A research project sponsored by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) conducted tests with persons with disabilities and concluded that a higher coefficient...
Search Results "Research"
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I. Slip Resistant Surface—Aisles, Steps, Floor Areas Where People Walk, Floor Areas in Securement Locations, Lift Platforms, Ramps
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Expert opinion on the current knowledge
In addition to transfer aids, experts also felt none of the original research studies were relevant to the issue of constrained space available for transfers. ...
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4.2.3. Alternate Medium Accessibility Baseline
Industry research suggests that the largest movie exhibitor firms have made efforts to provide closed movie captioning and audio description in their movie theaters. ...
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State Motor Vehicle Crash Data
To determine whether States collect information on the various user groups identified, the researchers sent a brief e-mail survey (included in the appendix) to the crash form coordinator...
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3.4 Disability/Accessibility Organizations.
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation (www.rercapt.org); 28. Psychiatric Service Dog Partners (www.psychdogpartners.org); 29....
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18 Inch Low Height
of Seat Height for Wheeled Mobility Devices, stated 17 inches is the best practice as it accommodates approximately 94% of individuals using wheeled mobility devices according to their research...
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206.2.1 Site Arrival Points
Department of Transportation and most State departments of transportation are revising their design standards and regulations for the public right of way based on recent research and guidelines...
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Background
In an effort to gain insight into the types of natural surface materials being used on trails nationally, the researchers proposed a new course of study to gather data via survey method....
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3.4.2. Audio Description Hardware Unit Costs
According to industry research, there are no additional audio description hardware costs for movie theaters purchasing USL or Sony’s captioning hardware. ...
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Workshops
Participants included researchers, standards developers, experts in accessible design and wheelchair designers....
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Minimum Green Times
The AASHTO equation assumes a constant acceleration rate; however, this research shows that the assumption is not accurate....
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Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project
The Access Board and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research sponsored a Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project to collect measurements of approximately 500 people...
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A4.33.7 Types of Listening Systems
Table A2, reprinted from a National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research “Rehab Brief,” shows some of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of assistive listening...
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REFERENCES
Journal of Rehabilitative Research and Development, 23(1), 41- 52. Nabelek, A. K. & Nabelek, I. V. (l994). Room acoustics and speech perception....
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Sweep Width
Transportation Research Board. Highway Capacity Manual 2000. Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 2000. Table 17....
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1.3. Public Comments on Initial Regulatory Assessment and Department Responses
However, the Department is confident that other estimates were reasonable and remain supported by the Department’s independent research. ...
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Low Vision Part 3: How Can People With Low Vision Maintain Their Independence?
As part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute’s mission is to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination...
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Classroom Acoustics
Research indicates that high levels of background noise in classrooms compromises speech intelligibility for many children to such an extent that their reading, communication, and learning...
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212 and 606 Kitchens, Kitchenettes, Lavatories, and Sinks
The Access Board is funding research to obtain data that may be used to develop design guidelines that provide access to individuals using these mobility devices....
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Summary
Provides case series descriptive data to help guide future research. Few States maintain searchable narrative databases. Will underreport number of events....
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4.3.5.2 180-degree turn
Our research findings for this turn apply to corridors and other circulation spaces are bounded by two parallel walls or three walls....
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11B-206.2.1 Site arrival points
Department of Transportation and most State departments of transportation are revising their design standards and regulations for the public right of way based on recent research and guidelines...
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Efforts to minimize impact
This list is advisory, not mandatory, and provides potential solutions for small manufacturers that do not have the resources to research and develop solutions for accessible products....
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References
Washington DC: US Access Board 1988 [cited 2011 June 22]; Available from: http://www.access-board.gov/research/aircraft-boardingchairs/aircrarft-boarding.pdf. 15. ...