This course has been discontinued
The United States is without question a world leader when it comes to providing built environments that are accessible to people with disabilities. The two most recent pieces of legislation dealing with accessible design are the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. The latter extends the nondiscrimination protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons with disabilities as well as persons with families. This 3-hour interactive online course should be used as a basis to plan spaces with these protections in mind due to the fact that currently, all buildings, existing as well as new construction, must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This course of Barrier Free Design is broken into four sections:
- Accessibility Guidelines, Accessible Routes & Doors and Doorways
- Plumbing Fixtures and Public Lavatories
- Stairs and Ramps, Floor Surfaces and Tactile Pavings, Public Telephones, Protruding Objects & Signage and Alarms
- Miscellaneous Issues
This course contains downloadable PDF files which require Adobe Acrobat, which can be found on the reference page.