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Universal Design & Home Accessibility
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General
 

Disability Issues Information for Journalists. The Center for an Accessible Society

Universal Design History. The Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University

     
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
 

Access for Everyone: A Guide to the Accessibility of Buildings and Sites with References to ADAAG. Dr. Arvid E. Osterberg, Iowa State University

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG). Access Board

ADA Home Page: Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. Department of Justice

The Americans with Disabilities Act. The Center for an Accessible Society

Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care Centers and the Americans With Disabilities Act. U.S. Department of Justice

How to File a Title III Complaint. U.S. Department of Justice

Information & Technical Assistance. Great Plains ADA/IT Center

     
Building Codes

ANSI A117: 1998 Edition (Standard on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities). International Code Council (ICC)

Codes and Standards. International Code Council (formerly Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA), International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. (SBCCI)

     
Fair Housing

Fair Housing: Equal Opportunity for All. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Accessibility Requirements for Buildings. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Act Design Manual: A Manual to Assist Designers and Builders in Meeting the Accessibility Requirements of the Fair Housing Act. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

     
Iowa Regulations

Accessibility and Universal Design. Iowa City, Iowa Ordinance

ADA Certification of State and Local Accessibility Requirements. U.S. Department of Justice

What the Law Requires: Accessible Multi-family Housing in Iowa. Iowa Program for Assistive Technology – Iowa COMPASS

     
MiCASSA

MiCASSA: The Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act. The Center for an Accessible Society

     

New Freedom Initiative

New Freedom Initiative. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

     

Olmstead Decision

Supreme Court Upholds ADA "Integration Mandate" in Olmstead Decision. The Center for an Accessible Society

     

Policy Advocacy

A Community-Based Alternative to Nursing Homes and Institutions for People With Disabilities: MiCASSA, the Medicaid Community Attendant Services and Supports Act. National ADAPT

How to File a Title III Complaint. U.S. Department of Justice

Informed Consumers' Guide to Accessible Housing. NIDRR

     
Visitability

Legislation on Visitability and Related Housing Laws. Concrete Change, Atlanta , Georgia

Strategies for Providing Accessibility and Visitability for Hope VI and Mixed Finance Homeownership. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Visitability: Eleanor Smith Wants Concrete Change. New Mobility Magazine

"Visitability" Bill Introduced in Congress. The Center for An Accessible Society

Visitability Defined 2003. Concrete Change, Atlanta, Georgia

What Is Visitability? Visitability Initiative Project Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access. State University of New York at Buffalo

 
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