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ADA CC Training Series 2010 Standards Part 1

October 19, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
ADA Coalition of CT offers training on the 2010 ADA Standard for Accessible Design. In Part 1, learn scoping, building blocks for access, accessible routes, and parking.
Register today

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ADA CC Training Series 2010 Standards Part 2

October 20, 9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT
ADA Coalition of CT offers training on the 2010 ADA Standard for Accessible Design. In Part 2, learn about plumbing, communications, special spaces, and recreation.
Register today

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ADA Opportunities for Small Businesses

October 2, 03:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Learn insights into ADA compliance, and practical tips to improve accessibility at your business.

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Ask an ADA Professional: The Interactive Process for Employment Accommodations

October 11, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Learn about reasonable accommodations in the workplace under Title I of the ADA.

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U.S. Access Board Issues Final Rule on Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines

Guidelines to inform federal, state, and local government agencies on how to make their pedestrian facilities, like sidewalks, accessible to people with disabilities.
More on Public Rights-of-Way

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Research Reports

Read our data on disability and the challenges to implementing the ADA in New England.

Read our research reports.

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Addiction, Recovery and the ADA

People with addiction to alcohol and in recovery from opioids and other drugs are people with disabilities too!

Learn about your rights!

Submit an ADA Question

All questions are confidential

Call:1-800-949-4232 (voice/TTY)

Or, fill out the form and a staff member will contact you.

Architecture & Design

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An architect is designing a two story factory, 50,000 sq feet per story. Is an elevator required?

Businesses & Non-Profits

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Can people with disabilities take their service animals into restaurants?

Individuals & Advocates

I have cancer. Is this a disability under the ADA?

State & Local Governments

Are municipal websites required to be accessible?

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Are people who consider themselves transgender covered by the ADA?

Submit an ADA Question

All questions are confidential

Call:1-800-949-4232 (voice/TTY)

Or, fill out the form and a staff member will contact you.

Architecture & Design

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Does the staff toilet room in a workplace have to be accessible?

Businesses & Non-Profits

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Can people with disabilities take their service animals into restaurants?

Individuals & Advocates

I have an emotional support animal. Where do I register it as a service animal?

State & Local Governments

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As Town Clerk, I just heard that I need to post a public notice about ADA requirements. Is this true?

I was fired from my job because I tested positive for marijuana. I have a prescription for marijuana to help manage pain related to my MS. Can my employer fire me?

Submit an ADA Question

All questions are confidential

Call:1-800-949-4232 (voice/TTY)

Or, fill out the form and a staff member will contact you.

Architecture & Design

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The single user toilet room complies with the 1991 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, and the sink overlaps the space required at a toilet. Does the single user toilet room have to be renovated so that it complies with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design?

Businesses & Non-Profits

A disability coordinator at a museum has received requests to provide wheelchairs and wheelchair pushers. The museum is concerned about liability issues. What does ADA require?

Individuals & Advocates

I am a person with a disability and can’t wear a mask. I thought the governor’s proclamation requiring a mask exempted me from the facemask requirement, but I am not being allowed to shop. What can I do?

State & Local Governments

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Most of the towns playgrounds were built before the ADA was amended and are not accessible. Aren’t existing playgrounds grandfathered?

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Is alcoholism covered under the ADA?