| Section 501 of Rehabilitation Act |
Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act |
- Federal employees and applicants with disabilities
- Employment discrimination
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by EEOC
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- People with disabilities
- Programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance or are conducted by Federal executive agencies
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by Federal agency
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| Section 508 of Rehabilitation Act |
Section 255 of Communications Act |
- Federal employees with disabilities
- Members of the public with disabilities
- Electronics, IT, telecom purchased by the Federal govt. after June 21, 2001
- Conformance with accessibility standards or...
- Information delivered through alternative means
- Enforced by Federal Agency
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- Consumers with or without disabilities
- Manufacturers and providers of telecom products and services
- Conformance with accessibility guidelines if readily achievable
- Enforced by FCC
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| Section 713 of Communications Act |
ADA Title I |
- Consumers with or without disabilities
- TV program captioning
- Enforced by FCC
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- People with disabilities
- Employment discrimination
- Applicants and employees
- Private employers with >= 15 employees
- State and local governments
- Congress and legislative branch of Federal govt.
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by the EEOC
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| ADA Title II (A) | ADA Title II (B) |
- People with disabilities
- Programs and activities conducted by state and local govt.
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by DoJ
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- People with disabilities
- Public transportation
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by FTA
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| ADA Title III |
ADA Title IV |
- People with disabilities
- Business and non-profits
- Restaurants, retail stores, hotels, private transportation, etc.
- Reasonable accommodations
- Enforced by DoJ
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- Consumers with or without disabilities
- Telecom relay services
- Closed captioning of public service announcments
- Enforced by FCC
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| Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Act |
TV Decoder Circuitry Act |
- Consumers with or without disabilities
- Wireline, cordless telephones
- Future: wireless
- Compatible with hearing aids
- Volume control
- Enforced by FCC
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- Consumers with or without disabilities
- TVs with screens > 13 inches
- Digital TV receivers with screens >= 7.8 inches
- Closed captioning circuitry
- Enforced by FCC
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| Televised Emergency Programming | |
- Consumers with or without disabilities
- Televised info on emergencies
- Regularly scheduled news and emergency news bulletins
- Enforced by FCC
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