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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Buildings such as the soon-to-be renovated University Hall, which is currently inaccessible to mobility-impaired students, or buildings which require disabled individuals to use separate entrances--are places where Harvard could be vulnerable to a lawsuit...
...very hard for Harvard to use that argument," says Elizabeth L. Randall, FAS' capital projects manager...
Among other things, ADA and MAAB codes dictate that doors must be wide enough for wheelchairs, in addition to detailing things like the height of bathroom urinals and the positioning of hand railings. They also mandate that people with disabilities be able to use the primary entrance to a building and be able to access all its floors...
MAAB and ADA code is designed for people in manual wheelchairs with full upper-body strength. But some disabled people use higher-tech, heavier wheelchairs which are electronically controlled or have additional health-related equipment built...
...Crimson (2-8-2, 1-3 Ivy) was hoping to use the match to leapfrog out of its doldrums in the bottom half of the Ivy League standings, but the Tigers (9-3-1, 4-1 Ivy) proved too tough and took control of the conference with the comeback...