ADA/504 Resources of Interest to Colleges

U.S. Dept of Justice

U.S. Department of Education

DO-IT - University of Washington 

DO-IT - University of Washington

DO-IT - University of Washington

AHEAD

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

Southern New Hampshire University

Deborah Leuchovius, PACER ADA Specialist

This document delineates the difference between a 504 plan and an IEP. Education Center, Torrance, CA

ILRU

ILRU

Ken Pope Accessibility and Disability Information website

Ken Pope Website on Accessibility and Disability

Wonderful resource from policies and procedures to rights and responsibilities and national resources. L. Scott Lissner ADA Coordinator, The Ohio State University.

LRP Publications $98 +p&p

Great website - full of excellent infomation. ADA One consulting grows from President Irene Bowen's thirty years of experience - and results - as Deputy Chief of the Disability Rights Section at the U.S. Department of Justice and as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Access Board. She achieved ADA compliance through landmark litigation, settlements, and education.

Over 30 publications related to accommodations of students with disabilities in higher education - LRP Publications

RIT-NTID Teacher Tipsheet

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published new ADA guidance on conducting accessible and inclusive meetings. The 28-page guide, "Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field," covers access to meeting sites as well as presentations, printed materials and other forms of communication. Information is provided on how to evaluate the accessibility of meeting rooms, parking, routes and entrances, and restrooms. This guidance also covers the layout of meeting spaces, accessible circulation and seating, provision of printed materials in accessible formats, and making audible communication accessible through assistive listening systems, real-time captioning, and sign language interpretation.

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS Division 6, Title 5 Nondiscrimination in Programs Receiving State Financial Assistance Through the Chancellor or Boardof Governors of the California Community Colleges

Chancellor's Office (2010)

This handbook incorporates the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), with a particular focus on student access in the California Community Colleges. The ADA may be viewed as "the child" of Section 504 - an offspring which is more powerful and wider ranging in the anti-discrimination protection it provides to individuals with disabilities. (59 pages)

Paul Grossman, Esq.

Excellent PowerPoint presentation that illustrates the effect of budget cuts on services to students with disabilities with implications for discrimination under the ADA and 504.

Title II -State and Local Governments

Title II of the ADA requires that the services and programs of local and State governments, as well as other non-Federal government agencies, shall operate their programs so that when viewed in their entirety are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.

Title II entities: Do not need to remove physical barriers, such as stairs, in all existing buildings, as long as they make their programs accessible to individuals who are unable to use an inaccessible existing facility.

Must provide appropriate auxiliary aids to ensure that communications with individuals with hearing, vision, or speech impairments are as effective as communications with others, unless an undue burden or fundamental alteration would result;

Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act - Key elements of academic accommodations.