Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Aug 10, 2018
The Board is particularly interested in design challenges and potential solutions related to the standards issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as those that apply to federally funded facilities under the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA).
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Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Aug 03, 2018
“It really changed the paradigm,” Alison Barkoff, director of advocacy for the Center for Public Representation, said of the current law which emphasizes “competitive integrated employment” or the payment of at least minimum wage and the opportunity for people with disabilities to create and build important connections in the community.
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Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Aug 03, 2018
A bill introduced this month in the U.S. Senate calls for the creation of an Office of Disability Policy. Housed within the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, the proposed entity would be specifically tasked with reviewing legislative and regulatory plans to assess how they would affect Americans with disabilities.
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Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jul 27, 2018
The 12-minute animated film shows how access can be achieved to different types of counters, including sales counters and hotel check-in counters. It also covers access to teller and service windows, queues and waiting lines, check-out aisles, food service lines, self-service shelves, and food and beverage dispensers.
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Posted by ADA Sign Depot on May 04, 2018
Book Review by Jeffrey Toobin
BENEATH A RUTHLESS SUN
A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
By Gilbert King
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