Accessibility Training

Four accessibility standards that come up in GCHS's rehabilitation and inspection work, each on its own track since they are separate documents issued by separate authorities and are not interchangeable. Pick a track to begin.

State standard

TAS

Texas Accessibility Standards, adopted by TDLR for public and commercial buildings and facilities in Texas. The standard behind GCHS's existing TAS evaluation work.

All 10 lessons liveStart Federal standard

UFAS

Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards, the 1984 federal standard for buildings designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds. Still the applicable standard on many older federally assisted properties.

All 10 lessons liveStart Model code standard

ICC A117.1

Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, the technical standard the International Building Code references for accessibility, rather than writing those requirements itself.

All 12 lessons and the practice exam liveStart Texas credential

RAS

Registered Accessibility Specialist, the TDLR credential that lets a GCHS staff member perform the regulated plan review or inspection function itself, built on TAS.

All 10 lessons liveStart

Independent GCHS study material. TAS and UFAS lessons are built directly from their own full published text (TDLR and the U.S. Access Board respectively, both public). ICC A117.1 is copyrighted and not freely reproducible, so its lessons cover general, verifiable concepts checked against ICC's own free read-only viewer rather than reproducing the standard's text, and are not presented as official ICC material. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or checked against TDLR, the U.S. Access Board, or ICC. Always verify requirements against the current adopted standard before relying on them in the field.