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In ADA Paths – Part 3: Communication and Recreation, you'll learn ...
- Communication features for the disabled
- Consideration of finishes to use with mobility aids
- Recreational facilities to provide continued enjoyment by the handicapped
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 43 pages
In September of 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice published the “2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design,” a comprehensive set of standards about designing buildings to facilitate their use by the handicapped. The publication contained two parts, one establishing accessibility laws for facilities built with public funds, and one providing guidelines for public buildings built by private entities. Since that time, numerous model codes, building codes and published standards have been released, based in part or in whole on those standards, creating some confusion as to what exactly is required. This course is a comprehensive overview of the original guidelines and their intent.
The “2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design,” though quite lengthy, have been broken out and grouped into nine categories of information. A series introduction in Part 1 of this course series discusses the creation of the standards and their applicability as regulations. This course, Part 3, focuses on additional parts of the standards addressing communication features for the disabled, consideration of finishes to use with mobility aids and recreational facilities to provide continued enjoyment by the handicapped.
An attempt was made to simplify these regulations and present them in an orderly and comprehensible fashion. Hopefully, the resulting information will be of use in designing public accommodations and commercial facilities, making them readily accessible to, and usable by individuals with disabilities.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Features and functions of alarm and notification systems in facilities designed to be accessible and usable by disabled occupants of all descriptions
- Characteristics and defining features of visual, Braille, pictograms and tactile characters, ensuring that signage in accessible locations is legible to, and usable for, all occupants
- Consideration of flooring surfaces and finishes, including allowable changes in level, to ensure smooth passage over them
- Features of various facilities designed for recreation, so as to make continued enjoyment possible for the disabled
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 43 pages
