[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by tw

What are the numbers for light switches in a building for disabled people? This is how we learn by doing. Do it yourself. How many inches from the floor must a light switch be located? Provide that url. And how many web sites were visited before useful reality (the numbers) could be obtained?

Cripes, tw. You're telling me it's not in here?:

http://www.bookmarki.com/ProductDeta...63&click=62446

My Dad had a copy of this (not the CD-ROM version, of course). And his was pre-ADA. I think my copy at home is the 6th edition.

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