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In 1990, the United States passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We owe modern design of dishwashers to this law including doing away with cumbersome or unwieldy features like levers. These days ADA compliant dishwashers refer to the height of the product itself. ADA-compliant dishwashers are approximately 32 inches tall (mind you the legs can be adjusted to a degree based on the chosen model) as opposed to the 33-34 inch height that’s standard on most other dishwashers. This can be a problem if your previous cabinets and flooring were installed around a standard dishwasher, and you now require an ADA height dishwasher instead. But if you have lower counters or raised floors already, an ADA height unit will...