Research Reports

Building Elements and Spaces

• Automated Doors
• Dimensional Tolerances in Construction and for Surface Accessibility   
• Hands-On Architecture     PDF version
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Swimming Pools     PDF version
• Technical Requirements for Ramps
• Toilet and Bathing Facilities for Assisted Transfers: Design Best Practices

Communication and Information

• Accessible Information/Transaction Machines (ITM)
• Assistive Listening Systems     PDF version
• Electromagnetic Interference and Aids for Persons with Hearing Loss
• Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness Summary Report (National Center on Accessibility)   
• Variable Message Signing: Legibility for Readers with Vision Loss

Exterior Surfaces

• Accessible Exterior Surfaces       PDF version
• Engineered Wood Fiber - Play Surfaces (Phase II)    PDF version
  - Play Surfaces: Installation and Serviceability Results (Phase III)    PDF version
  - Accessible Trails: Installation and Serviceability Results (Phase III)    PDF version
• A Longitudinal Study of Playground Surfaces to Evaluate Accessibility – Year One Findings (National Center on Accessibility)

Human Measures/ Mobility Aids

• Anthropometry for Persons with Disabilities     PDF version
• Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Project (IDEA Center)   
  Information includes the project final report, an on-line continuing education course, and earlier reports from two international workshops
• The Impact of Transfer Setup on the Performance of Independent Transfers (The Department of Veterans Affairs Human Engineering Research Laboratory)  NEW
  
• Power Mobility Aids

Passenger Vessels

• Access for Persons with Disabilities To Passenger Vessels and Shore Facilities
• ADA Access to Passenger Vessels: Finding Safety Equivalence Solutions for Weathertight Doors with Coamings: Background and History (Phase I)     PDF version
• ADA Access to Passenger Vessels: Finding Safety Equivalence Solutions for Weathertight Doors with Coamings: A Risk Management Approach to Reconfiguration Design Solutions (Phase II)     PDF version      

• Accessible Pedestrian Signals    
• Common Problems Arising in the Installation of Accessible Pedestrian Signals    PDF version  
• Detectable Warnings: Synthesis of U.S. and International Practice      PDF version
• Interfacing Audible Pedestrian Signals and Traffic Signal Controllers     PDF version
• Pedestrian Access to Modern Roundabouts
• Synthesis of Literature Relevant to Roundabout Signalization to Provide Pedestrian Access     PDF version
• Visual Detection of Detectable Warning Materials by Pedestrians with Visual Impairments     PDF version     Technical Brief