Whats next for ADAAG?
Sections 11 and 12 (and certain Miscellaneous provisions) were adopted on January 13, 1998, but have not yet been adopted by the Departments of Justice and Transportation. On the same date, the Access Board published a final guidelines for Building Elements Designed for Children’s Use. While the children’s provisions have not been adopted by DOJ and DOT, several entities have used them underADAAG Section 2.2: Equivalent Facilitation. A Federal Advisory Committee was established in 1994 to make recommendations to the Board concerning accessibility in Recreation Facilities. Following the submission of the Committee’s report (published with an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – an ANPRM – seeking public response to a series of questions posed by the Board) in 1995, an agenda for guideline development in this area was established. Rulemaking will include: • a final rule to establish guidelines for access to play areas, to be issued in early 1999; • an NPRM (under development) proposin
