You have until November 23rd to comment on Regulations to Implement the Equal Employment Provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as Amended (http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail%3FR%3D0900006480a29bc9)
"The Amendments Act retains the ADA's basic definition of ``disability'' as an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment. However, it changes the way that these statutory terms should be interpreted in several ways, therefore necessitating revision of the existing regulations and interpretive guidance..." (quoted from the link above and the Federal Register)
The EEOC wants to hear from you: the person with a disability, the practitioner, the employer, the parent. Follow the link above, read the information, and provide your input!
What makes it tough for architects is that PA for example uses ANSI – if you take worst case scenarios for ANSI and the new ADAAG, you need a LOT of space and cannot take advantage of the economic impact reductions in thenew ADAAG in terms of overlapping maneuvering spaces, no horizontal bottom handrail extensions, etc.