A recent Boston Globe Article focused on re-branding senior centers to attract baby boomers by offering programs like dance, yoga, hiking and canoeing. From New Bedford to Salem – a change is gonna come.

The New England ADA Center is conducting a two-part research study to identify barriers to implementing the ADA in municipalities across New England. In the first part of the study, we use data from the US Census Bureau and other sources to tell stories about aging, disability and the ADA. These stories will inform local officials about the state of disability in their jurisdictions. It will also provide a basis for the second part of the study. The second part of the study will identify barriers to implementing the ADA by surveying cities and towns.

Save the date for a red carpet event to celebrate the anniversary of the ADA on July 26th!  This event will mark the release of new Public Service Announcements (PSAs) produced in partnership with Digital Eyes Film, and explore the role of media and motion pictures in framing (and reframing) our culturally embedded notions of disability.  The PSAs are part of a larger campaign produced by the Institute for Human Centered Design's New England ADA Center, aiming to reframe our understanding of disability in the context of changing demographic patterns inherent to our region: 

by Katherine Blakeslee

On November 21, 2016, Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed a Final Rule revising the Department of Justice’s Title III of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires public accommodations, including movie theaters, to provide appropriate communication through the use of auxiliary aids and services. The Final Rule outlines specific requirements movie theaters must now meet in order to satisfy these obligations to individuals with hearing and vision disabilities. Specifically, the Final Rule requires movie theaters to...

Today, there are thousands of people newly in recovery due to the opioid epidemic; some with a full spectrum of behavioral health issues who are unaware of their civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The timing is right to re-introduce people with mental health issues into the promise of the ADA.