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Accessibility Tips

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Accessible Parking

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In this tip, you’ll learn why accessible parking has certain features, who gets to use accessible parking, and how YOU can support accessible parking wherever you are.

Accessible Recreation

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Accessible Restrooms: More than Grab Bars

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An accessible restroom is essential to hosting an accessible community event, meeting, or training.

Accessible Travel in Portland and Beyond

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Thoughtful planning can make travel more accessible for people with any kind of disability. Here are a few ideas we might consider to plan a trip that is more relaxing and fun.

Accommodation Requests

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How do I get disability-related accommodation requests from community members for events? And once someone makes a request, what do I do?!

ADA Title II and Disability Equity Program

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), enacted on July 26, 1990, provides protections to individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, State and local government services, public accommodations, and telecommunications.

Audio Descriptions

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Audio Description tells the viewer what is happening on screen and onstage when the performers aren’t talking. This tip walks you through the reasons why this is important and how to successfully create audio descriptions.

Checklists for Creating Accessible Documents and Content

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Creating Digital Access

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Like so many kinds of access, making your digital information accessible in a variety of ways works better for people with and without disabilities.

Demystifying Disability Language

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This page offers different insights into the very diverse disability community: including how powerful (and complex!) language is when discussing disability and how our society has historically defined the disability community.

Disability Rights Laws: What to Do

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Let's dive into what we can do when broken technology, rigid policies, missing ramps, and other forms of societal ableism hollow out the intention of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and prevent us from living a full, spontaneous life.

Disability Rights Laws- Part III: More Laws!

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Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

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Everyone should prepare for disaster. People with disabilities may have additional needs. You may need extra planning and extra time. Sign up for PublicAlerts to get information. Make a plan. Connect with NETs. Make a go kit. Find resources. Start today – you could save a life.

Employment Accommodations

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Like so many other disability-related topics, this month’s tip is just the tiniest tip of the iceberg on the incredibly complex social, cultural, political, and legal issues surrounding employment accommodations. Enjoy!

Find a Synonym

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This tip offers a small way to be part of the movement around eliminating ableist language and creating conversations that are respectful to all

Fragrance Free Spaces

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Many people are made seriously sick by scents. Even when scent doesn’t harm us personally, we all have different ideas of what “smells good” and how much is too much. Being fragrance free supports us all.

Hiring an Interpreter

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Need to choose and schedule an interpreter in response to a disability accommodation request? While this tip focuses on American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, many of the tips shared here also apply to other cultural and language interpreters.

How to Make an ADA or Discrimination Complaint

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If you have experienced or witnessed discrimination, you have the right to make an official complaint. Read on to find out how to take action.

How to Source Disability Resources

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Image Descriptions

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Like the Mic

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Local Disability Organizations and Resources

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Find local disability organizations and disability community resources for housing, transportation, business, recreation, and more.

This is a list of community resources. The Office of Equity does not endorse any particular organization or service.

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