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From: era@ncar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold)
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Subject: Re: How to adapt office building for a wheelchair?
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Date: 19 Mar 90 03:35:15 GMT
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In article <10699@bunker.UUCP> hnewstrom@x102c.ess.harris.com (Harvey Newstrom) writes:
|Index Number: 7201
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|He is confined to a wheelchair, and we are supposed to
|adapt our local office to be accessible by wheelchairs.  (I'm not
|sure what the legal requirements are, but this building is not
|accessible at all!)  We are doing the "obvious" modifications such
|as replacing the steps with a ramp and rails.
|
|Can people please make suggestions as to what else could be done?

There are a lot of printed materials covering the topic.  Two I'm
familiar with:

o ANSI publishes a standard, A117.1-1986, "Providing Accessibility and
  Usability for Physically Handicapped People."  Your local library or
  handicapped advocacy center may have a copy of this, or contact ANSI,
  which is in New York City, in the 212 area code.
o There is a book entitled "Legal Advocacy for the Handicapped."  Chapter
  2, by Paul Hearne, discusses architectural barriers.
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