Universal  Access Associates Northwest

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Charles (Chuck) Frayer
7609 NE 152 Ave.
Vancouver, WA  98682
360-892-2497
frayerc@comcast.net

Subject area of expertise:

• ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
• Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS)
• The New ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines
• Recreation Facilities Guidelines
• Outdoor Developed Areas (including both US Forest Service and The Access Board guidelines).
• All principals of Universal Design and Program Access
• Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design.

Specific areas of expertise:

• Assessment of existing facilities and properties
• Development of ADA Transition Plan
• Design review and technical design assistance
• Corporate or Agency Accessibility Program Management
• Training for programs and facility design
• Persons with Disabilities awareness
• Design Guidelines for new construction and alterations
• Identification of Products that minimize costly building alterations
• Training in ADA requirements and Universal Design principals and alternatives

Honors, Special Accomplishments and Involvements:

• Award for Superior Service (1980 - U.S. Department of Agriculture)

• Outstanding Disabled Federal Employee of the Year Award (1982 - President Award)

• Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Service Award (1982 - U.S. Department of Agriculture)

• Recognition of Meritorious Service in Ensuring Accessibility for All Award ( 1990 - President Award)
• Recognition of Service - Recreation Access Advisory Committee (1994 U.S. Access Board)

Skills and Experience:

• Nationally known expert with 20 years of extensive experience in design, design review, and technical assistance to Federal / State Agencies and to private firms on all aspects of designing access for persons with disabilities.
• Co-author - The Universal Design Guide to Outdoor Recreation.
• Skills in both Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture design.
• The ability to think outside the box and to solve problems.
• Have experience with providing technical assistance in developing structure for focus groups.
• Technical knowledge of program access for persons with disabilities.

Personal Profile:

  In 1970 Chuck was in a car accident that left him as a paraplegic. As a Para, he looks at design and life a little differently. With his skills of 34 years in both Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture he has the abilities to solve complex problems by blending principals of Universal Design, ADA Guidelines, and Program Access into all aspects of life and design that meets today’s social needs.

  In 1973 he started working for the USDA Forest Service as a Civil Engineer Design Tech. In 1988 he became one of the first Accessibility Program Managers for the Agency. During that time he has developed extensive experience in doing assessment surveys and developing transition plans that meet today’s ADA requirements that are both legal and cost affective.

  Chuck has been intimately involved with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) since enacted in 1990 and has worked very closely with the US Access Board over the years in developing new guidelines for outdoor recreation.

  Today, he is known as a national expert of ADA law, Universal Design and Program Access for persons with disabilities.

Universal
  Access
Associates
Northwest
Accessibility
Consultant
for all ADA
Facility Design
and Outdoor
Recreation
Assessments