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Ersing, Walter F. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1978
This paper presents an overview of selected basic guidelines valuable to the planning process of designing barrier-free facilities for able and disabled persons. (DS)
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Disabilities, Facility Guidelines
National Center for a Barrier Free Environment, Washington, DC. – 1978
The handbook focuses on the accessibility of facilities to handicapped individuals. General information on accessibility requirements mandated by law is provided. Information on state and local legislation on architectural barriers gives suggestions for where to write to find out what laws apply where. Definitions of terms such as accessible,…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Definitions, Design Requirements
Brooks, Kenneth W. – 1979
The guide details characteristics to provide architecturally accessible special education programs for handicapped students. Impetus for the accessibility movement is traced to legislation, including the Architectural Barriers Act and Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Planning features considered are the development of a…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Compliance (Legal), Design Requirements
Download full textKliment, Stephen A. – 1975
This syllabus contains practical information necessary to plan a barrier-free environment. The first chapter provides an account of what has happened in the past generation to make buildings and spaces accessible to handicapped persons and reviews the most recent laws, codes, and standards that prescribe the accessibility of buildings. The second…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Civil Rights
Fearn, Donald – 1966
The environmental needs and problems of the physically handicapped are discussed, with particular concern for architectural barriers in present and future public buildings. Dialogue reveals the establishment of standards and constraints of which the public must become aware. Overviewed with emphasis are toilet facilities, recreational and cultural…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Community Action, Cooperative Planning
PDF pending restorationEducational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1979
This booklet is the fourth in a series that examines community school centers. The development and substance of the building program, issues related to site selection and development, and overall building design strategies are examined. Also discussed are particularly important design details about which the programming committee and the architect…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Architectural Programing, Building Design, Community Centers
Birch, Jack W.; Johnstone, B. Kenneth – 1975
The United States Congress and the individual states are now placing high priorities on supplying school facilities for the handicapped. This book is a comprehensive synthesis of what is unique and different about exceptional children and youth, of what modes of teaching and learning are necessary for their instruction, and of what contributions…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Educational Specifications, Elementary Secondary Education
