Through ignorance or inattention, this contractor is placing his client in a perilous legal position. It is never OK to block an access aisle or use it for another purpose. Even if it’s somebody else’s fault that your site has accessibility problems, you are still the one that’s going to face the lawsuit. Remember — even if you win in court, you still have to pay your attorney potentially thousands of dollars. And that’s not even taking into account the time you have to take off work and the stress of a legal battle. Avoid liability in the first place: get an accessibility survey every five years and regularly check your own site for potentially dangerous situations.

You can always look up our pricing as well as the official sites with ADA info.

Or, for more specific questions call us at 866 982 3212×2 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

This fast food chain has decided to not offer public restrooms — you have to be a customer. But that’s still open to the public because anyone can be a customer! If the heavy door wasn’t bad enough, the twist and pull mechanism to unlock and open the door makes it really hard to get out of the restroom because you have to twist, pull AND roll your chair back. I know this chain wants to avoid lawsuits but if they make it so hard for people to get in and out of the restoom, someone can get trapped (esp in an emergency evacuation). Now that’s lawsuit material.

You can always look up our pricing as well as the official sites with ADA info.

Or, for more specific questions call us at 866 982 3212×2 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

You see this sort of thing all the time. It’s pretty common for delivery trucks to park in access isles, too. If someone were to come along that needs this access aisle, this store could get a lawsuit. Never allow anything to block your access aisle, because it’s your butt on the line even if it’s not your fault.

You can always look up our pricing as well as the official sites with ADA info.

Or, for more specific questions call us at 866 982 3212×2 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

Is your Business ADA Compliant? Learn about the legal liability your business has if it is not ADA Compliant. Don’t get slapped with a lawsuit over something you could have prevented!

Hosted at Four Points Sheraton (5990 Green Valley Circle in Culver City, CA) on Oct 6 @ 730am.

Click on the link below to pre-register for the event!

Culver City ADA Seminar

If you own a business, chances are it’s not 100% compliant. The only businesses which are guaranteed to be compliant are home delivery. Even then, if you accept visitors from the public in your lobby, family members of employees or event delivery personnel (who have to sign in at a counter) then you are technically open to the public.

If you think you are accessible, here’s a few items for your check list.

1. Floor Mats which are secure and do not pose a tripping hazard (glued or taped down)
2. Van Accessible Parking with an access aisle that is at least 96 inches wide.
3. A 6×6 inch ISA decal on or about your front door
4. Signage on the wall next to your restroom centered at 60 inches with raised letter, contrasting letters and grade 2 braille.
5. No door knobs anywhere. No twist hardware for the lock, for the latch or for faucets.
6. All restroom amenities are less than 40 inches from the finished floor. This means the point of operation!

If you’ve passed all 6 of these, then congrads, you’ve passed 6 of the 1300 unique checks that are part of doing an ADA Audit.

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The accessible gate is not marked, too narrow and LOCKED. Anyone with a wheelchair, stroller or walker is clearly not welcomed here.

The ADA is not just about building code.

Read about this and more things you can be liable for:  Read our ADA FAQ for more information.  For information about assessing your site yourself or hiring an ADA expert, please look at our ADA Consultation page.  Or call us at 866 982 3212 x2 or email us at help@ytaccess.com

As we’ve been touting, the ADA is about equal access, or atleast reasonable accommodation. In the Amazon/Apple war (Kindle vs iPad/iPhone) over who is going to be the next reader of digital media Amazon moved the Kindle to put textbooks online for students. Not a bad idea, considering the cost of text books and the weight of lugging all those heavy books about. But in doing so, Kindle did not allow for their product to be readable for the blind — there is no way for a blind person to access the text-to-speech on the Kindle without the help of a sighted person.

No matter what you do, no matter what goods or services your business, or any business participates in — please make sure you include everyone — that you think of providing everyone with a means to participate in some equitable manner…

Last year, the schools — among them Princeton, Arizona State and Case Western Reserve — wanted to know if e-book readers would be more convenient and less costly than traditional textbooks. The environmentally conscious educators also wanted to reduce the huge amount of paper students use to print files from their laptops.

It seemed like a promising idea until the universities got a letter from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, now under an aggressive new chief, Thomas Perez, telling them they were under investigation for possible violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Kindle Violates the ADA

Locked accessible gate?, originally uploaded by MammonLord.

The marked accessible entrance to this building has a locked gate between the road and the door. The real kicker is that the main entrance is more accessible than this one. It’s yet another example of an incomplete understanding of the law. Clearly the owners "knew" they needed an accessible entrance, but thought it should be separate. It is almost always best to make your main entrance the accessible entry.