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Document ADA Checklist BUS STOPS - A checklist developed by Utah Disability Law Center - federal regs apply in WV. 
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Transportation 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA Checklist MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES - Checklist developed by Utah Disability Law Center - federal regs apply in WV. 
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Reasonable Accommodation  Health Care  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA Checklist PUBLIC BUILDINGS - Checklist developed by the Utah Disability Law Center - federal regs apply in WV. 
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Reasonable Accommodation  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA Checklist RESTAURANTS AND CAFETERIAS - Checklist developed by Utah Disability Law Center - federal regs apply in WV. 
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Reasonable Accommodation  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA Checklist Transient Lodging, Hotels - ADA Checklist Transient Lodging, Hotels, Motels, Inns, Boarding Houses, Dormitories and similar facilities developed by Utah Disability Law Center - federal regs apply in WV. 
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Reasonable Accommodation  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers - Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities by places of public accommodation. 42 U.S.C. Š 12181 - Š 12189. Private health care providers are considered places of public accommodation. The Department of Justice has issued regulations for the obligations of public accommodations under Title III at 28 C.F.R. Part 36. The Department's Analysis to this regulation is at 56 Fed. Reg. 35544 et seq. (July 26, 1991). This memorandum focuses on the obligations of private health care providers under Title III. Hospitals and other health care facilities that are operated by state or local governments are covered by similar rules under Title II of the ADA. 42 U.S.C. Š121 31 et seq. Most of the questions and answers will provide useful guidance for those providers as well. 
Other Topics: Community Services  Health Care 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA accessibility requirements with code citations - The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment (title I), State and local government services and transportation (title II), public accommodations (title III), and telecommunications (title IV). This chart summarizes the major accessibility requirements for each title of the ADA and includes references to the applicable regulations. 
Other Topics: Other ADA  Community Services  Transportation 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document ADA complementary paratransit - Discussion of the three categories of eligibility for ADA complementary paratransit. 
Other Topics: Transportation 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Accommodating people with intellectual disabilities - This paper will tell consumers and those involved in consumers' lives how the ADA may apply to people with a cognitive disability. By "cognitive disability", we mean someone who has difficulty reading, writing and understanding, due to mental retardation, autism, traumatic brain injury, or other disability. Examples based upon real life situations illustrate the kinds of issues and considerations that may be involved with this population. We give examples of reasonable accommodations that employers, businesses and public agencies may need to provide to give people with cognitive disabilities equal opportunities under the law. Reasonable accommodations for a person with a cognitive disability may look quite different than those for a person with a physical disability. 
Other Topics: Reasonable Accommodation  Other ADA  Community Services  Health Care  Employment 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board - The ADA requires that the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) issue guidelines to ensure that buildings, facilities, and vehicles covered by the law are accessible, in terms of architecture and design, transportation, and communication, to individuals with disabilities. Regulations issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation must be consistent with the Access Board's guidelines. The Access Board issued the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) for buildings and facilities on July 26, 1991; and amended it on September 6, 1991 to include additional requirements for transportation facilities. The Access Board also issued ADAAG for transportation vehicles on September 6, 1991. The Department of Justice has adopted ADAAG for buildings and facilities as the accessibility standard for new construction and alterations of places of public accommodation and commercial facilities covered by title III of the ADA. The Department of Transportation has adopted ADAAG as the accessibility standard for new construction and alterations of transportation facilities by public entities covered by title II of the ADA and for transportation vehicles acquired by public and private entities covered by titles II and III of the ADA. ADAAG is reprinted in the Department of Justice and Department of Transportation regulations, as applicable. The regulations issued by the Federal agencies listed in this chart contain other requirements, in addition to those relating to accessibility. The addresses and phone numbers for contacting the Federal agencies are at the end of this chart.  
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Reasonable Accommodation 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Attorneys, Deaf Clients, - Attorneys have responsibilities to provide deaf clients with sign language interpreters and other accommodations that they may need to communicate. A lawyer who fails to communicate effectively with a client is not meeting his or her duty of competent and zealous representation under the Canons of Ethics. Furthermore, attorneys have a statutory duty to provide effective communication to deaf clients under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which went into effect on January 26, 1991. Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. ŠŠ12181 - 12183,provides people with disabilities the right to equal access to public accommodations. Both Title III of the ADA, and the U.S. Department of Justice regulation pursuant to Title III, 28 C.F.R. Part 36, specifically include the offices of lawyers in the definition of public accommodations. 
Other Topics: Reasonable Accommodation  Community Services  Assistive Technology 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Auxiliary Aids at Events - Places of public accommodation are prohibited from discrimination based on disability. This federal mandate is found in Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq. (Title III). Companies or organizations which lease space in places of public accommodation for events, conferences, seminars or meetings must make sure those activities are accessible to persons with disabilities. In addition to physical access for persons with limited mobility, the ADA requires such organizations to provide auxiliary aids to enable persons who are deaf and hard-of-hearing to communicate effectively and to benefit from those meetings. 
Other Topics: Community Services  Assistive Technology 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Hotels and Deaf Access - Hotels and motels, like other places of public accommodation, must be accessible to individuals with disabilities, pursuant to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213. The ADA applies to all inns, hotels, motels or other places of lodging, except buildings in which the owner lives that contain not more than five rooms for rent. 
Other Topics: Assistive Technology  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Police and Law Enforcement Responsibilities to Deaf - State and local law enforcement agencies have a federal mandate to ensure adequate and appropriate communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. Without effective communication in dealing with law enforcement personnel, serious violations of constitutional and civil rights can occur. Whether a sign language interpreter or other auxiliary aid is required depends on the type of communication and the needs of the deaf or hard of hearing individual. But even if an interpreter is not required, police officers should take other steps to ensure effective communication, such as writing information and making other accommodations in their usual practices. This mandate is found in two federal laws protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. 
Other Topics: Community Services  Rehab Act 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Public Accommodations - Title III - Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guarantees people with disabilities the "full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations of any place of public accommodation." Public accommodations are private entities open to the public such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, professional offices, pharmacies, retail stores, museums, libraries, parks, schools, day care centers, etc. 
Other Topics: Other ADA 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Responsibilities of State and Local - Deaf and hard of hearing people are entitled to effective communication with state and local government agencies. Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. ŠŠ12131-12134, forbids discrimination by any public entity. This federal law applies to all types of state and local government agencies, including courts, schools, social service agencies, legislatures, commissions and councils, recreational facilities, libraries, and state/county/city departments and agencies of all kinds. It applies to activities that are administered directly by government agencies, and to activities that are carried out by private subcontractors.  
Other Topics: Architectural Barriers  Community Services 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Right to a Qualified Sign Language Interpreter - Medical Care - Under the ADA, the medical service provider has a duty to help patients who are deaf or hard of hearing: 
Other Topics: Health Care 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Telecommunications - Title IV - Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires telephone companies to provide continued voice transmission relay services that allow people with hearing and speech impairments to communicate over the telephone through teletypewriter. In addition, Title IV requires that federally funded television public service messages be close captioned for viewers with hearing impairments. 
Other Topics: Assistive Technology  Reasonable Accommodation 
Contributor: WVDDC

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