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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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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

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Can people with disabilities take their service animals into restaurants?

Individuals & Advocates

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Is anxiety considered a disability?

State & Local Governments

Are municipal websites required to be accessible?

We have an employee who uses hearing aids and has difficulty hearing people through face masks because she lip reads as well. We are considering getting her work colleagues see through face masks, or offering her our portable assistive listening device. Or, I suppose they could call her and use the phone. Are we obligated to require all employee who interact with her to use see through face masks?

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

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?

Businesses & Non-Profits

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A hotel room is occupied by a guest with a service animal. The hotel guest provides a mat for the animal to urinate on in the room. The mat has been allowed to overflow. The hotel manager wants to know if the hotel can do anything about the situation.

Individuals & Advocates

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Is anxiety considered a disability?

State & Local Governments

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A neighborhood sidewalk is obstructed by a big tree, making it impossible for people with disabilities to use the sidewalk. The road and sidewalk were recently redone. What does the law require?

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Is alcoholism covered 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.

Architecture & Design

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?

Businesses & Non-Profits

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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?

Individuals & Advocates

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

State & Local Governments

A town has a warming shelter for homeless people that isn’t accessible. For people who need a physically accessible shelter, the town provides them with a hotel voucher. Can the town have different eligibility requirements for people who use the warming shelter vs. people who use the hotel voucher?

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Is pregnancy covered by the ADA?