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Session:
6
- Proposed ADA Regulations
Presenters: John Wodatch, Chief, Disability Rights
Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC;
Turner Madden, Esq., IAAM Legal Counsel, Washington, DC
On
May 30, 2008, United States Attorney General Michael B.
Mukasey signed proposed regulations to revise the DOJ’s
ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for
Accessible Design. The DOJ has taken IAAM's
recommendation and lowered the scoping for wheelchair
seating. The proposed regulations reduce wheelchair seat
scoping from 1% to 0.5% for facilities with over 5001
seats and reduce the wheelchair seat scoping from 1% to
0.75% for facilities with fewer than 5001 seats.
Corresponding companion seats are also reduced in the
proposed regulations. Mr. Wodatch will discuss the above
issues, the use of Segways and many more regulatory
issues at this session.
Attendees will:
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Learn from the lead federal regulator if they may
reduce their current wheelchair
seating
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Find out when wheelchair seat reductions are possible
and the effective date of the
regulations
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Discover the other issues in the regulations public
assembly facility managers need to know for
full compliance
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