When encountering stairs, escalators, moving walkways, revolving doors, etc., give the person who is blind the option to choose whether to use the facility or conveyance....
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Tips for Assisting People Who Are Blind or Visually-Impaired
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Disability Emergency Supplies Kits
If you have no choice, how could you use stairs? Could you crawl or bump up or down steps? Will you need something to strap on to protect you (gloves to protect your hands, etc.)?...
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Other Contrast Attributes
We have a constituency of people who like stairs and don’t like ramps for disabilityrelated reasons....
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III. PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE ADA
One plaintiff, a wheelchair user who was charged with two misdemeanor offenses, alleged that he had to crawl up two flights of stairs to make a required court appearance....
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Need for and Benefits of the Proposed Standards
ambulatory activities of the lower body; • 22.6 million (9.8 percent) had difficulty walking a quarter of a mile; • 21.8 million (9.4 percent) had difficulty climbing a flight of stairs...
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207 Accessible Means of Egress
The proposed rule also provided 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...
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Executive Summary
Enhancement of safety and ease of use by persons with low vision in areas such as toilet rooms, offices, doorways, corridors, stairs, elevators and escalators. vii....
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Line of Sight and Dispersion of Wheelchair Spaces in Assembly Areas
., by stairs), but there is an accessible route that complies with section 206.3 that could be connected to seats on the field, accessible seats must be placed on the field even if that...
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NFPA
registers. 8) Smoke alarms and smoke detectors shall not be installed within a 36 in. (910 mm) horizontal path from the tip of the blade of a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan. 9) Where stairs...
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Stages.
As a result, even when other audience members are able to access a stage directly via stairs in order to participate in ceremonies, skits, or other interactive on-stage events, persons with...
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Elevator Exemption (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
From that point, one can enter a store on the first floor, or walk up a flight of stairs to a store on the second floor....
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Elevator Exemption (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
From that point, one can enter a store on the first floor, or walk up a flight of stairs to a store on the second floor....
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Background
serve a wide variety of functions, including expanding transportation routes, offering recreational opportunities, and protecting sensitive environments by focusing traffic on a suitable tread...
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III-4.4200 Readily achievable barrier removal
Thus, where it is not readily achievable to do, the ADA would not require a public accommodation to provide access to an area reachable only by a flight of stairs....
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Stages.
As a result, even when other audience members are able to access a stage directly via stairs in order to participate in ceremonies, skits, or other interactive on-stage events, persons with...