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SEMINAR 10AC06 |
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2004 Accessibility Guidelines (ADA/ABA) LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Did you know that the latest Accessibility Guidelines (2004) from the United States Access Board are already Standards for Accessible Design for some federal agencies? The U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) has also adopted the Guidelines as Standards for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), though the Standards and the new ADA Regulations must be printed in the Federal Register before implementation deadlines can be established. The new regulations will address many difficult issues concerning how to apply the Standards to existing facilities, to new construction, and to altered facilities. Seminar 10AC06 will look at the new ADA/ABA Accessibility Standards, as well as, at the USDOJ’s new Regulations in order to help seminar participants understand the significant changes they are likely to encounter when designing for the ADA. The core document for the seminar will be the ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities. GOALS: Seminar 10AC06 is designed to help ensure that participants:
1. Understand from discussion
some of the key differences between the current ADA
2. Recognize from discussion and
exercises some of the difficult problems that can occur
3. Understand from discussion
and handout material some of the proposed solutions to
4. Recognize from discussion and
handout materials why merging federal accessibility WHAT TO
BRING? Each
participant should bring a copy of the 1994 ADAAG and a copy of |
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03/24/2010