Accessibility Linked Resources
SPORTS FACILITIES | GENRAL ASSEMBLIES AND THEATERS | SWIMMING POOLS AND WATER ATTRACTIONS (RESORTS) | PLAYGROUNDS (SCHOOLS, AMUSEMENTS, RESORTS) | ATTRACTIONS AND AMUSEMENTS | PRIMARY ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION SITES | NEWS, REPORTS, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS | OTHER INTERESTING SITES
Sports Facilities
US Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committee Report 1994; Sports Facilities Sub-Committee Reports
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntishome.html
(Technical Assistance Centers may have copies avalable)
Department of Justice - four page document on Stadium and Arena Design
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/stadium.txt
Recommendations for a New ADAAG - ADAAG Review Advisory Committee, Final Report, September 30, 1996 (sections on wheelchair dispursement)
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/adaagcom.htm
US Access Board's Assembly Document
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntis/ntishome.html
General Assemblies and Theaters
US Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committee Report 1994; Sports Facilities and Places of Amuusement Sub-Committee Reports
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntis/ntishome.html
US Access Board's ADAAG Review Federal Advisory Commmittee Report
(sections on wheelchair dispursement)
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/adaagcom.html
UFAS Retrofit Manual, Barrier Free Environments
(for explanation of 5% sight lines exception of 4.33.3 Expectation)
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/checklist.htmlitem S-07
Swimming Pools and Water Attractions (Resorts)
Swimming Pools - Swimming Pools Accessibility Project, Funded by the U.S. Access Board: QA95007001
http://www.indiana.edu/~nca/poolhome.html
US Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committe Report 1994; Sports Facilities and Places of Amusement Sub-Committee Reports
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntishome.html
Playgrounds (Schools, Amusements, Resorts)
US Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committe Report 1994; Play Settings and Places of Amusement Sub-Committee Reports
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntishome.html
ASTM - Standard F-14-87 Playground Equipment for Public Use
http://www.astm.org keyword "playground," and developing work
ASTM F-8.63 Committee on Sports Equipment and Facilities for provisional standard on Playground Surfacing Systems, Standard Specification for Accessibility Surfaces Under and Around Playgrouns Equipment, Feb. 1997
http://www.astm.org
Children's Standards - US Access Board's Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities; Children's Facilities
http://www.access-board.gov/rules/child.htm
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/newregs/kid-nprm.txt
Attractions and Amusements
US Access Board's Recreation Access Advisory Committe Report 1994; Places of Amusement Sub-Committee Report and Play Area Settings Report
Out of Print Publications National Technical Information Service
http://www.fedworld.gov/ntishome.html
US Access Board, ADA Title 11 Transportation Regulations Trams, Monorails etc.
(basis of design for access up to amusement rides, and wheelchair access onto amusement rides)
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/transman.html
Primary Accessibility Informaiton Sites
Architectural Barriers Department
http://www.license.state.tx.us/ab/ab.htm
Access Board - General
http://www.access-board.gov
Department of Justice ADA Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
and documents at
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/index.htm
US Access Board's Publication Checklist
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/checklist.htm
and out of print lists
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/outprint.htm
Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act Information on the WEB: (FAQ documents and technical assistance manuals)
http://www.doj.gov/crt/ada/
News, Reports and Subscriptions
Evan Terry Associates, THe Current Most Common Design Errors under The ADA Standards
http://www.eventerry.com 205-972-9101
American Bar Association, Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter,
directory of cases
202-662-1570 (voice) 202-662-1012
Other Interesting Sites
Children's Standards - US Access Board's Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities; Children's Facilities
http://www.access-board.gov/rules/child.htm
US Access Board, Recommendations for a New ADAAG - ADAAG Review Advisory Committee, Final Report, September 30, 1996
http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/adaagcom.htm
CABO ANSO Standards
http://www.cabo.org/standards.html and for ANSI
http://www.cabo.org/a117.html
BOMA (Larry Perry)
http://www.boma.org/adaup.html
ICBO (more of a cool, social site1)
http://www.icbo.org
SBCCI
http://www.sbcci.org