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The ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region: Overview

The ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region is one of ten regional centers established to provide training, information, and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to businesses, consumers, and state and local governments.

Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research under the U.S. Department of Education, each of the regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers has a toll-free hotline staffed by specialists who can answer specific questions on the ADA. Private businesses, individuals, schools and local or county governments can call for advice and information on what is required, who is covered, and how to work through a disability-related questions in employment, architectural access, public services, and other areas.

Callers also may order materials from the Center’s extensive library of ADA and disability-related publications. Provided free or at low cost, these materials include the full regulations, technical assistance manuals, architectural guidelines, easy-to-read fact sheets and summaries, advice on how to make different types of businesses accessible to the public, and consultation on employment issues, such as reasonable accommodations. All materials are available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, tape, and computer disk.

The ADA Information Center also works with its local affiliates in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia to provide free or low-cost training programs to help employers, service providers and businesses understand and comply with the law. A training or presentation can be tailored to the interests of the audience, and can be a simple overview or an in-depth review of a particular area of the law.

For further information contact the ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region toll-free at 800-949-4232 V/TTY or email adainfo@transcen.org.