Resource of the Week

We recently learned about a new tool available from the U.S. Department of Labor website: Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor (DNLA) from the Human Solution blog, Disability Facts. The DNLA is designed to help employers determine which federal disability nondiscrimination laws apply to their business or organization.  

It also helps recipients of federal funding understand their responsibilities under these laws, which probably includes anyone reading this. Employees, job applicants and participants in programs that receive federal funding can also use it to learn more about their rights under these federal nondiscrimination laws. 

Resource of the Week

The U.S. Department of Justice Disability Right Section offers an excellent resource on accessibility for people with disabilities when planning meetings: Expanding Your Market: Accessible Information Exchange - Meeting on a Level Playing Field.

Meetings between businesses and people with disabilities – whether related to researching customer preferences, developing a business education curriculum, or discovering effective ways to comply with the ADA – can result in innovative ideas and powerful collaborations that bring greater access to customers with disabilities and attract new customers to businesses.

As meeting organizers, it's our job to ensure complete accessibility at all meetings. 

This extremely informative website focuses on three areas of concern: where the meeting is held, how the meeting room furniture is arranged, and how the meeting information is communicated. Thanks to Lisa Jordan of Human Solutions for posting this important resource to the Human Solutions' Disability Facts Blog.