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Revised ADA Regulations

In the first major update on accessibility in 20 years, the Revised Regulations for implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) took effect on March 15, 2011. Learn more about the revised regulations: NCPAD Media dis&dat Employment Law Watch

And the Final Question…

…on the Parking Lot Snow Removal certification examination is: 10. Choose the correct location for the snow removed from the parking lot. a. The least used corner of the lot, furthest from road access b. The handicapped parking spaces c….
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Accessibility is Not Inclusion

Check out Scott Rains’ article in New Mobility – the first sentence will reel you in: What if the first question we asked was, “What is so unique about this situation that it justifies exclusion?” instead of, “How much does…
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Creative Thinking

After reading about a condominium association that refuses to allow a wheelchair user to walk her dog in and out the front door (residents are required to use an alternate route that includes a stairwell), and a school that has…
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Advocacy or Appeasement?

Let’s say there were federal laws about, I don’t know, food safety. And let’s say that instead of having restaurant inspectors, the federal government decided that the best way to enforce the laws about food safety would be to allow…
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