A guide for Creating Accessible building infrastructure for Persons with disability

Two colours that contrast sharply to someone with normal vision may be far less distinguishable to someone with a vision disorder. Persons with vision disabilities need colours to contrast sharply against the background for them to successfully identify the objects, walls and obstacles. Adequate ‘visual contrast’ is achieved by careful selection of surfaces and materials […]

Providing adequate accessible lighting for people with visual impairments will normally ensure that the basic needs of all users are met.

Signage is an important element in a building and provides various kinds of communication to visitors in a space. Signage that is effective benefits everyone.

Accessible Floor Plans Characteristics of floor finishes that affect the degree of accessibility rendered: Uniformity
Slip potential (coefficient of friction), Glare index, Sound absorption, Textures, Climate factors (for external surfaces)

Accessible Exterior surfaces and Interior Doors – The prominence and visual relationship of the door with its surroundings, Angle and width of approach to the door and The type of threshold needed to allow convenient wheelchair manoeuvring

When planning Accessible Emergency Egress procedures, it is important to include needs of persons with disabilities. Accessibility is not only about providing independent ingress and usage of the hotel premises but also ensuring safe egress for persons with disabilities.

The designated accessible guest room should be accessed through an accessible route from the lobby – Ease in evacuation; therefore a lower floor room may be better.