Resource List
GENERAL DISABILITY INFORMATION
Disability Rights Section, US Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada
The U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
www.access-board.gov
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
Visit website or call 1-800-949-4232 for information
www.adata.org
Adaptive Environments
www.adaptiveenvironments.org
ADA Document Portal
www.adaportal.org
Access Board Publications Order Form
www.access-board.gov/po1.cfm
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG)
www.access-board.gov/adaag/about/index.htm
JAN, Job Accommodation Network. Use SOAR, Searchable Online Accommodation Resource for great advice about accommodating specific types of disabilities
www.jan.wvu.edu/
EEOC "Definition of the Term Disability"
www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/902cm.html
CHECKLISTS
Checklist for Existing Facilities
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/racheck.pdf or www.adaptiveenvironments.org
The ADA Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/checkweb.htm
ADA Checklist for Polling Places. Very helpful advice for everyone. Good instructions for measuring slopes etc.
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/votingchecklist.htm
San Francisco Mayor’s Office on Disability, Accessible Public Event Checklist
www.sfgov.org/site/mod_page.asp?id=42307
ACCESSIBLE EVENTS
NC State University, College of Design, The Center for Universal Design
Accessible Temporary Events, A Planning Guide, Order form:
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/pubs_p/pfacilities.htm
National Endowment for the Arts, Click on Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators for an online companion to the printed text Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator’s Handbook
www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/
PARKING
DOJ ADA Business Brief Restriping Parking Lots
www.ada.gov/restripe.pdf
Check for your state’s parking guidelines
Massachusetts Office on Disability Handicapped Parking Regulations
www.mass.gov/mod/HPParkingRegs.html
SERVICE ANIMALS
ADA Business BRIEF: Service Animals
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/svcanimb.htm
Commonly Asked Questions about Service Animals in Places Of Business
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/animal.htm
The Guide Horse Foundation
www.guidehorse.org/
EMERGENCY EVACUATION
June Isaacson Kailes, "Disaster Resources for People with Disabilities and Emergency Managers" www.jik.com/disaster.html
US Dept. of Transportation "Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities"
www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/asp/emergencyprep.asp
Access Board – Resources on Emergency Evacuation and Disaster Preparedness
www.access-board.gov/evac.htm
National Weather Service Lightning Safety
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm
HEARING
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
www.rid.org/
The Access Board
Three technical assistance bulletins about assistive listening systems
www.access-board.gov/adaag/about/bulletins/als-index.htm
Kennedy Center for the Arts
Assistive Listening Devices for People with Hearing Loss, A Guide for Performing Arts Settings
www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/guide_alds_KC.pdf
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Center on Employment of the Deaf
NTID's center offers consultation and advice on assistive devices
www.rit.edu/NTID/CO/CE
VISION
Braile Institute Universal Media Services – Braille and tactile graphic production
www.universalmediaservices.org/BrailleProduction.htm
APH Educational Research
Large Print: Guidelines for Optimal Readability
sun1.aph.org/edresearch/lpguide.htm
National Federation of the Blind
www.nfb.org
LEARNING DISABILITIES / PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OR MENTAL ILLNESS / COGNITIVE, INTELLECTUAL, OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
The ARC, information and resources
www.thearc.org
JAN: For information about accommodating people with learning disabilities, psychiatric impairments, cognitive or other developmental disabilities
www.jan.wvu.edu/soar
ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE DESIGN
Adaptive Environments – list of good links
www.adaptiveenvironments.org/index.php?option=Resource&articleid=610&topicid=38
W3C – How people with disabilities use the web
www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/PWD-Use-Web/
Dive into accessibility – 30 days to a more accessible website
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/
Designing more usable websites
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/
TAX INCENTIVES
Department of Justice, ADA Tax Incentives Packet
http://www.ada.gov/taxpack.htm
EDUCATION
ADA Basic Building Blocks – very helpful on-line course
www.adabasics.org/
Australian Public Library – Disability Awareness Kit
www.openroad.net.au/access/dakit/welcome.htm
Community Access Monitor Training – Massachusetts Office on Disability
www.mass.gov/mod/camprogram.html
Disability is Natural - People First Language
www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm