Geoff Ames, RAS, our resident ADA Expert, discusses creating compliant park and recreation facilities in the latest issue of Parks and Recreation Business Magazine.
“Recreation facilities, including parks, must be included in ADA-transition plans required of entities covered by title II. In ensuring that public programs are accessible to and usable by people with disabilities, facilities that are intrinsic to the provision of programs—the amenities and features found in public parks—must be given a high priority and sufficient budgets to ensure barriers to program access are removed.”