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History of the Access Board

Author: United States Access Board,
Type: Web Page

Abstract:

This webpage charts the history of the United States Access Board, its work in creating stands for modfication of builiding for greater accecibility of disabled people in private and public buildings including public toilets and other structures such as ATM's, the passage of the National Commission on Architectural Barriers to Rehabilitation of the Handicapped, The Architectural Barriers Act , the board adopting the Minimum Guidelines for Accessible Design and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Giving the board greater scope for increating and enforcing greater standards for construction. in new buidlings


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Volume 2010
Issue 13 July 2010
Publisher United States Access Board
Accession Number July, 2010
Research Notes Electronic copy added 19/08/2013
Keywords regulationNorth Americalegislation

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