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Find out about ADA compliance using our ADA Resource Guide which offers a good selection of ADA resources, links and references. The Builders Bookloft also offers many helpful ADA books & ADA reference manuals.
ADA Code Compliance Center
From threshold ramps, alert systems, & reference manuals to Accessibility software, dressing tables & transfer benches, the ADA Center offers high quality, cost effective ADA building code compliance products & accessories.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark law that protects the civil rights of persons with disabilities. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government services, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, and telecommunications. To ensure access to the built environment, the ADA requires the establishment of design criteria for the construction and alteration of facilities covered by the law. These requirements, which were developed by the Access Board, are known as the ADA
Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).
Proposal to Issue Revised ADA Design Standards
The Department of Justice has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the process of revising the Department's ADA regulations to adopt design standards that are consistent with the revised ADA Accessibility Guidelines published by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also known as the Access Board) on July 23, 2004. The ADA requires the Department to publish regulations that include accessibility standards that are consistent with the Access Board's guidelines. Until the Department's rulemaking is complete, the revised ADA Guidelines are effective only as guidance to the Department (and to the Department of Transportation). The revised guidelines have no legal effect on the public.
Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS)
This document presents uniform standards for the design, construction and alteration of buildings so that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to and use of them in accordance with the Architectural Barriers Act, 42 U.S.C. 4151-4157. The document embodies an agreement to minimize the differences between the standards previously used by four agencies (the General Services Administration, the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Defense, and the United States Postal Service) that are authorized to issue standards under the Architectural Barriers Act, and between those standards and the access standards recommended for facilities that are not federally funded or constructed.
The article Getting Through the Door by Timothy Vander Heiden & Homer Duerr address many of the issues about how to bring your business or facility up to ADA compliance standards.
The very informative U.S. Department of Justice's ADA Standards for Accessible Design, is available in both Acrobat PDF (4.5 Mb) and HTML formats, with text, graphics, and links to cross-referenced sections. (July 25, 2001)
The ADA Tax Incentives Package contains information about the disabled access credit that is available for small businesses and the tax deduction that is available for businesses of any size to help offset some of the costs of improving accessibility for customers or employees with disabilities. It also includes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form and instructions for claiming the disabled access credit, a list of ADA publications available free from the Department of Justice, and a list of telephone numbers and Internet sites to which you can turn for answers to your ADA questions.
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