Americans with Disabilities Act

Philosophy  - Ed Roberts 

   • Ed Roberts was the first  

     severely disable student to 

     attend the University of 

     California at Berkeley  

   • Started the first Center for 

      Independent Living 

   • Was the first severely disabled 

      Director of the California 

      Department of Rehabilitation 

   • Co-founded the first international

      think tank on disability           

   Ed was an extraordinary example of what can be accomplished with a severe disability.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) stipulates involving the community, particularly those with disabilities, in the development and improvement of services. 

Resources: 

Full Text of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/statute.html  

Americans with Disabilities Act Homepage 

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Cristina Pitts - ADA Specialist - 

(801) 373-5044 Ext. 208    

She can provide information, materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Designs for Easy Living...

Creative homes with accessible features

We want to bring awareness of the advantages of making all homes accessible as possible. By removing obstacles to access through design excellence, all people are better served.

Extructual barriers in existing housing can prevent people with disabilities and older adults from leading independent lives...steps at entrances, narrow doorways, and lack of an accessible main floor bathroom...these are the barriers that can make it difficult for them to do so.

To address this problem, advocates of accessible housing are promoting a concept known as VISITABILITY, a design approach with a few accessible features as a routine construction for single-family housing.

Visitability defined

A visitable house is deliberative built including the following: 

• A zero-step entrance
• Wide entrance doors with 32 inches of clear passage space
• A half bathroom on the main floor

The Visitability movement targets housing units not otherwise covered by existing law

For more information or to be an active advocate contact Cristina at: 373.5044 Ext. 208