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Best Practices

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Overview

In keeping with the UNC ACCESS Project's stated mission to identify best practices to suggest as models for accessible campus features, this page will document the most accessible facilities that the ACCESS teams found during their surveys. These models can serve as standards that should be met and, better still, exceeded not only by each of the UNC campuses but by any institution of higher education.

 

 

Best-Designed Accessible Entrances and Entrance Pathways
double terraced, reversing ramp up hillside to entrance Model Hillside Entrance Path, UNC Asheville
ramp to door bypassing steps Model Entrance Ramp, UNC Pembroke
exit push plate Model Entrance/Exit Push Plate Opener, UNC Greensboro
wide, flat walking path between buildings

Model Entrance Plaza / Walk, NCAT
accessibility symbol entrance sign Model Signage for Entrance Ramp, NCAT

 

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Best-Designed Accessible Elevators
blue plate on white wall featuring direction of elevator in bold Model Elevator Signage, Visually Prominent with High-Contrast Colors and Braille
elevator buttons that extend slightly in front of wall

Model Protruding Call Buttons for Ease of Use, WSSU

a lot of room inside the elevator Large Model Cab Space, NCSU

 

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Best-Designed Accessible Restroom Facilities
wide door with push plate nearby Model Width Restroom Door with Push Plate, UNC Greensboro
wide, open restoom entryway Model Width Door-less Restroom Entrance, NCAT
sink, soap and hand dryer raised withut problematic pipes undernneath Model Wheelchair-Accessible Sink Elevation with Open Space Below, Soap, and Hand Cleanser, ASU
high toilet with grab bars behind and to the right Model Toilet with Perpendicular Grab Bars, UNC Greensboro
restroom stall with open turning radius inside Model Size Accessible Toilet Stall, NCAT
wide shower with seat and handhld faucet Model Accessible Shower, UNC Asheville

 

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Other Best-Designed Accessible Facilities, Not Quantified
well marked crosswalk with deep curb cuts at both ends Model Accessible Crosswalk Well-Maintained at NCAT
open sidewalk ramp at ASU Model Inter-Building Sidewalk Ramp, ASU
double width sudewalk along street Model Wide Campus Street Sidewalk, WCU
computer on desk wide, open, and high enough for wheelchair use Model Height Computer Station, UNC Greensboro

 

 

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