On July 23, 2004, the U.S. Access Board issued revised accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). The new Access Board guidelines are a culmination of more than 10 years of work by the Access Board to harmonize the current ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) with other model building codes (http://www.ncpad.org/686/3086/2005-01-01#5).

Noticeable changes in the new guidelines include revised scoping sections providing clarifications for those covered under Title II (state and local government) and Title III (private businesses). Clarified scoping is also provided for facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds under the ABA.

Read the entire factsheet at http://www.ncpad.org/249/1639/Access~Board~Issues~New~Accessibility~Guidelines.