Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Americans with Disabilities Act - Title III

[R Philip Dowds (rpdowds]

Actually: Not.  Pocket or laterally-sliding doors are not accepted as reliably 
usable by the disabled, and are presently not shown as viable alternatives in 
any of the codes.  Stateside, anyway.

RPD AIA

On Jul 25, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Sharon Villines wrote:

>> So the ADA-compliant choice to have outward opening doors would
>> have inconvenienced the majority of our members who do not use a
>> wheelchair.
> 
> Are pocket doors not an option these days? Doors that slide into the walls.