Accessibility in Georgia Selected Sections - Introduction - People and Scope - Site

1. Session 25 | Codes | Gary Parker Accessibility in Georgia Selected Sections - Introduction - People and Scope - Site - Entrances, Exit and Doors - Interior Circulation - Toilet Facilities

2. Introduction People with disabilities are the only minority for whom the design of the built environment can be a form of discrimination. The Federal Government has enacted several statutes to ensure nondiscrimination toward people with disabilities, both in the design of the built environment and in the manner in which programs are conducted. 1968 Architectural Barriers Act 1973 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1988 Amendment of 1968 Fair Housing Act 1990 American with Disabilities Act State of Georgia revised the state law in 1991, and 1995 mandating that almost all buildings be accessible to all citizens while maintaining some housing exceptions.

3. Abbreviations ADA Americans with Disabilities Act ADAAG ADA Accessibility Guidelines FHAG Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines ANSI American National Standards Institute UFAS Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards

4. Mobility Disabilities Wheelchair UsersManeuvering through narrow spaces, going up and down steep paths, moving over uneven surfaces, making use of toilet and bathing facilities, reaching and seeing items placed at conventional heights, negotiating steps or changing in levels at the entrance to a dwelling unit. Clear Floor SpaceThe minimum clear floor space required to accommodate a single stationary wheelchair is 30” x 48”. There are two approaches to an object by a user of a wheelchair: perpendicular, parallel. Turning SpacesThe minimum space required for a person on a wheelchair to make a 180 degree turn is a circle with a diameter of 60”. Ambulatory Mobility DisabilitiesPeople who walk with disabilities, lack of coordination, crutches, artificial limbs making difficult certain walking, climbing, standing for long time, reaching, fine finger manipulation.

5. Visual DisabilitiesThis includes people with partial vision or total vision loss. Depend upon their sense of touch and hearing to perceive the environment. Many use a cane or have a service animal to help. Hearing Disabilities People with partial hearing or a complete hearing loss depend on lip reading or visual signs. They may have difficulty receiving information that is exclusively auditory. Cognitive Disabilities and Other Hidden Conditions People with cognitive and learning disabilities may have difficulty using facilities, especially where signage system is unclear or complicated. People with certain diseases, overweight people etc.

6. Parking - ADAAG 4.6

7. Passenger Loading Zones - ADAAG 4.6

8. Curb Ramps - ADAAG 4.7

9. Accessible Route - ADAAG 4.3 Width >= 36” for at least one wch Slope <= 1 in 12 Width >= 48” for at least one wch + one person Width >= 60” for 2 wch/s to pass

10. Entrances - ADAAG 4.14 All entrances that serve as primary point of pedestrian flow must be accessible. At least 50 percent of all public entrances must be accessible. An accessible building entrance combines the requirements for an accessible route and accessible doors. ADAAG recommends that all entrances be accessible since they may serve as emergency exits.

11. Features of Accessible Doors

12. Areas of Rescue Assistance ADAAG 4.3.11

13. Ramps - ADAAG 4.8

14. Toilet Facilities