Archive for March, 2008

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Ten Small Business ADA Mistakes

By Greg George
T-5 Injury
CEO
Spinal Cord Resources Network
The Department of Justice has a thirteen minute video that identifies common mistakes that small businesses make when trying to comply with the ADA and addresses the importance and value of doing business with the 50+million people that are disabled. The video features statements by store owners expressing their [...]


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Guide to Disability Rights Laws

A Guide to Dilability LawsIn addition to the ADA there are several other acts that help to level the playing field for the disabled. These include deaf communications services, fair housing, voting, as well as architectural barriers. We all run into issues getting around and how we are treated so we need to know what [...]


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ADA Questions and Answers

ADA Questions and AnswersBarriers to employment, transportation, public accommodations, public services, and telecommunications have imposed staggering economic and social costs on American society and have undermined our well-intentioned efforts to educate, rehabilitate, and employ individuals with disabilities. By breaking down these barriers, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will enable society to benefit from the [...]


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Enforcing the ADA

Enforcing the ADAThe Department of Justice has released a report on how the ADA is being enforced. There are three areas that are described in the document which are Title 1 (Employment practices), Title 2 (Programs and services) and Title 3 (Public accommodations). Each area has a synopsis of cases that have been prosecuted by [...]