Issue link: https://resources.twc.edu/i/1178418
QUESTIONS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Checklist for Existing Facilities version 2.1 © revised August 1995, Adaptive Environments Center, Inc. for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. For technical assistance, call 1-800-949-4ADA (voice/TDD). 12 Install tactile signs to identify floor numbers, at a height of 60 inches from floor. Modify communication system. Add tactile identification. At each stopping level, post clear instructions for use of the lift. Provide a call button. Rearrange furnishings and equipment to clear more space. Move controls. Reconfigure rest room. Combine rest rooms to create one unisex accessible rest room. Install accessible signs. Add accessible signage, placed to the side of the door, 60 inches to centerline (not on the door itself). Elevators, continued Is there a sign on both door jambs at every floor identifying the floor in raised and braille letters? If an emergency intercom is provided, is it usable without voice communication? Is the emergency intercom identified by braille and raised letters? Lifts ( ADAAG 4.2, 4.11) Can the lift be used without assistance? If not, is a call button provided? Is there at least 30 by 48 inches of clear space for a person in a wheelchair to approach to reach the controls and use the lift? Are controls between 15 and 48 inches high (up to 54 inches if a side approach is possible)? Usability of Rest Rooms When rest rooms are open to the public, they should be accessible to people with disabilities. Getting to the Rest Rooms (ADAAG 4.1) If rest rooms are available to the public, is at least one rest room (either one for each sex, or unisex) fully accessible? Are there signs at inaccessible rest rooms that give directions to accessible ones? Doorways and Passages (ADAAG 4.2, 4.13, 4.30) Is there tactile signage identifying rest rooms? Mount signs on the wall, on the latch side of the door, complying with the re- quirements for permanent signage. Avoid using ambiguous symbols in place of text to identify rest rooms. Yes No clear space height Priority 3