Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) self-evaluation checklist & transition plan [electronic resource]

Abstract: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities. It is a law that was enacted by the U. S. Congress in 1990. Pursuant to Title II of the ADA, public entities are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of a disability. All programs, services and activities offered by the public entity must be accessible to persons with disabilities. In order to accomplish this, the Department of Justice developed regulations requiring the City to conduct a Self-Evaluation of the accessibility of its programs and services to determine whether issues of accessibility could be addressed through changes in the way such programs and services are provided.