Common Sources of Confusion in the ADA and ABA Standards

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December 2018
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Date/Time: Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 2:30 PM Eastern Time Zone

Location: Webinar

Description: Certain provisions in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards are prone to misinterpretation and generate many of the technical inquiries the Access Board receives. This webinar will review and clarify these “hot spots” in the standards. Reviewers will untangle common sources of confusion, including those concerning application of the standards in new construction and alterations, employee work areas, toilet rooms, signs, detectable warnings, and other topics.

Questions for presenters:

If you are also covering PROWAG I would like to better understand the allowance for 5% max cross slope at intersections that are not controlled by a stop or yield (signalized intersections). Please provide specific examples of intersections that would require 2% cross slope max or 5% max and why.
As a designer for state DOT I have received a number of comments from people who are blind and their trainers regarding the layout of the detectable warning. They would prefer detectable warning units to be laid out to assist with orientation to the crossing. However current guidance from the Access Board is that they are NOT intended for way finding but only to alter the pedestrian that they are leaving the pedestrian zone and entering a vehicular or hazard zone. Is further guidance needed to reinforce their purpose? or is an alteration in their use warranted?

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Continuing Education
- AIA CES - 1.5 credit hours
- Certificate of Attendance - 1.5 credit hours

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Bill R Botten

Accessibility Specialist, Office of Technical and Information Services; U.S. Access Board

William (Bill) R. Botten, an Exercise Physiology graduate from the University of Kansas, joined the US Access Board in May of 2000. Previously, he was Director of the Office of Accessible Seating/Services for Centre Management, a national sports arena management company. His responsibilities included ensuring compliance with State and Federal accessibility requirements at all managed properties, as well as working with design and construction officials during arena construction and alterations. His training experience includes hundreds of presentations over the last 20 years to local, state, and national audiences on injury prevention, disability awareness and sensitivity, and accessibility issues. He was part of a team that developed the new combined guidelines for the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Architectural Barriers Act. Bill specializes in access issues related to recreation facilities and outdoor developed areas. He also provides technical assistance to the building design and construction industry as well as State and Federal agencies and consumers with disabilities.

Dave Yanchulis

Senior Accessibility Specialist/Coordinator of Public Affairs; US Access Board, Office of Technical and Information Services

Dave Yanchulis is a graduate of George Washington University (1987) and has worked at the Access Board since 1988 as an Accessibility Specialist responsible for technical assistance to Federal, state, and local governments and private sector entities regarding the requirements of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) of 1968 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. In 1994, he was appointed Coordinator of Research, a position created to manage the research efforts that underpin the development of accessibility guidelines. Dave has also been active in rulemaking for both Title II and Title III guidelines for buildings and facilities and for transit vehicles. Most recently, he has developed guidelines for the accessibility of correctional and judicial facilities constructed by state and local governments and for elements used by children. Dave's magnum opus is the ADAAG Technical Assistance Manual, a comprehensive advisory on applying accessibility guidelines to design and construction projects. In May of 1998, Dave was appointed Coordinator of Public Affairs, taking responsibility for the Board's public outreach activities, including its bi-monthly newsletter, Access Currents.

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