Accessible Health Care Briefs: HEALTH CARE (Clinic/Outpatient) FACILITIES ACCESS

4. b. GOVERNMENT ADA PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION

• ADA BUSINESS CONNECTION

  • ​U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development,
    U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
    Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guide for Small Businesses, October 15, 2002
    www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ada/smbusgd.html
    PDF (835 KB) www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ada/smbusgd.pdf
    This 15-page illustrated guide presents an overview of basic ADA requirements for small businesses that provide goods and services to the public. It provides guidance on how to make their services accessible and how tax credits and deductions may be used to offset specific costs.

  • Ten Small Business Mistakes (video)
    This thirteen-minute video identifies common mistakes that small businesses make when trying to comply with the ADA and addresses the importance and value of doing business with 50 million people with disabilities. www.ada.gov/videogallery.htm#anchor10mistakes990
    Available modes:

    • ​Dial Up (Modem & ISDN) and High Speed Internet (DSL/Cable)

    • Quick Time | RealPlayer

    • Open Captions | Audio Description 

• ACCESSIBLE PARKING
  The following two documents provide helpful information and diagrams on new construction requirements and restriping for accessible parking lot space requirements.

  • ​​​Van-Accessible Parking Spaces
    Technical Bulletin Parking
    www.access-board.gov/Adaag/about/bulletins/parking.htm

  • ADA Business Brief: Restriping Parking Lots (October 2001)
    Department of Justice (DOJ)
    www.ada.gov/restribr.htm
    PDF (192 KB) www.ada.gov/restribr.pdf

• THE ACCESS BOARD
  1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000
  Washington, DC 200041111
  Phone: 202.272.5434 (Voice) 202.272.5449 (TTY) 202.272.5447 (Fax)
  Email: info@access-board.gov, https://www.access-board.gov/
  The following Access Board sites provide information about the Americans with
  Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG):

  • ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines)
    www.accessboard.gov/adaaba

  • ADAAG Facility Access Surveys
    www.accessboard.gov/adaag/checklist/a16.html

  • ADAAG Technical Assistance
    Email: ta@access-board.gov
    Phone: (800) 8722253 (v)
    (800) 9932822 (TTY)
    Fax: (202) 2720081

• ADA Information Line (DOJ)
  800.514.0301 Voice/800.514.0383 TTY www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/infoline.htm
  Toll-free ADA Information Line provides information and free publications about the requirements of the ADA including the ADA Standards for Accessible Design.
  Title II (State and Local Governments)
  Title III (Public Accommodations)
  Public Access Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
  P.O. Box 66738 Washington, DC 200359998
  1 (800) 5140301;1 (800) 5140383 TTY

• Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
  Phone: 800.949.4232 (V/TTY) https://adata.org/find-your-region
  Regional centers to providing information, training, and technical assistance to employers, people with disabilities, and other entities under the ADA.