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                     UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
               Statement of Clifford_ . God, Associate Director
                    Federal Personnel and Compensation Division

                          U.S. General Accounting (ffice
                 Before the Investigations and Review Subcommittee
           Of The House Comttee on Transportation and Public Works
                 Concerning th§rchi tectural Barriers Act of 19683

                                 October 7, 1975


      Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
      I appreciate your invitation to discuss our report *Further Action
 Needed to ake All Public Buildings Accessible to the Physically Handicapred.
      At the outset I would like to state that the agencies included in our
 review have all generally agreed with our findings, accepted our recommendations,
 and have actions undervay which are designed to improve the conditions described

 in our report.
      Estimates of the number of physiczlly handicapped people in the United
 States range from 18 to 68 million, depending mainly on how handicapped is
 defined. Althouo the severity of their handicaps vary, these individuals
 all have basic physical disabilities which restrict their daily activities.
 These disabilities include impairmints that confine individuals to wheel-

 chairs or necessitatw the use of braces or crutches; blindness or deae'ness
 which affects an individual's safe functioning In a public area; or decreased

mobility resulting from aOng, accident, or disease.

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