Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a square space of at least 160 x 160 cm (63 in.) was required for 50% of the manual wheelchair users measured in this...
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Floor Space Required for 360-degree Turn
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3.3.8 Knee Clearance Depth, minimum
None of the comparison studies used for this report provided anthropometric information about knee clearance depth....
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REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
In this study, we recognized ADAAG as rule and thus focused on evaluating select design guidelines contained in the AASHTO Guide, wherein discretion may be allowed by a designer....
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3.3.7 Toe Clearance Height, minimum
Our study suggests that the standards required in each of the countries, do not accommodate the vast majority of WhMD users, especially in the U.S....
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 90-degree Turn
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a width of at least 85 cm (33 in.) was required for 50% of the manual and power wheelchair users measured in this...
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John Brabyn, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Center on Low Vision and Blindness (NIDRR), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Description of Smith-Kettlewell Institute (SKI) Study Study Goals (slide 10) To assess vision function comprehensively in an older population To explore relationships...
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Recommendations for Future Research
Due to the small and diverse group of subjects, additional research involving persons who are ambulatory with limited mobility would need to be conducted to validate the results of this study...
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About the Authors
Access Board's Outdoor Developed Areas Regulatory Negotiation Committee....
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M303.2.3 Wheelchair Spaces / Depth of Wheelchair Spaces for front or Rear Entry
This platform dimension is consistent with the recommendations of the IDeA Center Study recommendations for a minimum flat surface of 40 inches length for platforms accommodating wheeled...
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Expert opinion on current literature
There is a consensus among studies that transferring to a higher surface implies greater exertion of the upper limb (3-6) . ...
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§104.44(d)(2)
Recipients need not provide attendants, individually prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a personal nature....
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 180-degree Turn
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a width of at least 130 cm (51 in.) was required for 50% of the manual wheelchair users measured in this study to...
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Accessible Pathway & Corridor: Minimum Clear Width Required for 180-degree Turn Around Barrier
Findings from the Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Study indicate that a uniform width of at least 89.5 cm (35 in.) was required for 50% of the manual and power wheelchair users measured...
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3.3.11 180-Degree Turn
in our sample was smaller than the UDI findings (Figure 3‒10), but our 95th percentile values for power chair and scooters users were larger than the maximum values obtained in the UDI study...
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Introduction
In July 2008, the Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program, the National Center on Accessibility, and the National Park Service collaborated on a daylong focus group study to learn...
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General: ADA Standard Section 226.1
Section 226.1 of the ADA Standards covers information in the current ADA Standards on scoping requirements for dining surfaces and work surfaces.
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4.2 Applications of Findings in Design and Standards Development
The recommendations in this section, in most cases, are based on accommodating all but 5% of the WhMD sample we studied....
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Can curbs be used to indicate areas with less than 80” of vertical clearance?
The standards specify a maximum height (27”) for the leading edge of barriers so they are within cane sweep, but a minimum height is not specified. Curbs may be mistaken for a step...
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902.1 General
Examples of work surfaces include writing surfaces, study carrels, student laboratory stations, baby changing and other tables or fixtures for personal grooming, coupon counters, and where...
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902.1 General
Examples of work surfaces include writing surfaces, study carrels, student laboratory stations, baby changing and other tables or fixtures for personal grooming, coupon counters, and where...
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2.3.2 Comparison of Demographic Characteristics of Subsamples by Data Collection Location
Therefore the relative percentages of WhMD users stratified by gender, device type and age categories were compared across the study’s three data collection sites....
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AVAILABLE DATA DO NOT SUPPORT DEPARTING FROM THE CURRENTLY ACCEPTED STANDARD OF 19-INCH TRANSFER SURFACE HEIGHT
This study measured the physical characteristics of people who use wheeled mobility devices and some of the characteristics of those devices....
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902.1 General
Examples of work surfaces include writing surfaces, study carrels, student laboratory stations, baby changing and other tables or fixtures for personal grooming, coupon counters, and where...
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12101(a)(6)
(6) census data, national polls, and other studies have documented that people with disabilities, as a group, occupy an inferior status in our society, and are severely disadvantaged socially...