The 2004 ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines specify the following clearances around grab bars to ensure sufficient space for a person to grasp the grab bar: 1½ inches absolute clearance...
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Clearances Around Gripping Surfaces
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Paragraph (c) (Advisory Guidance)
Eliminate the need for a person see color to operate the product....
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Error/Omission: Adequate maneuvering clearance is not provided at doors, including doors to accessible toilet stalls.
Result: A person using a wheelchair cannot open the door without a clear level area in front of and adjacent to the door that provides a place to maneuver....
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1134A.4 Sufficient maneuvering space
Bathing and toilet facilities required to be adaptable shall provide sufficient maneuvering space for a person using a wheelchair or other mobility aid to enter and close the door, use the...
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§ 38.159(c)(8) Handrails
If provided, handrails shall allow persons with disabilities to grasp them from outside the vehicle while starting to board, and to continue to use them throughout the boarding process,...
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11B-307.2 Protrusion limits
When a cane is used and the element is in the detectable range, it gives a person sufficient time to detect the element with the cane before there is body contact....
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11B-307.2 Protrusion limits
When a cane is used and the element is in the detectable range, it gives a person sufficient time to detect the element with the cane before there is body contact....
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1134A.4 Sufficient maneuvering space
Bathing and toilet facilities required to be adaptable shall provide sufficient maneuvering space for a person using a wheelchair or other mobility aid to enter and close the door, use the...
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1009.6.3 Size
The total number of such 30-inch by 48-inch (762 mm by 1219 mm) spaces per story shall be not less than one for every 200 persons of calculated occupant load served by the area of refuge...
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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201.1.1 Vertical accessibility
(3) Occupiable spaces and rooms that are not open to the public and that house no more than five persons, including, but not limited to equipment control rooms and projection booths....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(v) Scientific, Medical, or Statistical Analysis Not Required, But Permissible When Appropriate
The term “average person in the general population,” as the basis of comparison for determining whether an individual's impairment substantially limits a major life activity, has been changed...
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11B-216.13.3 Conditions of use
Signage shall be posted requesting occupants or users not to smoke or wear perfumes, colognes or scented personal care products....
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6. Modifications to the Functional Performance Criterion for Limited Vision
Organizations representing persons with disabilities disagreed with the visual acuity proposed requirement, stating that it did not sufficiently address the needs of users with severe low...
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What was measured and why?
Energy Consumption – Measuring the oxygen a person consumes indicates how much energy the body is producing....
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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11B-206.4.1 Entrances and exterior ground floor exits
In an emergency situation much time can be wasted if persons with disabilities must travel the full distance to the inaccessible exit door before there is a sign posted indicating that the...
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5.5(f) The Job Interview
For example: If a person has only one arm and an essential function of a job is to drive a car, the interviewer should not ask if or how the disability would affect this person's driving...
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Paragraph (a) (Advisory Guidance)
Below are some examples of ways to make products accessible to persons with visual disabilities: a....
- National Federation of the Blind - Free White Cane Program
- Sign 4 Me: Demonstration Video
- Center for Independent Living - Altoona, PA.
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Reasonable Accommodation
The employee proposes that he use a TTY(11) to call a relay service operator who can then place the telephone call and relay the conversation between the parties....
- Rural Advocates for Independent Living (RAIL) - Kirksville and Macon, MO
