The 2010 Standards add a new exception that permits a 2-inch maximum curb in transfer-type showers in alterations to existing facilities, where recessing the compartment to achieve a ½-inch...
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2010 ADA Definition
Readily Achievable Barrier Removal: Readily achievable means easily accomplishable and able to be carried out without much difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action is readily achievable factors to be considered include –
(1) The nature and cost of the action needed under this part;
(2) The overall financial resources of the site or sites involved in the action; the number of persons employed at the site; the effect on expenses and resources; legitimate safety requirements that are necessary for safe operation, including crime prevention measures; or the impact otherwise of the action upon the operation of the site;
(3) The geographic separateness, and the administrative or fiscal relationship of the site or sites in question to any parent corporation or entity;
(4) If applicable, the overall financial resources of any parent corporation or entity; the overall size of the parent corporation or entity with respect to the number of its employees; the number, type, and location of its facilities; and
(5) If applicable, the type of operation or operations of any parent corporation or entity, including the composition, structure, and functions of the workforce of the parent corporation or entity.
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Shower Compartments
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a) ADA
d)(1) ("a public entity . . . shall develop, within six months of January 26, 1992, a transition plan setting forth the steps necessary to complete [structural changes to facilities to achieve...
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REDUCTION OF ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS
In the past, regulations stipulated that once a level of accessibility had been achieved, the entity was required to keep that level of accessibility....
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Using the Trail Exceptions [1017.1, Exceptions 1 and 2]
portions of the trail or beach access route that can and cannot comply with the specific provisions in the technical requirements and the extent of compliance where full compliance cannot be achieved...
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Certification.
The Department believes that the adoption of the 2004 ADAAG will help achieve these goals because it has been further harmonized with model codes. ...
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Question 22
What are reasonable less costly or burdensome regulatory alternatives that would still achieve the objectives of the proposed rules?...
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A. Impact on small entities
prepare an initial regulatory flexibility analysis analyzing the economic impacts on small entities and regulatory alternatives that reduce the regulatory burden on small entities while achieving...
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Location [4.6.2] and Dispersion
Accessible spaces required for one lot can be located in another where equal or greater access is achieved....
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REFERENCES
This IR indicates an acceptable method for achieving compliance with applicable codes and regulations, although other methods proposed by design professionals may be considered by DSA....
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Q. Will the ADA increase litigation burdens on employers?
Equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities will be achieved most quickly and effectively through widespread voluntary compliance with the law, rather than through reliance...
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Appendix to Part 1193 — Advisory Guidance
This appendix provides examples of strategies and notes to assist in understanding the guidelines and are a source of ideas for alternate strategies for achieving accessibility....
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§ 38.23(c)(5) Slope
inch curb, a maximum slope of 1:8 is permitted; if the height of the vehicle floor from which the ramp is deployed is greater than 9 inches above a 6-inch curb, a slope of 1:12 shall be achieved...
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A. Finish and Contrast
The greatest readability is usually achieved through the use of light-colored characters or symbols on a dark background....
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II-3.4200 Relationship to "program accessibility" requirement.
Provision of services to individuals with disabilities in a different location, for example, is one method of achieving program accessibility....
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Disabled Resource Services - Fort Collins, Loveland, CO
This is achieved by a highly skilled, dedicated staff of direct service providers; disability advocates; and members of community-based committees, coalitions and groups that effect change...
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Reasonable Accommodation
Some examples of reasonable accommodation include: making existing facilities used by employees readily accessible to, and usable by, an individual with a disability; job...
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platforms) and where the public entity must, therefore, ensure that “the path of travel to the altered area and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are readily...
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A4.31.9 Text Telephones
A text telephone should be readily available so that a person using it may access the text telephone easily and conveniently....
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Protruding Objects
One element of a barrier-free meeting space for participants who are blind or have low vision requires cane-detectable protruding objects and sufficient head clearance....
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1003.2.12.1 Height
Guards shall form a protective barrier not less than 42 inches (1067 mm) high, measured vertically above the leading edge of the tread, adjacent walking surface or adjacent seatboard....
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1003.2.12.1 Height
Guards shall form a protective barrier not less than 42 inches (1067 mm) high, measured vertically above the leading edge of the tread, adjacent walking surface or adjacent seatboard....
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Shared Use Paths
Shared use paths are physically separated from motor vehicle traffic by an open space or barrier, and are either within the highway right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way....
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Wall-Mounted Objects
Fixed elements or barriers can provide detection below objects not required to have knee or toe clearance....
