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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I didn't know that the person was handicapped, my first thought would be whether it was accessible via public transport. [/quote]

Right, but when you answered "yes, we are on the Red Line, two blocks from the Silver Spring station," the person would probably follow up with "I mean ADA accessible", and you would answer accordingly.

I have actually found that there is so much confusion about what constitutes accessible under the ADA that I am better to ask about specific elements: do you have an elevator, do you have ASL interpreters or captioning available, etc.[/quote]

Even if someone asked me, "Is it ADA-accessible?" I do not know the legal ins and outs of what exactly ADA mandates, so I would not know.  [/quote]

But if someone asked you "is it wheelchair accessible?" You probably aren't going to know how wide the doorways need to be, how high the toilet needs to be, which doors need to swing in rather than out etc . . . So, either way you won't be able to answer their questions, and will need to find someone who can.

Someone is much more likely to know whether their building meets ADA guidelines then to know all of those details.  [/quote]

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