Where gates and barriers require users to make 90-degree or 180-degree turns, sufficient space should be provided for people using mobility devices to make the turns (figure 3)....
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Clear Tread Width [1017.3]
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Change "service animal" to "assistance animal." (Section-by-Section Analysis)
While some agencies, like the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), use the term "assistance animal," that term is used to denote a broader category of animals than is covered...
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C) Accessible Entrance
If a door is provided, there must be maneuvering space on the pull and push sides of the door to permit a person using a wheelchair to open the door and then move through the door opening...
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NPRM
The NPRM would have required that railroads use level-entry boarding as the preferred means of ensuring nondiscriminatory access....
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R306.3.1 Separation
Detectable warning surfaces shall not be used for edge treatment....
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2.4.2. Training Costs
acquisition, installation, and replacement of equipment, the rule requires staff to be able to provide patrons with captioning and audio description devices and to direct patrons on the devices’ use...
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Recommendations for Further Action
Further Action The National Center on Accessibility continues to receive technical assistance inquiries from the field about what types of natural surface materials are available for use...
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1.1.17 Stairs
If a tread slopes for drainage, use a level or digital inclinometer to extend the line of the upper nosing to allow measurement to the nosing below....
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Metal measuring tapes
Metal measuring tapes are the most commonly used tools for measuring distances. They are inexpensive, easy to use, and are available in English or metric units....
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Cross Section of Gripping Surfaces
The Access Board is considering whether the above cross section dimensions would be appropriate for the gripping surfaces of transfer supports on diagnostic equipment used by patients in...
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E101.2 Equivalent Facilitation (Section-by-Section Analysis)
It would permit the use of an alternative design or technology in lieu of conformance to the proposed technical requirements in Chapters 4 and 5, but only if the alternative design or technology...
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§382.3 Qualified individual with a disability
pertains; and (ii) Meets reasonable, nondiscriminatory contract of carriage requirements applicable to all passengers; or (b) Who, with respect to accompanying or meeting a traveler, using...
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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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Table Surface Height
Persons with disabilities considered the 34 inch maximum height too high for surfaces used for any length of time....
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EXAMPLES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
H, a person who is deaf, mainly uses sign language to communicate. H stops by a new car showroom to look at the latest models....
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EXTREME HEAT RESPONSE
Any New Yorker looking for relief from the heat can use cooling centers. Use the Cooling Center Finder (nyc.gov/beattheheat or call 311/TTY 212-639-9675) to find your nearest center....
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VII. TRAINING
issues relevant to the Hotel, including, but not limited to: (1) the location and type of accessible guest rooms; (2) accessible features within each accessible room; (3) the location and use...
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C.7.i. - Must Portable Document Format (PDF) files that are displayed on a Federal website meet the Access Board's standards?
A PDF file is a file format created using Adobe Acrobat....
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A4.31.9 Text Telephones
Movable or portable text telephones may be used to provide equivalent facilitation....
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Forward Approach
Forward Approach Drinking fountains are easier to use from a forward approach than from a side approach. Clearances for a forward approach are required at cantilevered units....
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Phase I –Shape and Form
Phase I –Shape and Form The test procedure and purpose of the study was introduced to each participant using a standardized verbal description....
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Rehabilitation and Outpatient Physical Therapy Facilities [§208.2.2]
Conditions affecting mobility include: those involving the use of mobility aids and devices (braces, canes, crutches, prosthetic devices, wheelchairs, or powered mobility aids);...
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Stirrups (M301.3.2)
Where stirrups are provided on diagnostic equipment used by patients in a supine, prone, or side-lying position, M301.3.2 would require the stirrups to provide a method of supporting, positioning...
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11B-404.3 Automatic and power-assisted doors and gates
Automatic and power-assisted doors are often used by designers to provide accessibility when door closer pressure would exceed the allowable opening force for interior or exterior doors....