IS 4963 : 2025 Accessibility in Built Environment for Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities - Requirements
1 SCOPE
1.1 This standard deals with the requirements of barrier free access to, movement within and around buildings, by the elderly persons and persons with disabilities who may have non-ambulatory disabilities, ambulatory disabilities, sight disabilities, hearing disabilities, disabilities due to incoordination, ageing, allergies, heart and lung diseases, epilepsy, haemophilia, incontinence, enterostomy, etc.
1.2 These requirements apply to all buildings and facilities open to and used by the public. These shall also apply to all forms of public housing by the government/civic bodies or private developers. It does not apply to individual private residences. For extent of application of requirements covered under this standard to different building occupancy types, reference shall be made to 5.
1.3 The reference to the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities, made in this standard shall also mean a reference to such needs of the elderly persons, children, women and persons of short stature/dwarfism in so far as the concerned provision is applicable to the type of disabilities that may be associated therewith.
2 REFERENCES
The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions, which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards.