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04-19-2015, 06:52 PM
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Our house is not ADA compliant. We are, however, currently running a capital campaign to fund the building of a large second story study room. This renovation fell under current regulations which require ADA compliance and, as a result, we will be adding an elevator for accessibility.
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04-20-2015, 12:12 PM
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The houses at LTU are not ADA compliant. They were all built pre-1960 (as single family homes) and have not had any renovations. SigEp is just working on minor upgrades here and there, but if we're going to drop any large sums of money, it'll be on a brand new house, hopefully about 10 years from now.
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04-20-2015, 12:47 PM
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I was just thinking of more than wheelchair accessibility being needed to be fully ADA-compliant. However, there is apparently more than one way to claim compliance. I was thinking things like Braille signs; lights instead of/in addition to doorbells; those kind of things.
I would expect University-provided or -owned housing to be compliant, though, whether or not privately owned real estate is.
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04-20-2015, 01:05 PM
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I would expect University-provided or -owned housing to be compliant, though, whether or not privately owned real estate is.
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Our previous on-campus university owned mid-1970s house was not ADA compliant in any way. You had to go up steps to the entrance, then either down or up from the entrance landing to access the rooms. It was really bad, and the university reconverted these buildings to dorms when the sororities moved out this past fall, but they're still not ADA compliant. They are slated for demo in the next few years.
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04-20-2015, 01:42 PM
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I would expect University-provided or -owned housing to be compliant, though, whether or not privately owned real estate is.
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Most of Clemson's housing is not compliant, including, I believe, the sorority housing. There are elevators to get between the floors but the rooms themselves don't look ADA compliant to me compared to the handicapped-accessible rooms I've seen elsewhere on campus. There are two buildings designated as ADA-compliant that all handicapped students live in-they have elevators, larger rooms and wheelchair-accessible showers, etc.
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04-21-2015, 06:56 AM
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Our house was ADA-compliant on the first floor, but that was primarily because they were on-campus townhouses. One of my sisters was wheelchair-bound and was able to live with us. Not every dorm on campus was compliant, but as long as there are "equivalent facilities," then that's fine.
There are a lot of minor details that go into making a space ADA-compliant, and the rules can be interpreted many different ways. It's not just a ramp or wheelchair/lift, it's door widths, floor finishes, railing sizes and heights, and signage. Even when it is compliant, it's not always convenient for the users.
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04-23-2015, 09:10 AM
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Our house during my undergraduate days was not ADA compliant, we were just renting through a private landlord and it was an older house but I don't think it was even a bit accessible, lots of stairs and narrow hallways.
Our current house was built recently and I'm pretty sure it's not compliant either as their are stairs to the entry. There may be an additional accessible entry in the back but I've never seen it and during the building it looked like stairs. This surprises me as it was built in 2010 by a third party landlord.
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