Great Lakes ADA and Accessible I T Center
August 2004
Volume 1, Issue 1
Announcements
We Have Updated Our Website!!

The Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center has an updated website. The site features improved links to web sites that will enhance ADA research, enable you to register for our Audio Conference Series, order publications from the center online and receive online technical assistance on the provisions of the ADA and Accessible Information Technology. Check us out at:

www.adagreatlakes.org

Link to Online Learning at Our Website
ADA Building Blocks

Interested in learning more about the ADA or testing your knowledge? You can link to a course on the ADA sponsored by the Southeast DBTAC. The course is free with no time limit for completion or you can take the course for CEU credit. For more information go to:

www.adabasics.org

Serving Customers With Disabilities

For employees or anyone interested in learning about providing services to individuals with disabilities at One-Stop employment centers you can link to an online course titled "At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities". You can take this course for CEU credit. For more information go to:

www.wiawebcourse.org

Architectural Compilation Series

If your work centers on making the built environment accessible, the Great Lakes ADA Center has compiled existing materials for ease of reference and dissemination.
The volumes include:

  • Accessibility Guidelines for Recreation Facilities, issued by the US Access Board. Documents included:
    • Accessible Amusement Rides
    • Accessible Boating Facilities
    • Accessible Fishing Piers and Platforms
    • Accessible Golf Courses
    • Accessible Miniature Golf
    • Accessible Sporting Facilities
    • Accessible Swimming Pools & Spas
  • Guide for Places of Lodging, issued by the Department of Justice. Documents included:
    • Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who are Blind or Who have Low Vision
    • Common ADA Problems at newly Constructed Lodging Facilities
    • Five Easy Steps to Make New Lodging Facilities Comply with the ADA
  • Architectural Accessibility Technical Bulletins: Barrier Free Environments, complied by Barrier Free Environments Inc., a NIDRR grantee. Documents included:
    • Accessible Route
    • Doors
    • Medical Facilities
    • Areas of Rescue Assistance
    • Lavatories & Mirrors
    • Toilet Stalls

 

You may order these publications online at:

www.adagreatlakes.org