Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) requires that buildings and facilities that are designed, constructed, or altered with Federal funds, or leased by a Federal agency, comply with Federal standards...
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Entry Doors
Entry Doors Under the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, an accessible doorway must have a minimum clear opening width of 32 inches when the door is opened to 90 degrees....
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Data Deficiencies
The promulgation of standards for accessibility is required to take into account all people with disabilities, not just those who use wheeled mobility devices....
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Protruding Objects [4.4]
Requirements in 4.4 are based on standard cane techniques used by people with vision impairments. There are two principal techniques: the touch technique and the diagonal technique....
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Which surfaces are accessible to everyone?
They completed standard tests of fitness to ensure that a variety of ability levels was represented....
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4.1.6(4)(e)
EXCEPTION: In instances of alteration work where provision of a standard stall (Fig. 30(a)) is structurally impracticable or where plumbing code requirements prevent combining existing stalls...
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Construction and Manufacturing Tolerances
The ADA Standards recognize conventional industry tolerances for dimensions not expressed as a range. This applies to field work, not design work....
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Are detectable warnings required on curb ramps or at hazardous vehicular areas?
Under the ADA Standards, which apply primarily to facilities located on sites, detectable warnings are required at transit facilities (at curb ramps and along open drop-offs of rail station...
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D. Suites:
Should any of these suites later be marketed or sold to the public on a season basis, PSE shall make the suites (including the toilet rooms) accessible in compliance with the 2010 Standards...
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New Construction. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The NPRM did not expressly propose that new construction of correctional and detention facilities shall comply with the proposed standards because the Department assumed it would be clear...
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11B-608.2.2.1 Clearance
[2010 ADA Standards] 608.2.2.1 Clearance....
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11B-813 Adult changing facilities
ETA Editor's Note Adult changing facilities are not addressed by 2010 ADA Standards, although a case could be made, based on the general obligation for governments to make their services...
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Substantially Limited in Working
regarded as substantially limited in working because her job of sewing machine operator was not a “broad class of jobs”; she would now be protected under the third prong because she was fired...
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3. New Construction vs. Alterations
The requirements in the ADA Standards for curb ramps newly constructed post-ADA (construction commenced after January 26, 1992) can be found in § 4.7....
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11B-232.1 General
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: Detention and correctional facilities....
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11B-232.1 General
Access Board's Note to Reader: The Department of Justice’s ADA standards also require the following: Detention and correctional facilities....
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3. Emergency Transportable Housing
Compliance is not required by entities subject to the ADA until DOJ updates its accessibility standards to be consistent with the final rule. ...
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3. Emergency Transportable Housing
Compliance is not required by entities subject to the ADA until DOJ updates its accessibility standards to be consistent with the final rule. ...
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T503 Passenger Access Routes
In the 2010 NPRM, the Access Board proposed prescribing a specific dimensional standard (34 inches) for the clear width of passenger access routes. See 2010 NPRM, Section T502.2....
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3. Emergency Transportable Housing
Compliance is not required by entities subject to the ADA until DOJ updates its accessibility standards to be consistent with the final rule. ...
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9. Broadening of Documentation Requirement for Undue Burden Exception
Section 1194.2 (a)(2) of the existing 508 Standards requires agencies to provide supporting documentation when determining that procurement of a compliant product would impose an undue burden...
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3.3.7 Toe Clearance Height, minimum
3.3.7 Toe Clearance Height, minimum There is relatively large disparity between the standards for toe clearance height, with the U.S. having the lowest (230 mm or 9 in.), followed by...
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Alterations to Qualified Historic Facilities [§202.5]
Alterations to Qualified Historic Facilities [§202.5] The standards contain specific provisions for qualified historic facilities which are defined as buildings or facilities that...
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Paragraph (e) (Advisory Guidance)
Some telecommunications systems compress the audio signal in such a manner that standard signals used by a TTY is distorted or attenuated preventing successful TTY communication over the...