This civil rights act will affect the way buildings are designed and constructed. After beginning with the history and background of ADA, it reviews the 5 Titles associated with this law--effective date, regulations, enforcement, exemptions, tax benefits. Addresses the legal issues regarding public accommodations, commercial facilities and those buildings connected with state and local governmental agencies. Contains an overview of technical specifications, identifying elements along the exterior and interior accessible routes that might be considered as barriers for the disabled and provides simple, cost effective options for barrier removal. Includes extensive forms and charts, key definitions, terms and concepts to aid in understanding the process related to building/facilities compliance. Will be supplemented so that direct buyers can be kept up-to-date on the latest developments or changes in this area.

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Product Description: Here is an extraordinary love story that speaks to the crisis of separation and scorn, love and hate, following the Korean War ceasefire in July 1953. Four years later, Sukey, a graduate with much promise, falls in love with Kwon, a man who confesses to having been a North Korean spy...read more

Product Description: English summary: The present study fills an important gap in our understanding of law in ancient Rome, exploring how the Romans thought their law and the place that the law occupied in the writings of Roman authors. French description: Ce livre est né d'un étonnement: la législation, les différentes lois, le concept de lex ont fait l'objet d'études importantes, surtout ces dernières années, mais les problèmes que pose la notion de la loi, la réflexion qu'elle fait naître, la conception de la loi à Rome n'ont pas suscité le même intérêt...read more

Product Description: Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. "With unflinching courage, clarity, and wit, Sami Shalom Chetrit has gone places no contemporary Israeli Hebrew poet has dared venture. These are places in which the brutality of separatist ideology, enforced identity, militarism, and military occupation, have attempted to blot out the ethics of memory and human relations...read more

Product Description: Updated to keep pace with the latest data and statistics, Drugs and Society, Twelfth Edition, contains the most current information available concerning drug use and abuse. Written in an objective and user-friendly manner, this best-selling text continues to captivate students by taking a multidisciplinary approach to the impact of drug use and abuse on the lives of average individuals...read more

Product Description: This saddle-stitched booklet explains how to make homes more accessible to the aged or disabled.

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*One-stop reference to both American and international universal design standards *CD-ROM includes new American with Disabilities Act code requirements, illustrated standards, checklists, and technical fact sheets, ready for downloading *Covers guidelines from buildings to telecommunications (view table of contents)

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Designed to be used by disabled adults and children, the houses and rooms featured in this book combine style and functionality. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The first-ever book to offer architects, interior designers, builders, and others workable implementation strategies for accessible living for the aged or disabled Includes before-and-after living plans and photographs that demonstrate how to transform any interior living space into a comfortable, attractive, barrier-free environment...read more

Product Description: The freedom to go beyond compliance . . . Following in the successful footsteps of the award-winning book, Beautiful Barrier-Free, universal design experts Cynthia A. Leibrock and James Evan Terry present a fresh generation of flexible design solutions in Beautiful Universal Design...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Bringing together the best aspects of ambulatory care, complementary medicine, and fitness clubs under one roof, wellness centers are poised to become an essential vehicle of healthcare delivery for the 21st century. Although wellness-based programs have been instituted by nearly every hospital system in North America, very little has been published on this rapidly emerging building type...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)