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Great Lakes ADA Center

Be careful. These regional ADA assistance centers operate, I believe, under grants from the federal government, but they are not official Access Board or DOJ employees. I have dealt with the New England ADA Assistance Center for several decades, and I have found that the quality of the information varies widely depending on who you talk to. In some instances, the person was very helpful, in some instances they were clueless, and in some instances the information and advice provided were flat out wrong.
 
Everything I look at goes into the brain bucket as information to be considered.

I find any agencies including the official ones and their staff give incorrect answers. In some cases the reason for the wrong answer is the person asking giving insufficient or misleading fact of the case.
 
Yankee Chronicler said:
Be careful. These regional ADA assistance centers operate, I believe, under grants from the federal government, but they are not official Access Board or DOJ employees. I have dealt with the New England ADA Assistance Center for several decades, and I have found that the quality of the information varies widely depending on who you talk to. In some instances, the person was very helpful, in some instances they were clueless, and in some instances the information and advice provided were flat out wrong.
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I've also found that to be true for the Pacific region technical assistance center.
The best answers are when they can provide you with link to the Access Board or DOJ, and that link addresses your specific issue.
 
bill1952 said:
The problem is obviously lack of clarity and consistency in the codes and standards.
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Not exactly. The problem may be due to lack of clarity in the codes, but the lack of consistency is in the advice and guidance from different sources.

Sort of like when members here can't agree on what a section of one of the the codes means.
 
Try calling each one of the regional centers and ask them: “In ADAS 804.5, are drawers considered a type of shelf storage? Please provide a published DOJ opinion or court ruling that can be relied on as precedent.”
Then watch how many different answers you get.
 
Yikes said:
Try calling each one of the regional centers and ask them: “In ADAS 804.5, are drawers considered a type of shelf storage? Please provide a published DOJ opinion or court ruling that can be relied on as precedent.”
Then watch how many different answers you get.
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:cool::D:rolleyes:
 
I have attended several of their presentations, all have been informative, though I don't administer the ADA, I do use the information to help inform my own understanding. As thecommish says, it is just information to be filed away.
 
Tim Mailloux said:
forgot to add local AHJ's to that list of agencies :)
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Maybe you missed this:
jar546

Thread 'The Inconsistencies of Building Code Enforcement Across Jurisdictions'

Every building official and inspector has heard it: "Why are you the only jurisdiction that makes us do that?" or "I just did the same thing on other projects outside your jurisdiction, and it passed inspection." These statements reveal a deeper issue than mere differences in interpretation—they expose a widespread failure of some jurisdictions to enforce even the minimum standards of the building codes. Whether by choice or ignorance, this lack of enforcement undermines the integrity of the entire system and creates significant challenges for those who uphold their responsibilities.

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