The American Disability Act of 1990

 is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.


The Americans with Disabilities Act requires public and private services and employers to be accessible to all people, regardless of disability. When dealing with people who are Deaf, Deaf-blind, or hard of hearing, this means that communication must be accessible. In many cases, the best way to ensure this is to have an interpreter. 

Being proactive is the best way to ensure ADA compliance:

  1. Evaluate access at your facility.
  2. Train your staff on the ADA’s requirements.
  3. Think about the ADA when planning an alteration or construction of a new facility
  4. Most importantly, use the free information resources available whenever you have a question.
  5. Select your profession field below and click on the correlating link.

Staff Training

A critical and often overlooked component of ensuring success is comprehensive and ongoing staff training. You may have established good policies, but if front line staff are not aware of them or do not know how to implement them, problems can arise. Businesses of all sizes should educate staff about the ADA’s requirements. Staff need to understand the requirements on modifying policies and practices, communicating with and assisting customers, and accepting calls placed through the relay system. Many local disability organizations, including Centers for Independent Living, conduct ADA trainings in their communities. ]for these organizations. Request Interpreter

ADA INFORMATION RESOURCES

http://www.ADA.gov/

http://www.adata.org/

Access Board

For technical assistance on the ADA/ABA Accessibility Guidelines:

800-872-2253 (Voice)
800-992 -2822 (TTY)

Internal Revenue Service and ADA

For information on the Disabled Access Tax Credit (Form 8826) and the Section 190 tax deduction (Publication 535 Business Expenses):

800-829-3676 (Voice) or 800-829-4059 (TTY)
http://www.irs.gov/

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