As a general rule there is no reason that individuals with hearing or vision loss cannot use the stairs to make an independent escape as long as they are effectively notified of the need...
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Get Involved in the Planning Process
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Interacting with People with Visual Disabilities
Tell people the direction of the stairs (up or down) and the approximate number of steps. If a handrail is available, tell them where it is....
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Ability Self-Assessment
A harness leash, pad protectors (for hot asphalt, hot metal stairs, broken glass) are important items for managing a nervous or upset animal....
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VGo Telepresence Robot
It can easily be carried up or down stairs, or you can have one or more VGo’s on each floor where a remote person needs to go....
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POLLING PLACE ACCESSIBILITY IS REQUIRED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Voters include people with a variety of disabilities, such as those who use wheelchairs, scooters, or other devices, those who have difficulty walking or using stairs, or those who are blind...
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(C) NYCT’s interpretation of the ADA and DOT’s implementing regulations is too narrow.
Note that NYCT quotes § 4.1.6(1)(f) (Accessible Buildings: Alterations) from the 2002 version of the ADAAG in its letter dated December 15, 2014, which provides that “[i]f an escalator or stair...
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When is a facility considered accessible?
A handicap is a barrier, such as stairs that handicap passage by a person using a wheelchair. The term "accessible" means "in compliance with the accessibility guidelines."...
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Section 36.406(f) Assembly Areas (Section-by-Section Analysis)
§ 36.406(f)(4) provides more precise guidance for designers of stadium-style movie theaters by requiring such facilities to locate wheelchair seating spaces and companion seating on a riser...
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Section 35.151(g) Assembly Areas (Section-by-Section Analysis)
35.151(g)(4) would provide more precise guidance for designers of stadium-style movie theaters by requiring such facilities to locate wheelchair seating spaces and companion seating on a riser...
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[2010 ADAS] 105.2.4 ICC/IBC
The IBC also provides requirements for areas of refuge, which are fire-rated spaces on levels above or below the exit discharge levels where people unable to use stairs can go to register...
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1118B.4
Ground and floor surfaces along accessible routes and in accessible rooms and spaces, including floors, walks, ramps, stairs and curb ramps, shall be stable, firm, slip resistant and shall...
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USING THIS GUIDE TO DESIGN AN EVACUATION PLAN
Building management should conduct unannounced as well as announced drills and vary the drills to pose a variety of challenges along designated evacuation routes, such as closed-off corridors/stairs...
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Building Guidelines and Standards are needed for Accommodations of Low Vision Persons
But stairs and ramps and all these things have to be negotiable....
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Disabled or handicapped or ??? Which terms should be used?
A handicap is a barrier or circumstance that makes progress or success difficult, such as an impassable flight of stairs or a negative attitude toward a person who has a disability....
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III-5.1000 General
For instance, the facility needs to have stairs and railings that comply with ADAAG, and it should comply with the ADAAG signage and alarm requirements, as well....
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UniversalDesign.com
For example, building entrances without stairs assist equally someone who moves furniture, pushes a baby stroller, or uses a wheelchair....
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§ 382.40 Boarding assistance for small aircraft
serve, provide boarding assistance to individuals with disabilities using mechanical lifts, ramps, or other suitable devices that do not require employees to lift or carry passengers up stairs...
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1124B
Ground and floor surfaces along accessible routes and in accessible rooms and spaces, including floors, walks, ramps, stairs and curb ramps, shall be stable, firm, slip resistant and shall...
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OVERVIEW
Visual as well as audible fire alarm system components, audible/directional-sounding alarm devices, areas of refuge, stair-descent devices, and other code-based technologies clearly move...
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John Brabyn, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research, Center on Low Vision and Blindness (NIDRR), Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Provide 2" wide contrasting nosings on stairs. Handrails should contrast visually with background surfaces....
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11B-104.1.1 Construction and manufacturing tolerances
Where accessibility provisions state a dimensional range, such as Section 11B-505.4 which requires the top of stair handrails to be installed between 34 inches and 38 inches above the nosing...
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Meeting Purpose
For example: increased number of responders, stair chairs or other types of evacuation devices, and / or other modified procedures Inform first responders that retrieval of attendees...
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11B-104.1.1 Construction and manufacturing tolerances
Where accessibility provisions state a dimensional range, such as Section 11B-505.4 which requires the top of stair handrails to be installed between 34 inches and 38 inches above the nosing...
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II-5.2000 Methods for providing program accessibility
ILLUSTRATION 1: The office building housing a public welfare agency may only be entered by climbing a flight of stairs....
