[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1170.13]

[Page 509]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER XI--NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
 
PART 1170--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Discrimination Prohibited
 
Sec. 1170.13  Illustrative examples.

    (a) The following examples will illustrate the application of the 
foregoing provisions to some of the activities funded by the National 
Endowment for the Humanities.
    (1) A publication or a museum catalogue supported by the Endowment 
may be made usable by the blind and the visually impaired through 
cassette tapes, records, discs, braille, readers and simultaneous 
publications.
    (2) A lecture, meeting or symposium supported by Federal funds may 
be made available to deaf and hearing impaired persons through the use 
of a sign language interpreter or by providing scripts in advance of the 
performance.
    (3) Specific programs supported by Federal funds may be offered in 
an inaccessible facility provided that the same program is also offered 
to the public at large in an accessible space.
    (4) A qualified handicapped person is one who is able to meet all of 
a program's requirements in spite of his handicap. An educational 
institution is not required to disregard the disabilities of handicapped 
individuals or to lower or to make substantial modifications of 
standards to accommodate a handicapped person.
    (b) State humanities committees are obligated to develop methods of 
administering Federal funds so as to ensure that handicapped persons are 
not subjected to discrimination on the basis of handicap either by sub-
grantees or by the manner in which the funds are distributed.
    (c) In the event Endowment funds are utilized to construct, expand, 
alter, lease or rent a facility, the benefits of the programs and 
activities provided in or through that facility must be conducted in 
accordance with these regulations, e.g., a museum receiving a grant to 
renovate an existing facility must assure that all museum programs and 
activities conducted in that facility are accessible to handicapped 
persons.
    (d) In carrying out the mandate of section 504 and these 
implementing regulations recipients should administer Endowment assisted 
programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate, 
e.g., tours made available to the hearing impaired should be open to the 
public at large and everyone should be permitted to enjoy the benefits 
of a tactile experience in a museum.