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The DRC works toward making government services and buildings, polling places and voting, businesses, hospitals and other private places of accommodation accessible to all persons with disabilities.
The Rolling Gourmet: Your Guide to New Hampshire Restaurant Accessibility
Rap Sheet Summer 2005: Welcoming and Accessible Communities PDF version Text version
Page last updated: February 12, 2010
The Law:
- The Americans with Disabilities Act, ada.gov, home page at the US Department of Justice
- NH RSA 354-A: State Commission for Human Rights contains the NH Equal Access to Public Accommodations provisions
- 9-25-2008, US Department of Justice Settlement Agreement with Concord Hospital for failing to provide adequate communication access to deaf and hard of hearing individuals
- US Department of Justice
- 5-17-04: Supreme Court Decision in Tennessee v. Lane: ADA versus State's Rights
DRC Cases:
- 6-10-2009: New Hampshire Supreme Court Issues Decision in William Tinker’s Sidewalk Access Case
- 10-8-08: NH Supreme Court Issues Decision in William Tinker’s Sidewalk Access Case
- Amicus brief, In re Juvenile 2006-0833 on termination of parental rights and the ADA
- 3-27-06: LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING: Disabilities Rights Center Concludes Lawsuit Against Hospital for Failure to Provide Interpreter Services
- 9-22-04: Steir v. Girl Scouts and Spar and Spindle Council
- 9-14-04: Henniker Pharmacy Access Case Settled
- 9-04: NH State Prison Access/Accommodation Case Settles
- 6-9-04: NH Supreme Court Appeal in Retaliatory Eviction Case: White Cliffs at Dover v. Elaine Bulman
- 5-22-03: Davis v. May Department Stores (Filene's)
- 9-30-97: Trovato v. City of Manchester
Resources:
- USDOJ initiative to train law enforcement on ADA responsibilities
- List of ADA Settlements and Consent Agreements, from the US Department of Justice
- ADA Document Portal from NIDRR: LOTS of ADA information
- ArchiveADA
- Access-Able Travel Source, Providing Worldwide Access Information
- ADAPT
- Adaptive Environments: Human Centered Design
- Public Accommodations under the ADA: How to file a Title III complaint, from the US Department of Justice
- State and Local Governments under the ADA: Discrimination Complaint Form, from the US Department of Justice
- NH Law Strengthens Handicapped Parking Enforcement
- Job Accommodation Network: ADA Hot Links and Document Center
- ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
- U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
- Service and Companion Animals - Resources
- Steve Gold's ADA information
- Traveling by air? See the US Department of Transportation Aviation Consumer Protection Division, which includes Air Accessibility requirements and information on handling complaints
- National Center on Accessibility
- The Center for an Accessible Society - Disability issues information for journalists
- The Truth About Reasonable Accommodations
