Northeast ADA Center
One of 10 ADA centers throughout the United States, the Northeast ADA Center aims to assist people in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands with ADA-related concerns. The Northeast ADA Center provides information, guidance, and training on all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It also provides this website! It is based in the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability in the ILR School at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York.
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Articles
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About Advocacy Resources
How and why the Northeast ADA Center can help you find resources for disability rights, enforcement,... -
The ADA and Parking
Accessible parking is a common feature in parking lots—and a common topic in questions posed on the... -
Service Animals Overview
Service animals are one of the most asked about topics on the Northeast ADA Center’s technical assis... -
Finding Disability Statistics
How to find disability-related data and statistics for New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico in the... -
State- and Territory-Based Accessibility Requirements
Learn about the relationship between federal ADA standards and state or local accessibility standard...
Blogs
- Title II and the ADA: You’re not alone!
Press release from 2016 about a partnership between the city of Albany, NY, and the Northeast ADA Ce... - Welcome to Ask About the ADA, a New Podcast from the Northeast ADA Center!
The Ask About the ADA podcast promotes awareness about the Americans with Disabilities Act. It discu... - Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act in a Health Care Setting
Northeast ADA Center Custom Service Agreement. Research. Sally Heron from Planned Parenthood shares... - Talking to Managers about Disability: New Communication Tools from the Northeast ADA Center
Why the Northeast ADA Center created the Communications Tools to Support Disability Inclusion toolki... - Explainer: Accessible Absentee Voting in NYS
About the 2022 New York state settlement that requires improved accessible absentee ballots. Remote...
Pages
- Tool 7 - Disclosing a Disability: When an Employee Tells Their Manager about a Disability
Tips and templates for disability inclusiveness in the workplace. Tool 7: Disclosing a Disability: W... - Tool 4 - Defining Disability: Obvious and Non-Obvious Disabilities
Tips and templates for disability inclusiveness in the workplace. Tool 4: Tool 4 - Defining Disabili... - Tool 10 - Our Manager Resources: Disability Information, Contacts, and Services
Tips and templates for disability inclusiveness in the workplace. Tool 10: Our Manager Resources: Di... - Tool 11 - Our Employee Resources: Disability Information, Contacts, and Services
Tips and templates for disability inclusiveness in the workplace. Tool 11: Our Employee Resources: D... - Tool 6 - Getting Talent: Recruiting and Hiring People with Disabilities
Tips and templates for disability inclusiveness in the workplace. Tool 6: Getting Talent: Recruiting...
News
- Did you know you can follow the Northeast ADA Center on social media?
05/18/2017- Did you know you can follow the Northeast ADA Center on social media? You can follow us on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/Northeast-ADA-Center-394193790770343/ On... - The Northeast ADA Center is on Social Media
03/16/2017- Did you know you can follow the Northeast ADA Center on social Media? You can follow us on Facebook by going tohttps://www.facebook.com/Northeast-ADA-Center-394193790770343/ On T... - Northeast ADA Center Holiday Closing
03/15/2023- Season's Greetings from the Northeast ADA Center! Please note that our Cornell offices will be closed from 3:00pm ET Friday, December 23, 2016 until 8:30am ET Tuesday, January 3, 2017. ... - Free Webinar - Implementing the ADA in a Health Care Setting
03/19/2020- Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM ESTPresenters: Joe Zesski, Program Manager, Northeast ADA CenterSally Heron, Ithaca Center Manager, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York People wi... - Northeast ADA Center Closing During Holidays
12/18/2019- Season's Greetings from the Northeast ADA Center! Please note that our Cornell offices will be closed from 4:30pm ET Monday December 23, 2019 until 8:30am ET Tuesday, January 2, 2020. The Cornell base...
Webinars
- Northeast ADA Center Year in Review 2020
01/28/2021- While COVID-19 was certainly one of the largest stories of 2020, other ADA items of note happened as well. Join the technical assistance team of the Northeast ADA Center as they review the year 2020.... - How Can We Help? The Impact of Technical Assistance
07/13/2016- The Northeast ADA Center’s technical assistance team provides one-on-one, on-demand ADA guidance to any stakeholder in its region, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Vi... - Accessibility Update: Difficult 2010 ADA Standards Technical Requirements
09/19/2013- On September 19 from 2 PM – 3:30 PM, The Northeast ADA Center is teaming up with United Spinal Association’s Accessibility Services program to host a free Americans with Disabilities Act (... - Building Capacity from the Inside Out: Lessons Learned from the ADA Trainer Network
08/11/2011- Presented by: LaWanda Cook, Ph.D., DBTAC Northeast ADA Center The ADA Trainer Network was created by the Northeast ADA Center (DBTAC-NE) at the Employment and Disability Institute at Cornell Univer... - Building & Universal Design Q & A
04/22/2015- The Northeast ADA Center staff will answer the ADA and Universal Design building accessibility questions received from stakeholders and also address the most common questions related to building...
Documents
- Swimming Pool Lift Requirements
Read about ADA requirements for swimming pool lifts and the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design... - The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Older People
Learn about why the ADA is important for older people in this fact sheet from the Northeast ADA Cent... - Other Means of Pool Access
Read about ADA requirements for swimming pool access—slope, transfer wall, transfer system, stairs,... - Shopping and Customer Service
Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require retail stores to provide wheelchairs to shopp... - Bus Operators: Key Tips for Serving Riders with Disabilities
Discover best practices and ADA rules for bus operators to transport riders with disabilities in thi...
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