Automated Teller Machines Accessiblity Standards, guidelines, and legislation
Australia:
Automatic Teller Machines - User Access. AS3769-1990
Please contact the organization for a copy of the Standard.
Standards Australia
Standards House
80 Arthur Street
North Sydney,
New South Wales
Australia.
Canada:
Draft guidelines for accessibility of automated banking machines for persons with disabilities and seniors.
Prepared for the Canadian Bankers Association, 14 August 1996. This document is only at the first draft stage. Please contact the organization for current information.
Centre for Studies in Aging
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario. M4N 3M5
Canada
+1 (416) 480-5858
+1 (416) 480-5856 FAX
UK:
Proposal for UK guidelines for improving access to ATMs and similar equipment.
A draft electronic copy is available here, in formatted as a Word document (1,004 KB). This is currently a discussion document, awaiting finalization. Please contact the organization for current information.
Center for Accessible Environments
Nutmeg House
60 Gainsford Street
London SE1 2NY
England
+44 [0]171 357 8182
+44 [0]171 357 8183 FAX
USA:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) for Buildings and Facilities. Published in the federal register July 26, 1991. Available as the full document on the Trace site or the Access Board site.
In Addition, Trace has produced a short summary of ADAAG section 4.34 (requirements relating to ATMs), excerpted from the original ADAAG document.
Note: There are "Recommendations for a New ADAAG", which could change various requirements relating to accessibility of ATMs.
Trace has excerpted information relevant to Kiosks, ATMs and ITMs from both of these documents as a handy refernce: Compliance with the ADA for ITMs (Information / Transaction Machines: Kiosks, ATMs etc.).
US Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
1111 18th Street, N.W., Suite 501
Washington, DC 20036-3894
+1 (202) 653-7834 v/TDD
+1 (202) 653-7863 FAX