[il-talk] FW: ADA Survey -- Grade Your Community

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Subject: Fwd: ADA Survey -- Grade Your Community

Hello all.  Below is information providing access to a survey in which
individuals can grade their community's accessibility.  The survey is being
conducted by the Illinois ADA Project and Great Lakes Disability
Business Technical Assistance Center.   We encourage you to complete the
survey and to share it with anyone you think might be interested. 
Thanks.

Amy


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ADA Survey -- Grade Your Community
 
How do people with disabilities in Illinois rate  their community's
accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act?  The Illinois ADA
Project, in conjunction with the DTAC - Great Lakes Disability  Business
Technical Assistance Center, is conducting "The ADA in Your  Community"
Survey to find out the answer to this  question.
 
The Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) was signed into  law in 1990 -
twenty years have passed for communities to remove physical, programmatic,
and attitudinal barriers that prevent people with disabilities  from
becoming active participating citizens. A great deal of progress has been
made, but there is still need for further compliance. "The ADA in Your
Community"
 Survey asks citizens to identify how they view their  community's current
implementation. There is also opportunity for them to provide  opinions and
ideas about how accessibility can be  improved.

The results of the survey will be used to "grade" your community on it's
response to the ADA and will become a tool to educate policy makers,
administrators and the public about the ADA.  We hope that you will join us
in this effort to learn more about your communities response to the ADA.

The survey will be conducted during the entire month of May and the final
"Community Report Card" will be available sometime in late June or early
July.

People with disabilities, their family members, and their advocates are

invited to complete the ADA Survey so that their voices are heard  when

accessibility issues are being addressed in their communities.  The Survey
is available online at: (http://www.theadasurvey.org/) .  Print copies and
alternative formats are  available on request.

To request the ADA Survey in an alternative format, or for additional
information, contact Alan Goldstein, Illinois ADA Project Manager by
phone: 312-895-7318 or e-mail: Alan at equipforequality.org.

"The ADA in Your Community" Survey is a project of the DBTAC: Great Lakes
ADA Center and is being implemented in five other states beyond
Illinois:  Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The ADA
Survey's purpose is to provide a place where voices of people with
disabilities, family members, and advocates can be heard. The ADA Survey is
being conducted by staff from the Indiana University's Institute on
Disability and Community, Center for Planning and Policy Studies.

Thank You,

Alan Goldstein
312-895-7318



Alan Goldstein
Senior Attorney
Equip For Equality
Illinois ADA Project Manager
PABSS Project Manager
20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone:  (312) 895-7318
Fax:       (312) 341-0295
TTY:      (800) 610-2779
E-Mail:   alan at equipforequality.org 

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If you have received this message in error, please notify us at
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The Illinois ADA Project provides ADA information to individuals,
businesses, government agencies and other organizations. The ADA Project is
funded by the DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center under a grant from the
Department of Education and the National Institute for Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Thank you.

Alan Goldstein
Senior Attorney
Equip For Equality
Illinois ADA Project Manager
PABSS Project Manager
20 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone:  (312) 895-7318
Fax:       (312) 341-0295
TTY:      (800) 610-2779
E-Mail:   alan at equipforequality.org 

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constitutes confidential information that belongs to Equip for Equality,
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This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is directed.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
notified that any disclosure or reliance on this information is prohibited.
If you have received this message in error, please notify us at
800-537-2632(V) or 800-610-2779(TTY).  
The Illinois ADA Project provides ADA information to individuals,
businesses, government agencies and other organizations. The ADA Project is
funded by the DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center under a grant from the
Department of Education and the National Institute for Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
Thank you.
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