A Planning Guide for Accessible Restrooms

摘要

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities by ensuring equal access to goods and services. It recognizes inaccessible facilities as a form of discrimination, since these facilities can prohibit participation by people with disabilities. The regulations for implementing the ADA include both scoping and technical specifications for new or altered state and local government facilities, public accommodations and commercial facilities to be accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities. This means in restroom design some of each type of fixture or feature - as well as the installation location - must meet accessibility requirements contained in the newly published 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. In addition, many projects must also follow the provisions of the 2009 revision of ICC A117.1, Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (produced by the American National Standards Institute or ANSI).