Accessibility

The ADA Accessibility checklist provides part of the requirements found in the ADA Accessible Guidelines (ADAAG). The Guidelines are part of the Department of Justice Title II Regulations, 28 CFR Part 35 (Nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in State and Local Government Services). The requirements are a guide to assist the agency in determining what may be a readily achievable barrier removal. The checklist serves as a guide to assist the agency in identifying accessibility problems and solutions in existing facilities in order to meet the obligation under the ADA. The goal of the compliance review process is to plan how to make existing facilities more usable by individuals with disabilities. This checklist does not cover all…

Canadian Human Rights Commission were related to disability.” Clearly, employers are receiving a disproportionate number of claims regarding physical accessibility in the workplace. Layla Thérèse, a Canadian with cerebral palsy, told TVO (2016), “In my cover letters I clearly state that I have a disability, that I use a wheelchair, and I would ask, ‘Are you wheelchair accessible?’ Nine times out of 10 the answer was, ‘We had no idea you needed that. No, we’re not. We’re sorry. Best of luck in…

(“American”). The disability rights movement emerged in in the late 1960s because for about a century disability activists and their allies tried to change economic polices, social attitudes, and laws regarding people with disabilities (“Disability”). The Disabilities Act was passes by congress in 1990 and was the nations first civil rights law that addresses the needs for people with disabilities (“The American”). The Disabilities Act is based on The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the…

low income socioeconomic group, so they were quite uneducated about how to even navigate their own healthcare. This influx of additional people created even more of a burden upon healthcare providers and facilities to offer more accessibility. Many Americans continue to go without adequate healthcare to this day even if they have been able to obtain…

This part of the law ensures the disabled have public access to transportation, which includes rail service (both public and private), streets and sidewalks, buses and taxi providers. Access to public accommodations is addressed in the law. This provides easy access to public spaces for the disabled including entrances, access to public restrooms and public gathering spaces. Finally, Title IV of the law addresses accessibility of telecommunications for the disabled (Americans with Disabilities…

increasing access, even this continues to demonstrate a separation of the marginalized group. Instead of having an area that is accessible for a wheelchair, a bathroom can be configured and designated for a variety of needs, throughout the environment and not isolated to one specific spot. Even when the intention is to include people with disabilities into the mainstream, that still demonstrates a divide. Being inclusive indicates that they are at least two groups that are coming together,…

People with disabilities were seen as defective human beings and were treated very negatively. Around the time of World War I and when Franklin D. Roosevelt became president the government became more involved in improving the lives of people with disabilities. Acts were passed to prohibit discrimination of people with disabilities. The most important act was the Americans with Disabilities Act which changed the way that society viewed people with disabilities and allowed for more public…

I am terrified of the reflection that full length windows show. I glance into these windows and I see how I walk, a stride that is slightly off balance and resembles that of a drunk person. This walk is a lifelong reminder that there was a lack of oxygen to my brain during my birth—the evidence that I have Cerebral Palsy. As I prepare to graduate in May from Vanderbilt University, I find myself conflicted between recognizing that I am incredibly fortunate to have a Vanderbilt education, but…

After reading the “Slate” article and listening to the “Icon For Access” podcast, two opposite approaches to whether or not the international wheelchair symbol should be redesigned, I was able to learn about the affordance of different modes and the reaction each can get. Modes are methods of communicating or getting something across. Audio narration, alphabetic text, video interview, soundtrack, and image are all examples of modes. These modes can be utilized to help circulate (spread…

The Fair Housing Act is an act creating seven basic guidelines that must be met in compliance with the access requirements of the Act. The guidelines require are that the buildings to be must have an accessible entrance on an accessible course, that the building must include reachable common and public use areas, as well as handy (informal) doors that are usable for a person in a wheelchair. The home must also have an accessible route in and out of the dwelling. Light switches, electrical…