Why The Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA is important for everyone!
The ADA is the civil rights law for 20% of Americans who have some type of disability.
- The ADA’s impact is also felt by family and friends of people with disabilities.
- Employers must give people with disabilities equal opportunities because of this law.
- State and local governments must provide physical and program accessibility.
The ultimate goal is to end the second class citizenship of people with disabilities because of the lack of accessibility and opportunity.
Public Accommodations accessibility opens the world to people with disabilities. The ability to access the goods and services like everyone else is a business opportunity. Savvy business owners who address the disability community open themselves up to a new set of clients.
These agencies and organizations offer ANSWERS!
Answers for businesses and individuals, employers and job seekers, and more. They offer a wide variety of resources:
- Information in various formats;
- Assistance;
- Training;
- Support;
- Guidelines,
- Standards,
- Recommendations.
If you cannot find the answer to your ADA questions here, contact me and I will try to help you find an answer.
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National Network of ADA Centers
The ADA National Network is sometimes still called the regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers – DBTAC. The Regional ADA Centers provides information, guidance, and training on implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The objective of the ADA is to “assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.” Our mission is to support the efforts to achieve that objective.
Funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), the network consists of ten Regional ADA Centers located throughout the United States and an ADA Knowledge Translation Center (ADAKTC).
Each Regional ADA Center focuses on its region’s unique needs. This regional focus is critical to ensuring that ADA National Network services meet the needs of a diversity of populations and stakeholders throughout the country.
Regional ADA Centers or Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers – DBTAC:
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- New England ADA Center – Region 1
- Northeast ADA Center – Region 2
- Mid-Atlantic ADA Center – Region 3
- Southeast ADA Center – Region 4
- Great Lakes ADA Center – Region 5
- Southwest ADA Center at ILRU – Region 6
- Great Plains ADA Center – Region 7
- Rocky Mountain ADA Center – Region 8
- Pacific ADA Center – Region 9
- Northwest ADA Center – Region 10
- ADA Knowledge Translation Center
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The US Access Board is a federal agency that is responsible for Standards and Supplements issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA).
We develop accessible designs, accessibility guidelines and standards for the buildings and machines that make up our environment. Addressing transportation, communication, medical diagnostic equipment, and information technology, we help make the world more accessible.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act falls under the US Department of Justice because it is a civil rights law. The DOL Civil Rights Division is the central source for ADA information, technical resources, and compliance. We support, assist and enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Our site provides various forms of ADA information: ADA Law/Requirements; Design Standards; Technical Assistance; Enforcement. A number of summaries, guidelines and other materials to help make the ADA requirements easier to understand. We offer free assistance on our ADA Information Line. Instructions for filing a complaint. Our News section features a list of prominent complaints, settlements and consent decrees.
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The ADA Made Easy is a series of e-books I have written. Each e-book addresses a specific topic. The regulations are provided and explained in plain language. Helpful tips and links to useful resources really make understanding the ADA easy.
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ADA History: Early Information Sources & ADA Archive
An ADA Resource Page; Early websites now inactive. Archives which have maintained their information for current users and historical records.
