correct the overtravel or undertravel of a car as it stops at a landing within a ½ inch vertical tolerance since changes in level greater than ½ inch can be troublesome for someone using a wheelchair...
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2010 ADA Definition
Wheelchair: Wheelchair means a manually-operated or power-driven device designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor and outdoor locomotion. This definition does not apply to Federal wilderness areas; wheelchairs in such areas are defined in section 508(c)(2) of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12207(c)(2).
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Automatic Operation [4.10.2]
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Detail View – Accessible Theater Set-Up
Remove chairs to create spaces within rows for people using mobility devices (wheelchairs, scooters, crutches, braces, or other assistive mobility devices)....
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A4.13.12 AUTOMATIC DOORS AND POWER-ASSISTED DOORS
Sliding automatic doors do not need guard rails and are more convenient for wheelchair users and visually impaired people to use....
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Do drinking fountains pose hazards as protruding objects?
This is not required for wheelchair accessible units with no more than a 27” clearance below (the minimum required for knee clearance and the maximum recognized for cane detection)....
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8.4 Improving Data Sources and Research
MDE Advisory Committee members struggled in particular with applying the anthropometric data that were available for wheelchair and scooter users....
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2.2.3 Functional Reach
relative to a point on the floor, forward most portion of a person or wheelchair and/or from a reference point on wheelchair’s arm support surfaces)....
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Medical Accessibility LLC
All too often, a wheelchair could make it through the door of the facility, but the user couldn’t make it onto the exam table or weight scale....
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Wheelbase Definition
Only one set of casters on mid-wheel drive wheelchairs were measured and so these devices are not excluded in the current analysis....
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Expert Advice of Medical Practitioners
Based on her experience that the general range of customized manual wheelchair height is 15.5 inches- 19.5 inches and that power wheelchairs range from 16.5”- 22” high, she stated that the...
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A4.17.3 Size and Arrangement
A standard stall provides a clear space on one side of the water closet to enable persons who use wheelchairs to perform a side or diagonal transfer from the wheelchair to the water closet...
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High work surface
A colleague of mine who is a wheelchair user shared this photo with me of a seating area in a hotel lobby where free wi-fi is offered....
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Height: ADA Standard Section 704.4.1
A telephone with a TTY installed underneath cannot also be a wheelchair accessible telephone because the required 34 inches (865 mm) minimum keypad height can causes the highest operable...
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Sub-Committee Summary of Scope for Recommendations
All standard size manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs, small to mid-range scooters and most bariatric size, extra wide manual chairs can be accommodated as it relates to the platform...
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Transfer Systems
Users need to transfer from their wheelchair or mobility device to the transfer platform and continue transferring into the water, step by step, bumping their way in or out of the pool....
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607.7 Bathtub Enclosures
Enclosures for bathtubs shall not obstruct controls, faucets, shower and spray units or obstruct transfer from wheelchairs onto bathtub seats or into bathtubs....
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Does the 36" x 48" clear floor space directly outside the shower extend at least 12" past the seat wall of the shower to allow for a seat-to-seat transfer from the wheelchair?...
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B. Access Aisles
Does each accessible parking space have or share an adjacent access aisle to allow persons who use wheelchairs, walkers or other mobility aids to transfer from their car/van?...
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607.7 Bathtub Enclosures
Enclosures for bathtubs shall not obstruct controls, faucets, shower and spray units or obstruct transfer from wheelchairs onto bathtub seats or into bathtubs....
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4.3.5 Transfer Height
same elevation as the ORAR shall be between 17 inches (430 mm) minimum and 19 inches (485 mm) maximum above the floor or ground surface adjacent to the ORAR to facilitate transfer from a wheelchair...
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4.32.2 Seating
If seating spaces for people in wheelchairs are provided at fixed tables or counters, clear floor space complying with 4.2.4 shall be provided....
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4.3.5 Transfer Height
same elevation as the ORAR shall be between 17 inches (430 mm) minimum and 19 inches (485 mm) maximum above the floor or ground surface adjacent to the ORAR to facilitate transfer from a wheelchair...
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Is clear floor space required to be centered on elements?
The standards require the clear floor space to be centered on wheelchair accessible drinking fountains (forward approach), kitchen work surfaces, (forward approach), and washers and dryers...
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§ 35.135 Personal devices and services.
This part does not require a public entity to provide to individuals with disabilities personal devices, such as wheelchairs; individually prescribed devices, such as prescription eyeglasses...
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§ 38.111(a)(6)
Sleeper cars shall comply with §§38.113 (b) through (d), 38.115 through 38.121, and 38.125, of this part, and have at least one compartment which can be entered and used by a person using a wheelchair...
