Compliance Signage Meets ADA Regulations & Include an Adhesive Backing

What differentiates compliance signage from other types of signs? Signs that are "compliant" often relate to the ADA or the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act is a set of regulations for compliance signage used within a business or office setting. The term "ADA sign" is often associated with braille. While most compliance signage features braille, the Americans with Disabilities Act requires much more than braille and raised characters to be considered compliant. ADA and safety signs are often used as labels to identify rooms within an office or business environment, such as a restaurant. Restrooms, doors to exits and stairways, as well as elevators all require the appropriate compliance signage for the visually impaired and individuals with disabilities.

• All compliance signage must have non-glare backgrounds, with the exception of reflective parking and other traffic signs. Glare and reflection can be a problem for the visually impaired.
• All compliance signage must have a high dark to light contrast, such as the signage seen here. These units feature a high contrast between the silver characters and blue or black background.
• All compliance signage must have easy to read typefaces, such as Helvetica. However, other typefaces can also be used.
• Compliance signage used to identify specific rooms, such as a restroom or exit, are to be located adjacent to the door they identify. This is so they can be easily located by people with disabilities; more importantly, people who are "functionally blind". Individuals who are functionally blind have no usable vision, and depend on their sense of touch to navigate. One compliant sign is often used for both tactile and visual readers, which is what leads to the association of ADA placards and braille.
• Tactile safety signs require uppercase characters in sans serif typefaces. The characters can be from 5/8 inch to 2 inches high so that they are easy to read.
• Safety signs should be installed 60 inches on center from the finished floor.
• If pictograms are used to identify the space (example: a restroom with gender pictograms), they must be in a six inch high clear field and accompanied by a tactile character and Braille label below the field.

Compliance signage, like safety signs that meet ADA regulations, are required to be easy to read, by both patrons without disabilities and those that are "functionally blind". This category of compliant tactile placards includes displays with either a black-on-silver finish or a blue-on-silver finish. The regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA require placards to have a high contrast between the color of the characters and the background color. Each of these compliant signs is made from durable plastic to ensure years of use. The backside of each unit features a double-sided adhesive, called VHB (very high bond) tape. The double-sided adhesive backing enables users to quickly and easily "peel and stick" their signage directly to the wall, outside of an exit or bathroom!

Compliant safety signs that meet ADA regulations can be used for a variety of things, including avoiding OSHA infractions within a workplace. Certain placards point to emergency exits and elevators, so that patrons know exactly where to go in case of an emergency. Other units are used as labels to identify a gender-specific or handicap accessible restroom for those guests with disabilties. "No Smoking" signage helps to designate smoke-free zones. These tactile safety signs therefore help to avoid possible dangers. These tactile placards each include a pictogram to direct patrons to the right room or location. The Braille for each molded plaque is located directly below the tactile characters, which define the pictogram being presented.

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