Installing a wider toilet room door and having the door open out helps make a toilet room accessible, but that plus putting up a sign that says the room is accessible does not make the toilet room accessible. In fact, it can be misleading. It is bad enough for a toilet room to not be accessible to disabled individuals, but it is worse to mislead disabled individuals to have them think the toilet room will be accessible, when it is not.
Read MoreTurning Space as defined by the ADA is covered in 2010 ADA Standard 304, Turning Space. Turning space can be a circular space or a T-shaped space. There are some exceptions to these requirements for issues such as technical infeasibility and the date the facility was constructed or occupied, but if these exceptions are employed it is important to understand that the installation does not comply with the intent of the ADA.
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