In this edition of Ask About the ADA, we talk about two questions that the Northeast ADA has received. Are automatic doors required under the ADA? And does a doctor office or medical facility have to assist a person to transfer to medical equipment if they cannot do so independently?

Read the blog version of the automatic doors question here: https://www.northeastada.org/askada/i-own-a-small-corner-store-that-has-double-doors-at-the-entrance-recently-a-customer-told-me-that-since-the-doors-are-not-automatic-they-do-not-comply-with-the-ada-is-this-true

Read the blog version of the patient transfers question here: https://www.northeastada.org/askada/if-a-patient-who-is-a-wheelchair-user-comes-into-my-healthcare-practice-and-cannot-perform-a-transfer-without-assistance-do-we-have-to-help-them

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