Since the 1968 passage of ABA, facilities designed, built, altered, bought, rented, or leased by, for, or on behalf of a Federal agency have been required to be accessible....
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The History of Accessibility Guidelines
ADA Standards for Accessible Design (ADASAD) of 2010. The U.S....
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3. b. Government Assistance
Topics include: Policies & Procedures Customer Communications Accessible Design Removing Barriers Alternative Access...
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2.2.6 Door Use
2.2.6 Door Use Our study of door use had three main objectives all intended to provide groundwork for future studies aimed at design guidelines and standards that would make doors more...
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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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IDEA Center
A single origin point on the floor was used to identify the location of all landmarks. Thousands of dimensions can be computed from a limited set of landmarks....
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36 CFR Part 1193 Telecommunications Act (Section 255) Accessibility Guidelines - Preamble
The Act requires manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment to ensure that the equipment is designed, developed, and fabricated to be accessible to and...
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Section 36.204 Administrative Methods (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Court then noted: ‘‘These statements would ring hollow if the resulting legislation could not rectify the harms resulting from action that discriminated by effect as well as by design...
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Part II: ABA Application and Scoping
The ABA covers facilities that are designed, built, altered, or leased with Federal funds....
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Public Address Systems
Since this requirement would have been more pertinent to facility operations than to facility design, the Board did not include it in the final rule....
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Diagonal Curb Ramps
does not have to be horizontally straight to provide such a cue and that achieving straight segments two feet long within marked crossings is very difficult under standard intersection design...
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9.5 Do the ADA's Pre-Employment Inquiry and Confidentiality Restrictions Prevent an Employer from Filing Second Injury Fund Claims?
Most states have established "second injury" funds designed to remove financial disincentives in hiring employees with a disability....
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11B-216.12 Amusement rides
Amusement rides designed primarily for children, amusement rides that are controlled or operated by the rider, and amusement rides without seats, are not required to provide wheelchair spaces...
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Overview
This publication is designed to help title II and title III entities (“covered entities”) understand how the rules for effective communication, including rules that went into effect on March...
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Wheelchair Spaces in Tiered Boxes
Comments noted that requiring accessible routes to all boxes would fundamentally affect this type of design and recommended that an exception be made for such venues. Response....
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210 Stairways
The International Building Code and other model building codes provide various exceptions for stairs in assembly areas to permit design features used to accommodate sight lines....
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M101.6 Dimensional Tolerances (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Three commenters (two manufacturers and one medical association) indicated that tolerances vary based on the manufacturer, product design, and manufacturing process and that they are unaware...
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2. Shared Use Paths
They also differ from trails because they are designed not just for recreation purposes but for transportation as well....
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MORE INFORMATION
Access Board The Access Board has posted the 2010 ADA Standards as well as all previous accessibility design standards along with guidance, explanations, and technical assistance....
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1117B.5.5, Item 4
California's standards for signage are more stringent than Section 4.30 of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design. 1117B.5.5 Raised characters and pictorial symbol signs. ...
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When Ramps Are Required
For example, to reach a 12-inch high deck or platform, a designer could use a 12-foot ramp with the maximum 1:12 slope, or a 14-foot ramp with a less-steep 1:14 slope....
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Ground-Level Play Components
Designers should consider the optimal layout of ground-level play components to foster interaction and socialization among all children....
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2. Shared Use Paths
They also differ from trails because they are designed not just for recreation purposes but for transportation as well....
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3. ADA Coordinators
Every City department with over fifty employees has a designated ADA Coordinator responsible for investigating disability access complaints and serving as a resource for the department on...