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Links to National Americans with Disabilities Act

ADA Accessibility Guidelines - Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities, Published in the Federal Register, July 26, 1991

ADA Compliance Guide - Thompson's comprehensive, "how-to" ADA Compliance Guide shows you how to cope with this complex law. The Guide gives you step-by-step instructions for compliance and practical advice on what you can do, what you must do and what you cannot do.

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center - Links to ADA Documents; ADA Statute, Regulations, Accessibility Guidelines; President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities; Job Accommodation Network; other disability sites relating to hearing impairments, mental disabilities, mobility impairments, visual impairments; other legal sites; and government departments.

Department of Justice ADA home page - The ADA gives the Department of Justice (DOJ) authority to issue regulations for title II and III of the ADA and to provide technical assistance and enforcement. The Department also has authority to certify that a State or local accessibility code is equivalent to the ADA's requirements for new construction and alterations.

ADA Information Center - This site is maintained by the Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC). The Rocky Mountain ADA Technical Assistance Center is authorized by NIDDR to provide information, materials, and technical assistance to individuals and entities that are covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

ADA and Disability Information - this page provides an assortment of links to ADA and Disability related URL's.

ADA: the Law and Its Impact on Post-Secondary Education - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the civil rights guarantee for persons with disabilities in the United States. It provides protection from discrimination for individuals on the basis of disability. The ADA extends civil rights protections for people with disabilities to employment in the public and private sectors, transportation, public accomodations, services provided by state and local government, and telecommunication relay services.

U.S. Architectural and Barriers Compliance Board - the World Wide Web site of the U.S. Access Board, also known as the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. The Board, created in 1973, has served the nation as the only independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities.