Understanding Sales and Service Counters
Sales and service counters, checkout aisles, and food service lines are part of nearly every transaction people make in the day-to-day life. Recognizing the importance …
Understanding Signs
The ADA standards include requirements for informational and directional signs that must meet specific requirements for visual and tactile legibility. These signs apply to accessible …
Understanding Parking and Passenger Loading Zones
Accessible parking is required for each parking lot and garage to help ensure people with disabilities can safely and appropriately get in and out of …
Understanding Protruding Objects
Objects that protrude into paths of travel can be hazardous to people with vision impairments or other disabilities. Common examples include drinking fountains, shelves, sconces, …
Understanding Accessible Bathing Facilities
The ADA standards address specifications for access bathing facilities, and provide specifications for transfer showers, roll in showers and bathtubs. In an effort to help …
Understanding Accessible Toilet Rooms
Understanding the ADA requirements for accessible toilet rooms is critically important to ensuring people with disabilities can access these facilities when nature calls. Among the …
ADA 101 – Stair Tread Nosings
2010 ADAS 504.5 Stair Tread Nosings The radius of curvature at the leading edge of the tread shall be 1/2 inch maximum. Nosings that project …
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Ridgewood Preparatory School for ADA Violations
The Justice Department entered into a settlement agreement with Ridgewood Preparatory School (Ridgewood) under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Ridgewood is …
ADA 101 – Unobstructed Side Reach
2010 ADAS 308.3.1 Unobstructed Side Reach Where a clear floor or ground space allows a parallel approach to an element and the side reach is …