On December 5, 2006, February 27, 2007, May 7, 2007, and July
26, 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice issued installments of a new technical assistance document
designed to assist state and local officials to improve compliance
with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in their
programs, services, activities, and facilities. The new technical
assistance document, which will be released in several installments
over the next ten months, is entitled "The ADA Best Practices Tool
Kit for State and Local Governments."
The Tool Kit is designed to teach state and local government
officials how to identify and fix problems that prevent people with
disabilities from gaining equal access to state and local
government programs, services, and activities. It will also teach
state and local officials how to conduct accessibility surveys of
their buildings and facilities to identify and remove architectural
barriers to access. |