• Must accessible parking spaces be provided in each parking lot in a facility or can they be grouped?

    Updated: 2012-12-21 15:40:22
    Although parking is calculated on a per-lot basis, it can be located in a different location if equivalent or greater accessibility, in terms of distance to an accessible entrance, fees, and convenience is ensured. For example, while site constraints may prohibit the location of a large parking lot adjacent to an accessible entrance, the required [...]

  • Retirement and the Fiscal Cliff

    Updated: 2012-12-14 21:01:42
    With all of the talk about the fiscal cliff lately you might be wondering how your retirement would be affected if the fiscal cliff does actually happen.  The fiscal cliff generally refers to the tax cuts that will expire and the automatic spending cuts that will kick in if Congress is not able to reach [...]

  • Are curb ramps required to have detectable warnings?

    Updated: 2012-12-14 17:24:05
    Curb Ramps are “technically” required to have detectable warnings. The Americans with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) required detectable warnings, a distinctively bumpy surface detectable by cane and underfoot, on the surface of curb ramps to provide a tactile cue for persons who are blind or have vision impairments of their approach to streets. The [...]

  • See My Social Security Benefit Statement and See How Social Security Benefits Really Work

    Updated: 2012-12-11 05:20:14
    In this post, I show you my actual Social Security Benefit statement.  Most people never look at their own or don't have sufficient basic math skills to understand it.  I will dissect my own statement for you and you will then understand how Social Security works better than 99.9% of the population.  Sadly, the people who understand it least are [...]The post See My Social Security Benefit Statement and See How Social Security Benefits Really Work appeared first on Retirement Income Blog.

  • Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions

    Updated: 2012-12-07 19:50:54
    Fast Track Disability Process Will Now Include 200 Conditions The Social Security Administration has announced 35 additional Compassionate Allowances conditions are in effect, bringing the total number of conditions in the expedited disability process to 200. Compassionate Allowances are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security’s [...]

  • When can an employer ask an applicant to “self-identify” as having a disability?

    Updated: 2012-12-06 17:37:56
    An employer may ask an employee to “self-identify” themselves as having a disability in order to meet federal reporting requirements applicable to their business. This would be strictly voluntarily and the employer could not pressure any of their employees to self-identify.

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