities»

Male District Leader 79th A.D.: We interviewed both Jose A. Padilla, Jr. and Eric Stevenson, both of whom are supportive of access for persons with disabilities in the Democratic Party.

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As a former city councilor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory Commaccess for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access - Ability Advisory CommAccess - Ability Advisory Committee.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

He underlined the need to improve access to mental health support for people in the poorest places of the world and shared how he had witnessed first - hand, some of the challenges faced by children with disabilities on a trip to East Africa.

The football coaching programme, in partnership with the Special Olympics, is part of Tottenham Hotspur Foundation's community development program aimed at improving access to sports opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.

They would not only roll back the progress we have made in increasing access to healthcare, they would threaten care for the most vulnerable, especially seniors and people with disabilities in need of long term care.

Additionally, the Office of the Third Sector now funds a National Talent Bank to provide volunteering opportunities for people whose work has been affected by the recession, and has created an Access to Volunteering programme to enable more people with disabilities to volunteer.

Transport — Subject: Access to transport for people with disabilities Witness (es): Bruce Thompson, Head of Transport Co-ordination Service, Devon County Council, Liz Chandler, Director of Corporate Development, Merseytravel and Stephen Golden, Head of Equality and Corporate Sustainability, Transport for London; Ewan Jones, Director, Community Transport Association and Declan O'Mahoney, Director, Motability; Iain Osborne, Group Director of Regulatory Policy Group, Civil Aviation Authority, Peter Duffy, Marketing Director, easyJet and Mark Hicks, Head of Passenger Services, Heathrow Airport Location: The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Global Contact Services, the North Carolina - based company that runs Access - A-Ride, the MTA's transit service for people with disabilities, is the subject of an inquiry by the authority in response to the workers» persistent complaints.

Ms. Starkey (a lawyer) and Ms Cooper (a Special Education teacher) are supportive of full access for persons with disabilities within the Democratic Party.

(7) instructs the shadow Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority and their statutory successors to apply high standards of cost - effectiveness and demonstrate value for money in the business case, to report back to Parliament with up to date costings and a realistic timetable for the duration of the work, and to include measures to ensure: the repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical services, fire safety improvement works, the removal of asbestos, repairs to the external and internal fabric of the Palace, the removal of unnecessary and unsightly accretions to the Palace, the improvement of visitor access including the provision of new educational and other facilities for visitors and full access for people with disabilities;

ADVOCATE on behalf of families and service providers in the OPWDD (Office for People with Developmental Disabilities) system to make sure new procedures provide more access, more services and more reimbursement not less.

The elevator has helped facilitate tourism by providing more direct access to the Poughkeepsie train station; and provides easier access for persons with disabilities to the park near the center of the bridge.

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with North Adams to improve access for people with disabilities.

Topics include the rights of persons with disabilities; the rights and responsibilities of drug users and ethical considerations for dignified addiction treatment; improving maternal and child health through advancements in women's rights; the effects of violence; access to affordable and appropriate health care and treatment; health disparities between different population groups; health during war and conflict; the health of internally displaced persons and refugees; and recognition of social and structural forces that impact the health of individuals and groups.

Articles on Science and Disability, 1970s Correspondence, 1970s Articles on Science and Disability, 1980s Conferences on Science and Disability, 1980s Correspondence, 1980s Articles on Science and Disability, 1990s Conferences on Science and Disability, 1990s Correspondence, 1990s Project Proposals (funded) on Science and Disability, 1990s Articles on Science and Disability, 2000s Conferences on Science and Disability, 2000s Correspondence, 2000s AAAS Annual Meeting - Barrier Free, 1976 A Disgn for Utilizing Successful Disabled Scientists as Role Models - Final Report, 1977 - 1978 Utilization of Scientific Professional Society Placement Services - Final Report, 1978 - 1980 Within Reach: Out of School Opportunities for Youth - A Guide, 1981 Appropriate Technology: Its Design and Use by Disabled People, Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 20, 1984 Appropriate Technology Workshop Papers, Nov. 20, 1984 Linkages Project meeting, Feb. 11, 1986 China Fund for the Handicapped: Deng Pufang, US Visit, Oct. 10,1987 Teaching Science and Mathematics to Students with Learning Disabilities: Challenges and Resources (NSF Grant 9552586), Jan. 1990 Recruitment and Retention of Students and Faculty with Disabilities in Schools of Engineering (NSF Grant EID 9101122), 1990 - 1995 Agenda for Access: Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, Oct. 1991 High School, High Tech, 1993 Model Undergraduate Project for the Disabled: A Study of Issues involved in underrepresentation (NSF Grand HRD 9054022), Jan. 31, 1994 AAAS - NASA ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY Access: Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, Oct. 1991 High School, High Tech, 1993 Model Undergraduate Project for the Disabled: A Study of Issues involved in underrepresentation (NSF Grand HRD 9054022), Jan. 31, 1994 AAAS - NASA ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY POINT!

Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago will launch the Realizing Education and Advancement for Disabled Youth (READY) program to help students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, gain access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago will launch the Realizing Education and Advancement for Disabled Youth (READY) program to help students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, gain access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered access to college, employment and economic independence through a two - track, person - centered model.

Reference target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.

4.5 by 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and children in vulnerable situations

11.2 by 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons

5 - 7 — Students with disabilities: «Virtual Reality, Virtual Freedom,» conference on the use of technology for people with special needs, sponsored by the Washington Technology Access Center, the Human Interface Technology Laboratory, and the Virtual Worlds Society, to be held at the New Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Wash..

The Arts Learning Community for Universal Access consists of arts organizations that collaborate to advocate for and improve access to the arts for people with disabilAccess consists of arts organizations that collaborate to advocate for and improve access to the arts for people with disabilaccess to the arts for people with disabilities.

Since 2015, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County have partnered to offer a yearlong arts learning community that uses a collaborative approach to advocating for and improving access to the arts for people with disabilities.

107; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; 29 C.F.R. Part 1614; Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low - Income Populations; Executive Order 13087, Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government; Executive Order 13160, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs; Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations governing the processing of complaints of discrimination in the Federal sector; and EEOC decisions, procedures, guidelines, and program and management directives.

These web standards support modern web development and usability practices, and apply stringent requirements for conformance to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998, which ensures access for people with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is fully committed to building an accessible transportation system that provides equal access for all Americans and prevents discrimination against persons with disabilities.

-- It shall be considered discrimination, for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), with respect to alterations that affect or could affect the usability of or access to an area of the station containing a primary function, for the responsible person, owner, or person in control of the station to fail to make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area, and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations, where such alterations to the path of travel or the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General).

Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, called the library ebook situation «appalling,» explaining that denying libraries unfettered access to ebooks threatens the library mission to «preserve cultural heritage, provide accommodation for people with disabilities, and protect individual privacy,» according to the report.

The DAISY Consortium is a registered not - for - profit global collective of organizations committed to delivering worldwide change to achieve a common Vision that «People have equal access to information and knowledge regardless of disability; a right confirmed by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.»

«Equally effective alternate access» to electronic and information technology for persons with disabilities is based on (1) timeliness of delivery, (2) accuracy of translation, and (3) delivery in a manner and medium appropriate to the disability of the person.

WINDSOR, Conn. — October 2, 2014 — CRIS (Connecticut Radio Information System, Inc.) today announced the release of an Android smartphone app that makes it easy for people who are blind, and those with other print disabilities to access human narrated versions of newspapers and magazines from Android smartphones.

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You will not, and will not allow or authorize others to, use the Services or the Sites to take any actions that: (i) infringe on any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including those regarding export control); (iii) are defamatory, trade libelous, threatening, harassing, invasive of privacy, stalking, harassment, abusive, tortuous, hateful, discriminatory based on race, ethnicity, gender, sex or disability, pornographic or obscene; (iv) interfere with or disrupt any services or equipment with the intent of causing an excessive or disproportionate load on the Animal League or its licensors or suppliers» infrastructure; (v) involve knowingly distributing viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines; (vi) involve the preparation and / or distribution of «junk mail», «spam», «chain letters», «pyramid schemes» or other deceptive online marketing practices or any unsolicited bulk email or unsolicited commercial email or otherwise in a manner that violate the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN - SPAM Act of 2003); (vii) would encourage conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, federal or international laws, rules or regulations; (viii) involve the unauthorized entry to any machine accessible via the Services or interfere with the Sites or any servers or networks connected to the Sites or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Sites, or attempt to breach the security of or disrupt Internet communications on the Sites (including without limitation accessing data to which you are not the intended recipient or logging into a server or account for which you are not expressly authorized); (ix) impersonate any person or entity, including, without limitation, one of the Animal League's or other's officers or employees, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (x) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any information transmitted through the Sites; (xi) collect or store personal data about other Animal League members, Site users or attempt to gain access to other Animal League members information, or otherwise mine information about Animal League members, Site users, or the Sites; (xii) execute any form of network monitoring or run a network analyzer or packet sniffer or other technology to intercept, decode, mine or display any packets used to communicate between the Sites» servers or any data not intended for you; (xiii) attempt to circumvent authentication or security of any content, host, network or account («cracking») on or from the Sites; or (xiv) are contrary to the Animal League's public image, goodwill, reputation or mission or otherwise not in furtherance of the Animal Leagues stated purposes.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Carriers Access Act (ACAA) establishes a procedure for modifying pet policies on aircraft to permit a person with a disability to travel with a prescribed emotional support animal, so long as they have appropriate documentation and the animal is not a danger to others or does not interfere with others (through unwanted attention, excessive noise, blocking aisles, inappropriate toileting, etc.).

These pages are designed to serve as a tool for those interested in learning more about access rights for people with disabilities partnered with assistance dogs, to review the industry standards developed by Assistance Dogs International and to gain an understanding of the various state and federal laws that are in place.

Some of ground level rooms have been adapted for elderly and people with disabilities providing access ramp, wider doors, accessible shower with support bars.

This room is suitable for people with disabilities, facilitating access to the different services of the hotel with access ramps.

In a 2005 study, the National Disability Authority found housing had a «poor level of compliance» with Part M of the building regulations, which deals with access for people with dDisability Authority found housing had a «poor level of compliance» with Part M of the building regulations, which deals with access for people with disabilitydisability.

Since so much is being stored online these days, new services have cropped up to deal with these issues, including Legacy Locker («a safe, secure repository for your vital digital property that lets you grant access to online assets for friends and loved ones in the event of loss, death, or disability») and Secure Safe, whose website touts them as «the Swiss safe deposit box for your documents and passwords,» are cropping up to help people set up an account to store passwords and identify who can have access in the event of your demise.

CCD's argument relied on a long line of human rights cases that say that the right to nondiscrimination means that service providers and others must take positive steps to accommodate and remove barriers to provide access for persons with disabilities.

Her firm is focused on planning for persons with disabilities of all ages, preserving assets and helping to access resources to foster independence and vitality of life, and so she touches on the best interests for those with disabilities and changes she would like to see in elder law.

Sam Glover: As a civil rights lawyer I imagine you have a much clearer window into some of the ways that access to justice is harder for people with disabilities.

The disadvantages and marginalization experienced by persons with disabilities, and therefore the barriers to accessing justice they experience, will be heightened depending upon whether they also belong to certain other groups, for example, ethnic groups, and on their status within those groups, for example, status accorded as a result of age, gender, and sexual orientation.

This section examines how the first seven dimensions of well - being set out in the UNCFPD affect access to justice for persons with disabilities.

«Even if the perfect public supports were in place for people with disabilities, the legislative regime here denies access to child support to «illegitimate» children in contrast to «legitimate» children, sending the message that the claimant families are less worthy of respect, concern and consideration.

In this factum, CCD explained that for disadvantaged groups, such as people with disabilities, access to justice requires a robust and effective Canadian Human Rights Commission where issues of discrimination can be addressed.

Persons with disabilities have too often been excluded from the labour force, denied access to opportunities for social interaction and advancement, subjected to invidious stereotyping and relegated to institutions; see generally M. David Lepofsky, «A Report Card on the Charter's Guarantee of Equality to Persons with Disabilities after 10 Years — Whdisabilities have too often been excluded from the labour force, denied access to opportunities for social interaction and advancement, subjected to invidious stereotyping and relegated to institutions; see generally M. David Lepofsky, «A Report Card on the Charter's Guarantee of Equality to Persons with Disabilities after 10 Years — WhDisabilities after 10 Years — What Progress?

The CCD is in the unique position, as a representative of â wide cross-section of Canadians with disabilities, to provide context for the Court, particularly with respect to the possible consequences of this decision on access to human rights protections by people with disabilities.

«The parliament should reform the whole system of assistance provided for people with mental disabilities, including abolishing the archaic, rigid model of guardianship and widening access to non-discriminatory, inclusive means of social assistance.»

It could be an easy - to - use section of the court website giving access to decisions, full - text search, access to documents in native format and a presentation suitable for people with disabilities.