ANSI/RESNA ASE-2:2012 (R2018)— Adaptive Golf Cars
Golfing empowers individuals with cognitive, physical, sensory, health, and age-related challenges. As such, golf is an important therapeutic and rehabilitative tool that can improve the…
ANSI/RESNA IF-1:2018—Inclusive Fitness Environments
An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability—representing 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us. Although today’s society is focusing more on…
ANSI A117.1 vs. ADA Guidelines for Accessible Design
For compliance with both federal law and moral responsibility, there is a need to make buildings accessible. To meet this need, building designers, architects, and…
Test Dummies for Wheelchairs: How Standards Cut Costs and Help Simulate Human Occupants
Don’t let the name fool you. Test dummies, as anthropomorphic testing devices, are designed to suffer blunt force trauma, but they do so to acquire…
Errata to ICC A117.1-2017
An errata document, ICC A117.1-2017: Errata – Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, makes several editorial corrections to the printing of ICC A117.1-2017: Accessible and…
Accessibility Guidelines and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Accessiblility guidelines on the ANSI webstore cover ergonomics in office equipment for the elderly and disabled; for vehicles and information technology. Accessible building standards and standards for…