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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has opened another market for scrap tires in resilient playground surfacing. Many schools and recreation facilities ate reconfiguring playgrounds to make them more accessible, including the use of resilient surfaces which can be traversed by wheelchairs. [Pg.20]

A small percentage of the population may be sensitive to a number of chemicals in indoor air, each of which may occur at very low concentrations. The existence of this condition, which is known as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), is a matter of considerable controversy. MCS is not currently recognized by the major medical organizations. Medical opinion is divided, and further research is needed. The applicability of access for the disabled and worker s compensation regulations to... [Pg.196]

The responses to these questions can be used to determine the number of elevators required, the size of the car, the door arrangement and the speed of car travel. Other major considerations should be the location of elevators within the building and accessibility for disabled users. [Pg.60]

Car parking area per car (space - - road), is approximately 25 m. Standard car parking dimensions are 4.8 m x 2.3 m (3.3 m for disabled persons) with access roads 6 m wide. Petrol interceptors for surface water from car parking areas are required where 50 spaces or more are provided. [Pg.64]

To combat attacks with fast-acting agents in the terminals, continuous visual surveillance of densely populated areas and observation of behavior patterns may be as useful as any detector. The TSA should study the feasibility of the widespread deployment of surveillance cameras in populated areas, coupled with behavioral-pattern-recognition software, as an alternative to chemical agent detectors. Such cameras could also provide a dual-use value in improving the overall security environment. In addition, many critical nodes in the air transportation system (control rooms, emergency-response centers, and so on) are supplied with air that is recirculated from publicly accessible areas this makes them vulnerable to being disabled by the release of... [Pg.17]

George Kaplan has shown that US states with greater inequality have higher rates of violence, more disability, more people without health insurance, less investment in education and literacy, and poorer educational outcomes, all of which he calls structural characteristics. Moreover, the socioenvironmental characters of population areas are importantly related to the mortality rates, independent of the characters of individuals. In addition, personal and socioeconomic risk factors cluster together in areas of low income and high mortality. In a thorough local study of Alameda County, California, Kaplan examined parts of the pathways linking social class and mortality. His basic claim is that health inequality is correlated to social instability, which is in turn correlated to the lack of investment in structural characteristics, such as education, proximity of healthful food outlets, pharmacies, accessibility of transportation, etc. [Pg.74]

In Marin I ran into situations time and again when someone I knew couldn t enter the hospital because there was new carpet, or couldn t get a pap smear or a breast exam, or couldn t take kids to the ER or to a clinic because of chemical barriers. I began working with some of the disability activists in Marin County and San Francisco and tried to learn what the laws were. In 1985 I started a newsletter, called The Reactor, about civil rights and access rights for people with chemical and electric magnetic field sensitivities. [Pg.94]

Referrals, policy development, research and advocacy. Expertise in indoor air issues, rights of those disabled by chemical/environ-mental exposures, public and commercial buildings access issues, accommodations in the workplace and more. Provides info package, media packages, educational materials and speakers bureau. Member of the President s Committee on Employment of People with... [Pg.274]

Where backdoor or vendor connections do exist in SCADA systems, strong authentication must be implemented to ensure secure communications. Modems, wireless, and wired networks used for communications and maintenance represent a significant vulnerability to the SCADA network and remote sites. Successful war dialing or war driving attacks could allow an attacker to bypass all other controls and have direct access to the SCADA network or resources. To minimize the risk of such attacks, disable inbound access and replace it with some type of callback system. [Pg.130]

This Accessible Digital Copy is for the personal use of an "Authorised Person" who is defined as "a pupil who is visually impaired or otherwise disabled and by reason of such visual impairment or disability is unable to read or access the original printed book". [Pg.2]

The company offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance educational assistance an employee assistance program access to a credit union stock options retirement benefits flexible spending accounts life and accident insurance long-term disability insurance and a wellness program. [Pg.339]

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The ADA prohibits employer discrimination against qualified individuals who are labeled as disabled. It requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees to permit access to their jobs. [Pg.151]

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has affected almost all businesses, including pharmacies. This federal mandate prohibits discrimination based on any form of disability. To comply with the ADA, pharmacies may be required to adjust counter heights, aisle widths, telephone equipment, doorways, and almost any other physical aspect of their operations. The act allows for reasonableness in designing stores without undue hardship on daily operations. The design goal is to have a store that offers equal access to all products and services for all customers (Laskoski, 1992). [Pg.405]

American Chemical Society (ACS). Working chemists with disabilities Expanding opportunities in science. http //membership.acs.Org/C/CWD/ workchem/start.htm (accessed December 14,2009). [Pg.222]

Miner, D., R. Nieman, A. B. Swanson, and M. Woods (2001) Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities A Manual for High Schools, Colleges, and Graduate Programs, 4th ed. Online by ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities. http //membership.acs.Org/C/CWD/TeachChem4.pdf (accessed December 14,2009). [Pg.224]

National Science Foundation (NSF) (1998) Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. Report at http //www.nsf.gov/ statistics/nsf99338/ quote at http //www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf99338/pdf/c3. pdf (accessed December 14,2009). [Pg.224]

Employees are offered medical and dental insurance a health savings accounts flexible spending accounts access to a nurse hotline a 401 (k) plan a profit-sharing plan educational assistance life insurance disability coverage adoption assistance and an employee assistance plan. [Pg.423]

As might be inferred from the earlier example, access to information is the primary problem faced by people who are deaf or blind, the groups constituting the majority of those with sensory disabilities. Furthermore, information can be broken down to general information about the facility previously prepared (if appropriate), and minute-to-minute discussions with the individual on topics ranging from availability of parking to the outcome of proposed treatment. [Pg.314]


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