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Extracted Content
| Accessibility for navigation | Examples and explanations |
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Provide Braille, visual and auditory cues, and/or continuous linear indicators on paths of travel. | Braille, along with visual and auditory cues or continuous linear indicators, enhances safety and usability for everyone, including those with vision impairments. |
Use pattern and color blocking to identify key access spaces. | Utilizing contrasting colors and unique patterns helps differentiate important spaces such as entrances, exits, and pathways, making them more recognizable and easier to navigate, particularly for the visually impaired. Provide visual contrast where applicable. |
DOCUMENTATION
| Project types | Options | Options/ Paths | Documentation |
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All | All | Comply with Local Accessibility Codes | Confirmation of whether there is a locally applicable accessibility code for the project. |
All | All | Comply with Local Accessibility Codes | If the project has not met all locally applicable accessibility codes: contract documents highlighting the appropriate ramps, door widths, and front-approach, wheelchair- accessible counter sections. |
| Accessibility and Inclusion Strategies | Project Strategies (check, from the standard list in Requirements, which strategies have been implemented). | ||
| Accessibility and Inclusion Strategies | Narrative identifying locations in documents where project strategies are documented (file name, page number, at minimum). |
REFERENCED STANDARDS
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American Disabilities Act (ADA) (ada.gov/law-and-regs/design-standards))
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (www.osha.gov/laws-regs)
U.S. Green Building Council LEED v5 Reference Guide for Interior Design and Construction, April 2025 Launch Edition 339