Join us for ADA Webinars in Dallas, Tx

"ADA: The Next Generation"

The National ADA Coordinators are putting on webinars on the new ADA, and we can view them as a group.  Abadi Accessibility and ARS purchased the webinars and want to share them with you.
Each webinar is $10 and below is the agenda.  If you have any questions, call me at 214-403-8714


Webinar Agendas

Session 1 - ADA Standards - Admin provisions; Accessible Routes; & Building Blocks

Wednesday, 11/3/2010, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

At Sitelark 5000 Quorum Ste 100, Dallas, Tx

Overview of the new ADA Standards;

What has been clarified, added, dropped, or changed from the 1991 Standards?

Equivalent facilitation, tolerances, and the expanded definitions section.

How will changes affect different facility types?

• Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Accessible routes

Accessible means of egress

Stairways

Elevators, platform lifts, LULAs, and private residence elevators

Doors, doorways, and gates

Floor and ground surfaces

Changes in level

Ramps and curb ramps

Turning spaces

Clear floor and ground spaces

Knee and toe spaces

Protruding objects

Reach ranges

Operable parts

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Session 2 - ADA Standards - Common Space & Element Types; and Communications

Wednesday, 11/10/2010, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

At the Miele Showroom 1700 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 200 Dallas, Texas 75207

What has been clarified, added, dropped, or changed from the 1991 Standards?

How will changes affect different facility types?

Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Common space types including

Parking spaces and passenger loading zones

Dressing, fitting, and locker rooms

Common element types including

Dining surfaces and work surfaces

Storage elements

Benches

Handrails

Windows (this is completely new)

Automatic teller machines and fare machines

Check-out aisles, sales and service counters

Depositories, vending machines, change machines, mail boxes, and fuel dispensers

Communications systems and devices including

Telephones

Signs

Fire alarm systems

Assistive listening systems

Two-way communication systems (this is also new)

Detectable warnings

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Session 3 - ADA Standards - Toilets, Bathing, Kitchens and Plumbing Elements

Wednesday, 11/17/2010, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

At the Miele Showroom 1700 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 200 Dallas, Texas 75207

In many facility types, these requirements are some of the most critical to the users. Significant changes have made certain sections stricter and others less restrictive than the 1991 Standards.

The 1991 Standard allowed six by six and five by seven foot single user toilet rooms. What are the smallest configurations a single user toilet room can have under the new Standards?

How do these requirements compare to the IBC and ICC/ANSI A117.1 Accessibility Standards?

How will these changes affect different facility types?

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Session 4 - ADA Standards - Specialized Rooms, Spaces and Elements including Recreation and Residential

Wednesday, 12/1/2010, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
(This session may be extended beyond 1 ½ hours)


Location:

HALFF Associates Inc. Office (214.346.6200) - 1201 North Bowser Road / Richardson, Texas 75081 - Coordinated by Ms. Joni Caldwell - 214.346.6310

Many new sections covering whole new facility types have been added in the 2010 ADA Standards. Two common facility types no longer have their own sections. Some VERY significant changes and clarifications have been made in those sections that were already included in the 1991 Standards. What has changed and how must those changes be incorporated into new, altered, and existing facilities?

If residential facilities are not (typically) covered by the ADA, why are there new standards for them? How do the covered residential facility types correlate with the ADA transient lodging and Fair Housing requirements?

Significant scoping and technical requirement changes:

Transportation facilities

Assembly areas

Medical care and long-term care facilities

Transient lodging guest rooms

Transportation facilities

Completely new sections:

o Judicial facilities and courtrooms

o Detention and correctional facilities

o Holding and housing cells

o Residential dwelling units and facilities

o Recreational facilities including amusement rides, exercise machines and equipment; boating, fishing, golf and miniature golf facilities, play areas, swimming pools and spas.

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Session 5: Overview of Title II and Title III Regulations, Part I

December 8, 2010 12:00-1:30 (Recorded)

At the Miele Showroom 1700 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 200 Dallas, Texas 75207

Overview of the new rules;

Service animals: Emotional support animals aren't service animals, but what about animals that assist people with psychiatric disabilities?

Segways and service animals: What questions can you ask about either one, and when can you say "no"?

Effective communication: can you use video interpreting services, how, and when? How do the new provisions on automated phone systems and relay calls affect you?

DOJ's separate notices on electronic/web communication, theater captioning/video description, and next generation 9-1-1;

Testing and licensing, with a focus on documentation; and transitioning/ time frames.

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Session 6: Overview of Title II and Title III Regulations, Part II

Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010 12:00-1:30 (Recorded)

At the Miele Showroom 1700 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 200 Dallas, Texas 75207

Overview of the new rules;

New construction and alterations: how these now overlap with barrier removal and program access;

Making sense of the DOJ-drafted provisions in tandem with the Access Board's Guidelines;

New definition of "place of lodging" and implications under both titles (for higher education, shelters, and others);

Hotel reservations, assembly event ticketing and seating;

The new element-by-element safe harbor;

DOJ's notice of its intent to regulate furniture and equipment;

Certification of state codes: if you comply with a code certified before 2010, does it "count"? Should you urge your state to go for certification, under relaxed new procedures? and,

Compliance and enforcement: DOJ can now retain Title II complaints for investigation, rather than sending them to "designated agencies." What are the implications?

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Session 7: Planning for the transition and beyond, and using the safe harbors

Wednesday, 12/22/2010, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Recorded)

At the Miele Showroom 1700 Oak Lawn Avenue Suite 200 Dallas, Texas 75207

What should you do first to get to policy compliance within the six month deadline?

Is it time for a do-over? Do you need to do a new or revised self-evaluation, transition plan, or barrier removal plan? If you don't think you have to, should you anyway?

How safe are the "safe harbors" under Title II and Title III? Are you "grandfathered" out?

Is there any advantage to doing barrier removal in the next 6 or 18 months, under the 1991 Standards, versus using the 2010 Standards?

Is this a sleeper provision? They call it "maintenance," but it addresses reducing access below 1991 Standards. How and when are reductions allowed?

What can you learn from the preamble (analysis) and the appendices, with their helpful explanations and drawings? How do they relate to the requirements themselves?

How do you ensure compliance with all applicable laws, including state and local codes and ordinances?

Do the new provisions apply under section 504 too? Or should state and local governments and others who receive federal funds, and federal agencies, continue to follow the 504 rules?