For example, at one facility with a population of almost 300 inmates, ten percent (10%) of the inmates use wheelchairs. ...
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Accessible Cells in Detention and Correctional Facilities (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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What Terminology Should Be Used?
Examples include: A person who is blind—not "a blind person" A person who uses a wheelchair—not "a wheelchairbound person" or "a wheelchair person" A handicap is...
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3.1 Getting Weighed
An accessible scale allows a wheelchair user to roll onto the platform of the scale. ...
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4.1 Introduction
ADA-ABA, AS1428 and BS8300:2001 are manual wheelchairs. The Canadian standard, however, includes illustrations and data on scooters and power wheelchairs....
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Feature 2 - Routes to the Building Entrance
The accessible route is essential for people who have difficulty walking or who use wheelchairs or other mobility devices to get to the accessible entrance of the meeting site....
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Section 36.305 Alternatives to Barrier Removal (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
That section makes clear that the alternative methods requirement does not mandate the provision of personal devices, such as wheelchairs, or services of a personal nature....
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Rulemaking Authority
other federal civil rights regulations, a federal entity may use our guidelines to benchmark accessibility, particularly where there is an individual complaint – someone with, who uses a wheelchair...
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Protocol C Heights Obtained
Participants 24.2 27.0 30.0 33.3 34.3 We compared the two groups for transfer heights to/from the wheelchair...
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ADA Requirements
vision, people who are deaf or hard of hearing, persons with limited use of hands or arms, individuals with mobility impairments who use canes, crutches, braces or walkers, persons who use wheelchairs...
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Minimum Clear Opening
While the Department recognizes that it may be possible to maneuver most wheelchairs through a doorway with a slightly more narrow opening, such doors do not permit ready access on the constant-use...
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
. #32), the expert panel determined that the primary beneficiaries would be persons who use wheelchairs....
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Standard Stall
Stalls should be located and configured to allow forward or latch-side approaches which provide easier wheelchair access than hinge-side approaches....
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4.3.2 Seat Height
Keeping the height of a transfer surface close to the height of a wheelchair seat reduces the effort necessary to transfer and provides a safer environment, especially in bathing and toilet...
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Recommended Objective Test Method and Performance Specifications
;5 to 10 Not Stable >1.0 inch >10 The proposed cut-off values for firm and stable surfaces generally correspond to the work required to propel a wheelchair...
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Section 36.305 Alternatives to Barrier Removal (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
That section makes clear that the alternative methods requirement does not mandate the provision of personal devices, such as wheelchairs, or services of a personal nature....
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
. #32), the expert panel determined that the primary beneficiaries would be persons who use wheelchairs....
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its concern to the Department that ADA Standard 4.33.3 and the United States' interpretation thereof provided insufficient guidance for theater designers about the proper placement of wheelchair...
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Section 36.201(a) (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
For example, an exercise class cannot exclude a person who uses a wheelchair because he or she cannot do all of the exercises and derive the same result from the class as persons without...
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11B-809.2.2 Turning space
It is generally acceptable to use required clearances to provide wheelchair turning space....
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1118B.6
If the clear floor space allows parallel approach by a person in a wheelchair, the maximum high side reach allowed shall be 54 inches (1372 mm) and the low side reach shall be no less than...
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The Look of Disability Discrimination
• A trendy new clothes shop is built with steps to its only entrance, the equivalent of a sign telling people who use wheelchairs that they are not welcomed....
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Transfer Supports
Designers should minimize the distance between the points where a child transfers from a wheelchair or mobility device and the elevated play destination. ...
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Secondary market ticket sales. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Question 21: Are there particular concerns about the obligation imposed by the proposed rule, in which a public accommodation must provide accessible seating, including a wheelchair space...
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Fishing piers and platforms. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
206.2.14 and 237 of the 2004 ADAAG require at least twenty-five percent (25%) of railings at fishing piers and platforms to be no higher than 34 inches high, so that a person seated in a wheelchair...