Access Board staff report that a large number of calls to their technical assistance hotline from architects, contractors, and others are seeking clarification of tolerances for specific...
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Background
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Enactment of the ADA and Issuance of the 1991 Regulations
broadly protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in employment, access to State and local government services, places of public accommodation, transportation, and other important areas...
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11B-233.1 General
example, the Fair Housing Act requires that certain residential structures having four or more multi-family dwelling units, regardless of whether they are privately owned or federally assisted...
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233 Residential Facilities
Many of these programs are subject to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 20 which requires that those receiving Federal financial assistance be accessible to persons with disabilities...
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Appendix Three: Bibliography
Assistive Technology 22(1): 51‒67. Guest Edited Journal Special Issues Paquet, V., Eds. (2004). Special Issue on Anthropometry and Disability....
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C. REMEDIAL ACTION
By no later than ninety days after the effective date of this Agreement, BIDMC shall select at least two employees to assist the Compliance Officer in fulfilling the obligations of this...
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
If a group includes one or more individuals who need accessible seating, the entire group should be seated together in an area that includes accessible seating....
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11B-221.3 Companion seats
If a group includes one or more individuals who need accessible seating, the entire group should be seated together in an area that includes accessible seating....
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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 seating areas...
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Shelves, Sales and Service Counters, and Check-Out Aisles
Where barriers prevent access to these areas, they must be removed if readily achievable....
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Vanity Counter Space
This commenter suggested that the phrase “equal area in square inches” be used instead of comparable vanity space....
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11B-802.1.3 Depth
A rear or front entry wheelchair space, as depicted in Figure 11B-802.1.3 (a) can have a shorter length (48 inches) of maneuvering area....
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708 Two-Way Communication Systems
This section provides criteria for two-way communication systems where they are provided to gain admittance to a facility or to restricted areas within a facility....
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11B-809.2.2 Turning space
space that is at least 36 inches (915 mm) wide, as opposed to the required 30 inches (760 mm) wide, that clearance can be part of a T-turn, thereby maximizing efficient use of the kitchen area...
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11B-224.7 Housing at a place of education
of a place of education, with residential dwelling units leased on a year round basis exclusively to graduate students or faculty, and that do not contain any public use or common use areas...
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3. MDE Advisory Committee Approach
In addition, because many Committee members are knowledgeable in their specific areas, they were able to draw from their own expertise and experience to inform the decision-making....
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Benches [1011.2]
requirements in section 903 of the ABA Standards apply only to benches used for dressing and undressing in fitting and locker rooms, and not to benches used for sitting in an outdoor developed area...
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R302.7 Surfaces
and pedestrian pushbuttons (see R209), clear spaces at street furniture such as benches (see R212.6), and clear spaces within transit shelters (see R308.2); • Boarding and alighting areas...
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R204.2 Sidewalks
right-of-way that pedestrian access routes must connect to include accessible pedestrian signals and pedestrian pushbuttons (see R209), street furniture (see R212), boarding and alighting areas...
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Performance and Productivity
Jeanne Halloin: The Heschong-Mahone Group out of California has other daylighting research on productivity, both in schools, and then they also did one in Wal-Mart where in the daylit areas...
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L. Availability of Electrical Power
In general, in each community or area where a shelter is provided, a facility must have one or more back-up generators or other sources of electricity so that evacuees with a disability...
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T-turn Maneuvering Space
that a unique layout in a particular unit made a T-turn necessary for a wheelchair user, the specifications provided in the ANSI Standard sections referenced for public and common use areas...
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11B-223.1.1 Alterations
As a facility is altered over time, every effort should be made to disperse accessible sleeping rooms among patient care areas such as pediatrics, cardiac care, maternity, and other units...
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Character Height [4.30.3]
SEGD recommends a minimum 75 feet viewing distance for such areas. Traffic patterns and sign function may also be important factors to consider....