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March 22, 2017
What does this mean in the home I currently use? A family day care provider uses two of the rooms in the house as a family day care center. The children also use the master bathroom. All three rooms are covered under Title III because the rooms are not being exclusiv...
May 30, 2016
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Over a third of disabled people said that good disability service was the primary reason for choosing a provider or product. Two thirds choose businesses where they have received good customer service related to their disability. Companies th...
May 19, 2016
Did the television advertisement for a prominent bank confuse you as you watched a couple walk into their local bank branch with a leashed porcine? A pig is not a service animal under the Americans with Disabilities Act and should not be entering a place of public acc...
May 9, 2016
Is it coming up on the maintenance plan? Does the parking area just look worn and faded? Recently purchased the facility and want to make some improvements?
Think about whether the site has grown since the parking lot was last striped. The number of accessible parking...
July 24, 2015
ACCESSIBILITY Quick Reference:
When a property has areas that must comply with both
FHA and ADA Requirements
Top of the article has a brief synopsis of the five main areas we find clients have questions regarding The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Americans with Disabil...
July 17, 2015
Accessibility Savvy
Does your business get its share of $200 billion dollars in discretionary spending?
It does if your business is ADA compliant.
The approximately 54.7 million disabled Americans are a significant portion of the consumer market. Many business people u...
July 16, 2015
Twenty-five years later, questions still remain about what a service dog is, as well as what a service dog is not, when it comes to public accommodations and the Americans with Disabilitiies Act (ADA). The ADA requires State and local government agencies, businesses, a...
January 29, 2015
Take Back Our Streets for Our Kids
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, children ages 16 and under are the most at-risk for getting hit while crossing the street. Unfortunately, the death of a fourteen year old Fleming Island resident th...
January 27, 2015
In a January 26, 2015 bulletin, the Department of Justice published information pertaining to a court case involving the use of service animals and the ADA. This particular case involves a student using a service animal in a public school (Alboniga v School Board of Br...
January 17, 2015
The American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes it very plain in Chapter 6: PLUMBING ELEMENTS AND FACILITIES that there is set clearance around a water closet. The centerline of the water closet and the positioning of side and rear wall grab bars allow for transfer on...