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About the Pacific ADA Center

The Pacific ADA Center is here to help the community understand and apply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal disability rights laws. The Pacific ADA Center is a program of the Center on Disability at the Public Health Institute. The Center is funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for...

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California Congressperson introduces accessible tech act

Congressman Mike Thompson introduced the Access Technology Affordability Act. If passed, it would provide a refundable $2,000 credit to blind and vision-impaired people to purchase equipment that helps them to work. The Access Technology Affordability Act will provide those with vision loss the resources they need to get tools and equipment that will help them...

ADA National Network Webinar Series: Health Care and the ADA-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

Register here to attend this webinar. The opioid crisis has been an ongoing major issue in the United States. The treatment of those with opioid use disorder in both health systems and the criminal justice system has also raised civil rights concerns. This discussion will focus on how the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been...

Disability inclusion in the workplace: why it matters

The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN) has a new resource about the importance of including people with disabilities in company diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) activities. This helps employers understand how hiring workers with disabilities can benefit their businesses and increase workplace diversity. Topics What it means to be disability-inclusive...

Impacts of extreme weather on people with disabilities

The National Council on Disability has a new report on the effects of natural disasters and extreme weather events on people with disabilities. The report found that people with disabilities are more affected by extreme weather events and environmental dangers in ways that are often not looked at by state, local, tribal, and territorial governments....

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

mental health and psychiatric disability resources for employment in the workplace.

New home modification toolkit

The Home Modification Toolkit: Lessons from the Field provides professionals with tools to increase home modification availability and awareness for older adults and persons with disabilities. The toolkit includes: Aging network efforts in home modification Enhancing home modification access and awareness Case studies and best practices of home modification efforts This resource was developed by...

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