The marine industry faces a challenge in making passenger vessels accessible to persons with disabilities. With the apassage of the Americans withDisabilities Act, freedom of access has become the law of the land. Accessibility issues pertaining to vessel design include embarking and disembarking the vessel, paths of travel aboard the vessel (doorways, thresholds, aisles), multideck access, eaccessible bathrooms and other services, and emergency evacuation. Accessibility extends beyond the wheelchair user to include the blind and visually impaired, the deaf, and others. The desihn community, working with the passenger vessel owners and persons with dishabilities, has an opportunity to develop creative solutions to the numerous problems of vessel accessibility.


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    Title :

    Passenger vessel design and the ADA - Americans with disability act


    Additional title:

    Behindertengerechter Fahrgastentwurf entsprechend den Forderungen der amerikanischen Behindertengesetzgebung


    Contributors:
    Chapman, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Marine Technology ; 33 , 1 ; 11-13


    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    3 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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