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Video About Handicap Access for Sales and Service Counters, Check-Out Aisles, and Food Service Lines
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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Starbucks, How Do You Say, "Grande skinny latte" in Sign Language?
Posted by ADA Sign Depot on Jul 19, 2018
How Do You Say, "Grande skinny latte" in American Sign Language? At Starbucks’s new D.C. store, employees will know sign language. Starbucks Corp. SBUX, said Thursday that it will open a cafe in October that caters to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing. All of the associates in the new Washington, D.C., store, about 20 to 25, will be fluent in American Sign Language.
Book Review: How a Racist Sheriff Railroaded a Disabled Teenager and Got Off
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
- Tags: ADA Law
As a young woman battling serious illness, with multiple hidden medical devices, I have found there is a high incident rate of unnecessary, and hurtful comments by those assuming I am not sick. This encounter seems to be a reoccurring experience for many patients battling hidden, or invisible disabilities. After contacting a small population of disabled individuals on Instagram, it seems there are five specific stigmas that patients desperately wanted dispelled.
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The U.S. Access Board has launched its own channel on YouTube to further share and disseminate information.
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