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Congregational Assessment Survey

Mobility Accessibility

Congregational Accessibility Network

Mobility - Restrooms





At least one restroom accessible to users of wheelchairs and others with mobility issues is available for both men and women.

 

  • Family/single user restroom.  At least one is highly recommended.  This makes it possible for a spouse or attendant of a different gender to assist the person with the disability.
  • Restroom stall within the standard facilities for each gender.

Accessible family/single user restrooms meet the following criteria.

Single user restroom sign
Accessible Family Restroom sign has symbols, raised lettering, and Braille

____ Have signs clearly marking them as accessible.

 

 

Lever type door handle
Lever-type door handle

____ Have entrance doors with lever door handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

 

Wheelchair in doorway shows width needed

____ Have entrance doors at least 32-inches wide.
____ Have entrance doors that either swing into the hallway, or, if swinging into the room, allow sufficient room beyond the radius of the door to turn a wheelchair. (See next point.)

Single user toilet with rails

____ Restrooms are at least 60 inches wide (beyond the radius of the door; see previous point) and 59 inches deep.
____ Wall-mounted grab bars are 33-36 inches high next to and at the back of the commode.
____ The toilet seat is 17-19 inches high.

Sink in family restroom

____ The sink counter is no more than 34 inches high, has a knee clearance of at least 27 inches high, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep, and hot and cold handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

Restroom accessibility provided by a stall within the standard facilities for each gender meets the following criteria: 

Note:  Accessible stalls in standard restrooms are recommended even if an accessible family/single user restroom is also provided. In situations where accessible stalls are the only accessible options, entrance doors to the restrooms must be wheelchair accessible (highly recommended in any case).

____ Entrance doors into the restrooms are at least 32 inches wide.

Person in wheelchair pushing button to open restroom door with automatic door opener. Door is marked with wheelchair symbol.

____ Entrance doors are operable by a person in a wheelchair and any door handles provided do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.
____ Entrance doors either swing into the hallway, or, if swinging into the room, allow sufficient room beyond the radius of the door to turn a wheelchair. (See next point.)

Wheelchair in stall shows room neede for maneuvering

____ The restrooms have at least a 5 foot wide turning radius (beyond the radius of the door; see previous point).

 

Man in wheelchair using sink at appropriate height

____ At least one sink is provided with a counter no more than 34 inches high, a knee clearance of at least 27 inches high, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep, and hot and cold handles that do not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting wrist to operate.

wheelchair symbol on door

____ Accessible restroom stalls are clearly marked with the universal accessible sign.

 

Accessible stall in restroom

____ Entrance doors into the accessible stalls swing into the room, not into the stall.
____ Accessible restroom stalls are at least 60 inches wide and 59 inches deep.

Restroom stall with grab bars

____ Accessible stalls have secure, wall-mounted grab bars 33-36 inches high on the side and at the back of the commode.
____ Accessible stalls have a toilet seat 17-19 inches high.

 

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