[nfbwatlk] FW: New Resource Lets You Rate the Accessibility of Businesses

Mon Dec 9 19:58:43 UTC 2013

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Mark Adreon 
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Subject: New Resource Lets You Rate the Accessibility of Businesses

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Accessibility is something that people with disabilities (PWDs) never take for granted. As an active person who uses a wheelchair and travels quite a bit for work, I know firsthand how much planning, research and frustration can go into a trip across town or across the country. I have arrived at many restaurants and booked many hotel rooms, only to discover their facilities were not as accessible as I had been told on the phone or informed on a website.

I consult with clients around the USA and sometimes internationally on accessibility issues and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Because of my work, I know we still have a long way to go before all public spaces – from restaurants and stores and hotels to medical practices and entertainment venues – are accessible for every person with a mobility, vision, hearing or cognitive disability.

The face of disability is changing. When the ADA was enacted, it was mainly about wheelchair access. Now, with the population of older adults growing faster than ever before, age-related disabilities like vision and hearing loss and cognitive disorders are coming to the forefront....

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