Addiction, Recovery and the ADA
People with alcohol addiction and people with opioid and substance use disorders in recovery have protections under 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.
An architect is installing a Transfer Type accessible shower. Is there a maximum height specified for the vertical bar that attaches to the spray nozzle?
A patient who is deaf requested a sign language interpreter. The cost of the interpreter is more than the reimbursement from health insurance. Do we have to provide interpreters?
Most of the towns playgrounds were built before the ADA was amended and are not accessible. Aren’t existing playgrounds grandfathered?
If an employer has a zero tolerance drug policy, and an employee tests positive because they take Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid usage, as prescribed by a doctor, can they be denied employment?
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.
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?
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?
Most of the towns playgrounds were built before the ADA was amended and are not accessible. Aren’t existing playgrounds grandfathered?
I am a parent of a son with a disability. I have used my 12 weeks of leave under FMLA. I need additional leave to care for him. Can the ADA help 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.
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?
Can people with disabilities take their service animals into restaurants?
As Town Clerk, I just heard that I need to post a public notice about ADA requirements. Is this true?
I am a parent of a son with a disability. I have used my 12 weeks of leave under FMLA. I need additional leave to care for him. Can the ADA help me?
