[il-talk] You Are Invited to Take the ADA Community Survey

[Pete Berg]

NEWS RELEASE

 

Contact Person: Alan Goldstein

312-341-0022

alan at equipforequality.org

 

 For Immediate Release 

 

How do people with disabilities rate their community's implementation of
the Americans with Disabilities Act? The Illinois ADAProject, in
conjunction with the DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA 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 Illinois 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.

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: 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 by phone: 312-341-0022  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.