Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Network message. Please feel free to share.?
Martha
Martha K. Gabehart | Executive Director
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)
[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov
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This message was sent from the US Access Board.
November 14, 2023
U.S. Access Board Webinar: Emergency Transportable Housing
When a disaster strikes, survivors may need to relocate to emergency housing, including travel trailers, park models, manufactured housing, or other factory-built housing. It is crucial that disaster survivors with disabilities have access to these services as required under the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The next webinar in the U.S. Access Board's free monthly series will take place December 7 from 2:30 ? 4:00 (ET) and review the scoping and technical requirements for residential dwelling units and the additional requirements or exceptions that apply specifically to emergency transportable housing units with mobility features and communication features. These requirements in the ABA Accessibility Guidelines ensure emergency transportable housing units are readily accessible to and usable by disaster survivors with disabilities.
For more information and to register, visit Great Lakes ADA Center?s Emergency Transportable Housing webinar webpage. All webinars include video remote interpreting (VRI) and real-time captioning. Questions can be submitted in advance of the session or can be posed during the live webinar. Webinar attendees can earn continuing education credits. The webinar series is hosted by the ADA National Network in cooperation with the Board. Archived copies of previous Board webinars are available on the site.
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The Great Plains ADA Center's newsletter has been posted on their website. Because the Great Plains ADA Center serves Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri,? I encourage you to subscribe to their newsletter at the same website link above.?
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This message is also from the US Access Board.?
November 7, 2023
Accessible Bathing Rooms Webinar Available in Archives
If you missed the Board?s webinar on bathing rooms in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards last week, you can access the webinar recording and presentation materials in the archives. This webinar addressed accessibility requirements for bathing facilities in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards for transfer showers, roll-in showers, and bathtubs in transient lodging/hotels, residential dwelling units, and other locations, which ensure those with disabilities have the option to clean themselves unassisted. Presenters reviewed the accessibility requirements for different types of accessible bathing fixtures and their associated components, including shower and tub seats, grab bars, shower spray units and controls, and required clearances. This webinar included video remote interpreting (VRI) and real-time captioning. The webinar series is hosted by the ADA National Network in cooperation with the Board. Other archived copies of previous Board webinars are also available on the site.
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