If you want to be sure a property is ADA compliant - do a site inspection in a wheelchair, especially the sleeping rooms. Make sure you can reach the outlets, the phone, open the dresser drawers, open the closet - where is the iron? Try to sit on the toilet - reach the sink - get the towels. Find out the dimensions of the largest wheelchair - and see if the doorway into the room is wide enough; then look at the space between the bed and the wall... how about light fixtures... where are the switches. How about that thermostat? Where is it? How high?
It's better if dressers do not have drawers, if all electrical is easily accessible by drop switches, if internet connections are not under a desk or on the wall above the desk or lamp... sinks need to be usable and faucets within reach. They need to have access to and use of all the features in that room
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