Throughout ADAAG, there are numerous examples of areas where there are less stringent standards for alterations than for new construction....
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III-7.7000 Alterations
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4.1.4(9)(b)
At least 50 percent of patient toilets and bedrooms; all public use, common use or areas which may result in employment of handicapped persons....
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Alterations and Additions [§206.2.3.1, §202.4]
An accessible route to stories or mezzanines may be required as part of an accessible path of travel to primary function areas that are altered or added (§202.4)....
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Visual Alarms
This is especially true of toilet rooms, and study carrel areas where occupants cannot observe others leaving the facility....
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203 General Exceptions
structures (203.6), certain areas within detention and correctional facilities (203.7) and residential facilities (203.8), employee work areas (203.9), and various spaces within recreation...
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219.3 Receivers
Receivers complying with 706.2 shall be provided for assistive listening systems in each assembly area in accordance with Table 219.3....
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12. I am doing a small tenant improvement project, but I cannot afford the required accessibility improvements. Can I claim a hardship exemption?
Under the CBC, alteration projects are subject to the following compliance provisions: Area of alteration: The area of alteration must meet the accessibility provisions in accordance...
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382.43 Must information and reservation services of carriers be accessible to individuals with hearing impairments?
As noted in that discussion, the purpose of §382.43 is to put deaf and hard of hearing passengers on a substantially equivalent footing with the rest of the public in their ability to communicate...
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What is a “reasonable accommodation”?
A secretary with AIDS needed to take rest breaks at irregular intervals during her work day....
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Issues Related to the Interactive Process and Return to Work
Taking a rest break is a form of reasonable accommodation....
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Manual Wheelchairs
They usually feature a lighter weight frame, smaller footrests, smaller front caster wheels, lower back support only, and no arm rests in comparison to the standard models....
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405 Ramps
Comments from designers of assembly areas requested that the guidelines make clear that ramps adjacent to seating in assembly areas that are not part of a required accessible route do not...
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217.4.3.1 Public Buildings
Where at least one public pay telephone is provided in a public use area of a public building, at least one public TTY shall be provided in the public building in a public use area....
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12207(c)(1) In general
.-- Congress reaffirms that nothing in the Wilderness Act is to be construed as prohibiting the use of a wheelchair in a wilderness area by an individual whose disability requires use of...
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Other Accessible Elements
These include, but are not limited to: Dressing, fitting, and locker rooms Exercise equipment and machines Areas of sports activities (court sports, sports fields...
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F204.1 General
Within areas of sport activity, protruding objects on circulation paths shall not be required to comply with 307. 2....
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204.1 General
Within areas of sport activity, protruding objects on circulation paths shall not be required to comply with 307. 2....
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406.7 Islands
Each curb ramp shall have a level area 48 inches (1220 mm) long minimum by 36 inches (915 mm) wide minimum at the top of the curb ramp in the part of the island intersected by the crossings...
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106 Definitions
The following definitions have been removed as unnecessary, in most cases due to changes in certain scoping or technical requirements: "accessible route," "area of refuge," "automatic door...
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202.4.1 Disproportionate Cost
Alterations made to provide an accessible path of travel to the altered area will be deemed disproportionate to the overall alteration when the cost exceeds 20% of the cost of the alteration...
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Comments on specific provisions of proposed ADAAG (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
Those areas that elicited the heaviest response included assistive listening systems, automated teller machines, work areas, parking, areas of refuge, telephones (scoping for TDD's and volume...
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F206.2.4 Spaces and Elements
In assembly areas with fixed seating required to comply with F221, an accessible route shall not be required to serve fixed seating where wheelchair spaces required to be on an accessible...
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206.2.4 Spaces and Elements
In assembly areas with fixed seating required to comply with 221, an accessible route shall not be required to serve fixed seating where wheelchair spaces required to be on an accessible...
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A. Exterior Routes
that will impede access for persons who use wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility aids between... 1. ...the accessible parking space access aisles (both guest and employee parking areas...