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Nesmuth · 06-06-2007, 08:44 AM

The US Department Of Justice Will Propose New Rules Relating To The Americans With Disabilities Act
Proposed new rules to the Americans With Disabilities Act due this summer should probably be focused on clarifying who counts as disabled under the law and getting businesses and government entities to comply, rather than adding new requirements.

The U.S. Department of Justice will propose new rules related to the act sometime in the next few months.

Proposed requirements being considered include:

Visible workplace alarms, which would allow deaf and hard-of-hearing employees to be made aware of an emergency situation.

TTY, or text telephone, equipment in all buildings with four or more public telephones.

There was no mention of VRS, Closed Captioning, and Interpreters.

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Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	The US DOJ Will Propose New Rules Relating To ADA The US Department Of Justice Will Propose New Rules Relating To The Americans With Disabilities Act Proposed new rules to the Americans With Disabilities Act due this summer should probably be focused on clarifying who counts as disabled under the law and getting businesses and government entities to comply, rather than adding new requirements. The U.S. Department of Justice will propose new rules related to the act sometime in the next few months. Proposed requirements being considered include: Visible workplace alarms, which would allow deaf and hard-of-hearing employees to be made aware of an emergency situation. TTY, or text telephone, equipment in all buildings with four or more public telephones. There was no mention of VRS, Closed Captioning, and Interpreters.