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ADA Federal Information Services
This page last updated July 26, 2007
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This list contains the telephone numbers and Internet and electronic bulletin board addresses of federal agencies and other organizations that provide information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and informal guidance in understanding and complying with different provisions of the ADA.
My Administration is committed to tearing down the barriers to equality that face many of the 54 million Americans with disabilities...My New Freedom Initiative will help Americans with disabilities by increasing access to assistive technologies, expanding educational opportunities, increasing the ability of Americans with disabilities to integrate into the workforce, and promoting increased access into daily community life. (Web address: http://www.hhs.gov/newfreedom/ )
* President George W. Bush in the Forward to the New Freedom Initiative *
The White House
Link: www.whitehouse.gov
The White House is proud to announce the launching of its new and revamped website. The Bush Administration has worked to make the site accessible to people with disabilities, and the site has been user-tested by web experts with disabilities to improve accessible features.
Department of
Justice ADA Mediation Program
In 1994, the Department of Justice established the ADA Mediation
Program. Initially funded through the ADA Technical Assistance Program, the
Mediation Program now operates under a contract with the Key Bridge Foundation.
Link: Department of Justice ADA Mediation Program -- Many ADA disputes can be resolved successfully through informal methods. In enacting the ADA, Congress specifically encouraged the use of alternative means of dispute resolution, including mediation, to resolve ADA disputes.
The Department of Justice offers technical assistance on the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and other ADA provisions applying to businesses, non-profit service agencies, and state and local government programs; also provides information on how to file ADA complaints.
Link: US Department of Justice Home Page
ADA Information Line for documents, questions and referrals
800-514-0301 (voice) - 800-514-0383 (TTY)
Electronic bulletin board - 202-514-6193
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers technical assistance on the ADA provisions applying to employment; also provides information on how to file ADA complaints.
Link: US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employment - questions - 800-669-4000 (voice) - 800-669-6820 (TTY)
Employment - documents - 800-669-3362 (voice) - 800-800-3302 (TTY)
Department of Transportation offers technical assistance on ADA provisions applying to public transportation.
Link: Federal Transit Administration
Transportation - documents and questions - 202-366-1656 (voice) - TTY: use relay service.
Transportation - legal questions - 202-366-1936 (voice) - TTY: use relay service.
Complaints and enforcement - 202-366-2285 (voice) - 202-366-0153 (TTY)
Electronic bulletin board - 202-366-3764
Federal Communications Commission offers technical assistance on ADA telephone relay service requirements.
Relay service - documents - 202-857-3800 (voice) - 202-293-8810 (TTY)
Relay service - questions - 202-418-1898 (voice) - 202-418-2224 (TTY)
Internet address - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Home Page
Access Board, or Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, offers technical assistance on the ADA Accessibility Guidelines.
Link: The Access Board: a federal agency committed to accessible design
Documents and questions - 800-872-2253 (voice) - 800-993-2822 (TTY)
Electronic bulletin board - 202-272-5448
Department of Education funds ten regional centers to provide technical assistance on the ADA.
Link: ADA Technical Assistance Program
Disability & Business Technical Assistance Centers - 800-949-4232 (voice/TTY)
Internal Revenue Service provides information about tax code provisions including tax credits (section 44) and deductions (section 190) that can assist businesses in complying with the ADA.
Tax code - information - 800-829-1040 (voice) - 800-829-4059 (TTY)
Tax code - legal questions - 202-622-3110 (voice) - TTY: use relay service
To order Publications 535 and 334 - 800-829-3676 (voice) - 800-829-4059 (TTY)
DREDF ADAN Hotline is funded by the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance on the ADA.
ADA questions and publications - 800-466-4232 (voice/TTY)
Project ACTION is funded by the Department of Transportation to provide ADA information and publications on making transportation accessible.
Transportation information and publications: 800-659-6428 (voice) - TTY: use relay service
also 202-347-3066 (voice) - 202-347-7385 (TTY)
OTHER LAWS OF INTEREST
Other federal laws prohibit discrimination and provide equal opportunity for people with disabilities in housing, air transportation, and access to federal facilities and post offices. Telephone numbers for obtaining assistance in understanding and complying with these laws are listed here.
Fair Housing Act, for questions, publications, and referrals on housing access issues, call:
Fair Housing Information Clearinghouse - 800-343-3442 (voice) - 800-483-2209 (TTY)
Air Carrier Access Act, for questions pertaining to air transportation, call Department of Transportation:
Office for Civil Rights - 202-366-4648 (voice) - 202-366-8538 (TTY)
Aviation Consumer Protection Division - 202-366-2220 (voice) - 202-755-7687 (TTY)
Architectural Barriers Act, for questions pertaining to access to federal facilities and post offices, call the Access Board, listed above.
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Contact Information:
ADA-OHIO
700 Morse Road, Suite 101
Columbus, OH 43214
614-844-5410
1-800-ADA-OHIO
TTY: 1-800-ADA-ADA1
614-844-5868
FAX: 614-844-5537
Email:
adaohio@aol.com
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