HSA 4502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Elementary And Secondary Education Act, Universal Design, Tactile Sensor
29 Jun 2020
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Signed july 26, 1990: became effective january 26, 1992, amended in 2008. Reason for ada: designed to extend the civil rights for persons with disabilities. Ada titles: titles i: employment, title ii: public service, title iii: public accommodations, title iv: telecommunications, title v: miscellaneous. Ada: qualified individual with a disability, reasonable accommodation, undue burden/ hardship. Four titles: private sector businesses, workplace accommodations. Assessing the environment: three primary environment: residence, place of employment, and community, universal design concepts, adaptable housing, removal of physical barriers, perform physical capacity and functional ability testing, help develop policy and procedures. Removal of barriers: curb cuts, repositioning shelves, rearranging furniture, repositioning telephones, addition of raised markings on elevator controls, rearranging toilet partitions, widening doorways, removing carpeting, creating parking accessibility. Basic assessment: residence and workplace: external features, e. g. , sidewalk/ driveway, approach to entrance. Internal features, e. g. , door widths, presence of stairs, furniture configuration. Accessibility audit requirement categories: ramps and slopes, doors and hallways.
