First, the Access Board clarifies that this provision is not a clear space requirement for wheelchair approach, but is instead the wheelchair space integral to diagnostic equipment for a patient...
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M303.2.3 Depth (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or securing financing for any housing....
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Section 35.151(c) Accessibility standards for new construction and alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis)
alterations (Section-by-Section Analysis) Section 35.151(c) of the NPRM proposed to adopt ADA Chapter 1, ADA Chapter 2, and Chapters 3 through 10 of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Questions and Answers on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 for Students with Disabilities Attending Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
technical assistance, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that school officials would benefit from additional guidance concerning the effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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5.8.2.4 Unobstructed Floor Space Recommendation
During a mammography procedure, the patient’s chest is flush with the front edge of the breast platform and the technician positions the patient’s breast on the breast platform....
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ADA25: Cindy's Story
Cindy has lived in Alabama since 1978. She went blind at the age of 19 and attended a rehabilitation center to learn blindness skills in order to live as an independent person. She...
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ADA25: Bob's Story
Bob is an Information Specialist at the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability. After earning a Pre-law degree at the University of Texas at Arlington, Bob...
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ADA25: Cloritta's Story
Cloritta Thomas is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and is the mother of two boys. She was injured by a stray bullet when she was 22 years old. Since then, Cloritta has had to learn...
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ADA25: Jerry's Story
Jerry is a 55 year old retired computer programmer who was born and raised in the greater Birmingham, Alabama area. Though retired, Jerry still works as a coach of Junior wheelchair...
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M301.2.1 Adjustability
Transfer surfaces shall be adjustable in height measured from the floor to the top of the uncompressed transfer surface and shall provide the following: A. A low transfer position...
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M301.2.2 Sunset
The low transfer position height, Item A of M301.2.1, shall cease to have effect on [Insert date 5 years after date of publication in the Federal Register].
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M301.2.2 Sunset Provision (Section-by-Section Analysis)
As discussed in Section IV.B.1.a. (Significant Changes – Transfer Surface Adjustability), this is a new provision that was added to the final rule in conjunction with the new...
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M303.3.3 Ramped (Section-by-Section Analysis)
entry of a wheelchair space, level changes greater than ½ inch high would be required to be ramped and comply with technical requirements for running slope, cross slope, clear width, edge protection...
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Knee and Toe Clearance (M303.2.4)
Knee and toe clearance are critical where patients seated in a wheelchair need to position their knees and toes next to or underneath a component of the diagnostic equipment....
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ADA25: #7 of 25 -- America's First ADA Jury Trial
Do you know the first Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case? The NAD was involved and won! NAD Attorney Caroline Jackson shares some history behind the first case....
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Youth Vote
Rights New York, Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania, and Disability Rights Washington, which operates this Rooted in Rights YouTube channel, are all part of the federally funded protection...
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5.8.3.1 Breast Platform Height Recommendations
Another member emphasized the importance of considering patients of short stature in addition to considering patients seated in a wheelchair....
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5.8.3 Breast Platform Recommendations
platform (see 5.8.2 Knee and Toe Clearance Recommendations under Breast Platforms), the height of the breast platform is also critical to ensuring that mammography equipment is accessible to patients...
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Air Carrier Access Act Technical Assistance Manual (2005)
What Airline Employees, Airline Contractors, and Air Travelers with Disabilities Need to Know About Access to Air Travel for Persons with Disabilities A Guide to the Air Carrier Access Act...
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#CripTheVoteStories with Katherine Schneider
Katherine Schneider, PhD | Eau Claire, WI transcript: “Before the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), when I voted, I had to have a friend mark my ballot for me, or poll officials....
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a. Knee and Toe Clearance
MDE Advisory Committee Report, 115-116, available at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/health-care/about-this-rulemaking/advisory-committee-final-report. ...
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Section 35.151(e) Social service center establishments
As such, these establishments are covered both by the ADA and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act....
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Accessible Polling Places for the Visually Impaired: A Compilation of Survey Results
The Help America Vote Act mandated that all polling places have an accessible method of voting that provides privacy and independence....
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M301.4.1 Clearance in Base
The base of diagnostic equipment shall provide a clearance 39 inches (990 mm) wide minimum, 6 inches (150 mm) high minimum measured from the floor, and 36 inches (915 mm) deep...