Provide Public Notice About the ADA
All public entities must provide information to the public, program participants, program beneficiaries, applicants and employees about the ADA and how it applies to the public entity. Here are some methods that public entities have used over the last 25 plus years.
Methods
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Include the notice on the public entity’s website (make sure the site is accessible).
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Post the notice at facilities.
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Publish the notice in local newspapers.
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Broadcast the notice in public service announcements on local radio and television stations.
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Include the notice in program and activity handouts.
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Post the notice on Facebook.
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Disseminate the notice through other social media such as Twitter and Pinterest.
The information must be provided in “alternative” formats so that it is accessible to people with hearing and vision disabilities.
Examples of Alternative Formats
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Open or closed-captioned public service announcements on television
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Large print (recommend: san-serif typeface such as Helvetica or Ariel, 18 point font
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Text file on a thumb disk or emailed to the person
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HTML format on an accessible website
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Radio announcements
Public entities must provide the information not just once, but on an ongoing basis. Changes to the notice should be made as necessary, for example when there’s a new ADA Coordinator.
Sample Notices (hyperlink to)
Title II Regulations 28 § 35.106
Notice:
A public entity shall make available to applicants, participants, beneficiaries, and other interested persons information regarding the provisions of this part and its applicability to the services, programs, or activities of the public entity, and make such information available to them in such manner as the head of the entity finds necessary to apprise such persons of the protections against discrimination assured them by the Act and this part.
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