Government Documents

Government Documents is a collection of legislation, regulations and legislative summaries. Also included are some organizations that help to decipher government legislation pertaining to disability and accessibility!

Americans with Disabilities Act:

• Accessibility Development Associates, Inc. -- provides a wide range of ADA consulting services.
• Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines
• Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
• Americans with Disabilities Act Technical Assistance Program
• ADA Home Page -- Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADA Questions and Answers
• ADA Watch -- "an informational online network designed to activate grassroots responses to threats to the ADA."
• A complete guide to the ADA -- Essential information for the architect, designer or builder needing to comply with the requirements of the ADA.)
• Full text of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 -- on the U.S. Department of Labor's website
• Job Accommodation Network's ADA Hot Links -- American with Disability Act documents and regulations
• Northeast ADA & IT Center -- provides training, technical assistance and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accessible Information Technology throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
• Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

Census Bureau - Data on Persons with Disabilities

DisabilityInfo.Gov -- the comprehensive Federal website of disability-related government resources.

Disability Rights Commission -- (Great Britain)

Freedom Initiative - January 2001 -- President Bush's proposal to "increase access to assistive technologies, expand educational opportunities, increase the ability of Americans with disabilities to integrate into the workforce, and promote increased access into daily community life."

Jim Lubin's links to government/legislative disability information

CODI Archives:

• Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines -- As published in the Federal Register, July 1991
• Federal Goverment Resources - Appendix of "Managing Information Resources" by Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation (COCA)
• Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Pocket Guide to Federal Help --  (1995) Clearinghouse on Disability Information, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• Technology-Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act - 1988
• Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - 1984