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Check out these resources that provide the facts you need on topics that you want to know about. Presented here is some of the most relevant and commonly requested information about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA ) for employers, employees, people with disabilities, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about the ADA.

Most fact sheets are available in Microsoft Word (DOC) and Adobe PDF formats.  Feel free to print and share the fact sheets with others who may find their contents helpful.  Please let us know of other topics that would be beneficial to you.

 

Fact Sheets Now Available from NWADAC

  • Wheelchairs and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Parking for People with Disabilities in Washington State  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Reasonable Accommodation Process Guide for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Accessible Parking as an Employment Accommodation: A Practical Guide for Employers  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Conducting a Reasonable Accommodation Interview  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Enhance Customer Service and Employee Productivity and Decrease Your Taxes in the Process!  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Service Animals: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (DOC)
  • Service Animals as an Employment Accommodation (PDF) (DOC)
  • Accessible-ize Your Website (PDF) (DOC)
  • Job Coaches as an Employment Accommodation  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Accessibility for People with Disabilities at Hotels and Places of Lodging  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Accessibility at State Fairs and Public Festivals  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Exams  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace  (PDF) (DOC)
  • Universal Design in the Workplace (PDF)
  • DBTAC-Northwest Accessibility Checklist – revised 2008 (PDF)
  • Emergency Preparedness (PDF)

  • Employer Guide to Assistive Technology
    ATLA Assistive Technology of Alaska (PDF-5MB)


Fact Sheets Available from Other Sources

Title I

Blindness in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/blindness.html

Deafness in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/deafness.html

Cancer in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/cancer.html

Diabetes in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/diabetes.html

Epilepsy in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/epilepsy.html

Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/intellectual_disabilities.html

EEOC Mediators
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/mediation/index.cfm

Facts about Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-fed.html

A Guide for Restaurants and Food Service Employees
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/restaurant_guide.html

Drafting and Implementing Reasonable Accommodation Procedure
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/implementing_accommodation.html

Reasonable Accommodations for Attorneys with Disabilities
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/accommodations-attorneys.html

Employees' Guide to Negotiating Reasonable Accommodations
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/EeGuide/

Health Care Workers and the ADA
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/health_care_workers.html

Fact Sheets Available Soon from NWADAC

  • Compliance Dates and Applicable ADA Standards for Barrier Removal and Safe Harbor
  • Ticketing
  • Respectful Interactions: Disability Language and Etiquette
  • How to Prepare for an Access Survey

 

Fact Sheets Available from Other Sources

Title I - continued

Job Applicants and the ADA
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html

Association Provision of the ADA
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/association_ada.html

ADA Primer for Small Business
http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/smallbusiness/smallbusprimer2010.htm

FMLA, ADA, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/fmlaada.html

Employee Medical Information as Part of Evacuation
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/evacuation.html

Employment Tests and Selection Process
http://eeoc.gov/policy/docs/factemployment_procedures.html

Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/workta.htm

Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/ada18.html

Service Animals in the Workplace
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/servanim.html

Title III

Technical Assistance Manual
http://www.ada.gov/taman3.html

Tax Incentives for Businesses
http://www.ada.gov/taxincent.htm

ADA Guide for Small Towns
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/smtown.htm

ADA Business Connection
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/business.htm

Service Animals-ADA Business Brief
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/svcabrs3.pdf