ADA/Accessibility
>ASI Signage Innovations is the Lead Sponsor and APCO Graphics is the Sponsor of SEGD's ADA Education Initiative.
In March 2012, the SEGD ADA Committee releases its updated ADA White Paper, which will summarize the 2010 ADA Accessibility Guidelines that go into full effect in March 2012.
The 2012 SEGD ADA Update will be available on the SEGD website.
In conjunction with the release of the Update, SEGD will hold a workshop and two webinars focused on the ADA changes.
For information on the April 5 ADA Workshop in Los Angeles, click here.
SEGD has been involved in guiding the environmental graphic design and architecture communities on ADA compliance issues for more than two decades, dating from well before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990. In the ensuing years, SEGD has held numerous educational workshops and produced a body of educational materials that have helped design professionals guide their projects toward ADA compliance.
Members of SEGD’s ADA Committee have closely monitored ADA and ADAAG compliance issues on the federal and state levels, and their expertise has helped to shape reasonable and implementable legislation. SEGD and its ADA Committee continue to be vital sources for information on ADA compliance issues, and these issues continue to be the most popular topic of discussion on SEGDTalk, SEGD’s online forum.
The first of SEGD’s continuing series of ADA White Papers was published in 1992. The SEGD ADA White Paper Update 2007: Guidelines, Best Practices, and Innovation for Signs for the Blind and Visually Impaired, includes:
- Part 1: Executive Summary
- Part 2: What is the ADA?
- Part 3: Typography for the Blind
- Part 4: Typography for the Sighted
- Part 5: Position of Text and Braille on Signs
- Part 6: Color Contrast
- Part 7: Braille
- Part 8: ADA Enforcement
- Part 9: Innovation
- Part 10: California’s Title 24 and Other State Enforcement
- Part 11: Summary of Recommendations
- Part 12: Addendum: State-by-State Guidelines
- Part 13: Color Contrast, Finish, and the ADA
- Part 14: The ADA and California’s Title 24
- The Americans With Disabilities Act White Paper, 1993
These documents are available free to SEGD members in the Members Area.
Non-members can purchase the materials here.
Other web resources on the ADA: