As a CASp or Accessibility consultant, you probably find yourself navigating between the requirements of the ADA Standards, the California Building Code, and legislative requirements...
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Single User Restroom Accessibility
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Service Counters
The accessibility requirements for service counters allow for some level of creative design. However, there may be times that a counter design strays from the exact language and...
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When is a Curb Ramp a Ramp?
When is a Curb Ramp a Ramp? We’ve had several instances where an independent CASp, a Building Inspector, a Building Plan Checker and an Architect will look at the same ramping...
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Lavatories Adjacent to Partitions
Interpretations? Here’s another one! A restroom lavatory. Per 11B-606.2, we know that a clear space positioned for a forward approach is required (with exceptions), with proper...
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National Council on Independent Living
NCIL’s 30-plus years of experience as advocates for people with disabilities dictates that we continue to strongly insist that the U.S....
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Subjects
Table 1 contains the self-reported type of disabilities and the number of subjects that reported them....
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ADA Title III: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities Fact Sheet
Benefits provided for people with disabilities cannot be separate or different from those provided for others, unless they are as effective as those provided for others....
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Definition of "wheelchair." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
With regard to the term ‘‘mobility impairments,'' the Department intended a broad reading so that a wide range of disabilities, including circulatory and respiratory disabilities, that make...
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ADA Quick Tips - Sign Language Interpreters
TITLE III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it illegal for any business, building or other place that is open to the public to discriminate against people with disabilities...
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Filing a complaint
There are multiple options for filing a complaint with the FCC: Visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office at https://www.fcc.gov/DRO Contact the FCC's Disability Rights Office...
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Surcharges
Title II Regulation 28 § 35.130 General prohibitions against discrimination: (f) A public entity may not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group...
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Can things other than wheelchairs or canes be assistive devices?
An assistive device can be any piece of equipment that assists passengers with a disability in carrying out a major life activity....