While differences or departures from the ADA scoping and application sections have been minimized, some are unavoidable due to differences between the ABA and ADA statutes and regulations...
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Part II: ABA Application and Scoping
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11B-213.3.4 Lavatories
Note The 2013 CBC scoping for accessible lavatories was originally greater than 2010 ADAS, but when the July 1, 2015 Supplement to the 2013 CBC was issued, this scoping was doubled from...
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803 Dressing, Fitting, and Locker Rooms
The proposed rule prohibited doors from swinging into the turning space (803.3)....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(i) Broad Construction; not a Demanding Standard
substantially limits’ should be measured by a lower standard than that used in Toyota, but also that the definition of disability should not be unduly used as a tool for excluding individuals from...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a Federal civil rights law that prohibits the exclusion of people with disabilities from everyday...
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Van Accessible Parking Spaces
The 2010 Standards do not prohibit automobiles other than vans from using van accessible parking spaces....
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Number Limits
anything, our view of the matter has been strengthened by the fact that, during the 17 years since the original rule was issued, we are not aware of any instances of safety problems resulting from...
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ATM Clear Floor or Ground Space
Comments from industry noted that it would be difficult to achieve this requirement in the design of controls activated by touch....
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Volume Control on Public Phones
Comments from persons who are hard of hearing sought an increase in the number of phones required to have volume control....
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9. Outdoor Developed Areas
From the Board’s website: “Achieving accessibility in outdoor environments has long been a source of inquiry due to challenges and constraints posed by terrain, the degree of development...
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Diagonal Curb Ramps
Comments advised that this space should be provided outside active traffic lanes of the roadway so that persons traversing the ramp are not in the way of oncoming traffic from either direction...
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28 CFR Parts 35 and 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Notice of Withdrawal of Four Previously Announced Rulemaking Actions
Information may also be obtained from the Department’s toll-free ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (voice), or (800) 514-0383 (TTY)....
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103 Equivalent Facilitation
Departure from the explicit technical and scoping requirements of this code for any element voids any otherwise applicable presumption of rebuttable evidence that the element has been constructed...
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D. Paperwork Reduction Act
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies are prohibited from conducting or sponsoring a “collection of information” as defined by the PRA unless in advance the agency has obtained...
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Standards that measure needed physical or mental ability to perform a job
However, if a position in a mailroom required as a qualification standard that the person in the job be able to reach high enough to place and retrieve packages from 6-foot high shelves,...
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11B-703.3.1 Dimensions and capitalization
in adjacent cells1 0.300 (7.6 mm) Dot height 0.025 (0.6 mm) to 0.037 (0.9 mm) Distance between corresponding dots from...
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Overview
The purpose of the effective communication rules is to ensure that the person with a vision, hearing, or speech disability can communicate with, receive information from, and convey information...
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8.3 Illegal Use of Drugs
An individual who illegally uses drugs but also has a disability, such as epilepsy, is only protected by the ADA from discrimination on the basis of the disability (epilepsy)....
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Americans with Disabilities Act: Assistance at Self-Serve Gas Stations
As a result, at stations that offer both self and full service, people with disabilities might have no choice but to purchase the more expensive gas from a full-serve pump....
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11B-404.2.10 Door and gate surfaces
Tempered glass doors without stiles and having a bottom rail or shoe with the top leading edge tapered at 60 degrees minimum from the horizontal shall not be required to meet the 10 inch...
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210 Stairways
The final rule exempts aisle stairs in assembly areas from the requirements for stairs....
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Online Barriers Faced By People with Disabilities
Poorly designed websites can create unnecessary barriers for people with disabilities, just as poorly designed buildings prevent some from entering....
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M101.6 Dimensional Tolerances (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Access Board was persuaded by arguments from the commenters that there is not one industry-wide standard that can be applied to all MDE and concurs that the Access Board should not attempt...
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M305.2.7 Clearance (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Specifically, the Access Board sought input from the public in question 22, on whether transfer supports on diagnostic equipment could provide 1½ inches minimum clearance around the gripping...