Speaker: Michael Richardson, Project Director – Northwest ADA Center
Original Air Date: June 5, 2019
Contents
- Description
- ADALive! Archives
- About ADA Live!
- Healthcare Facilities and ADA Accessibility
- Healthcare and Effective Communication
- General Accessible Healthcare Resources
- Service Animals, the ADA, and Healthcare
- Useful ADA Guidelines and Standards
- Webcasts, Webinars, and Webcourses
- Other Healthcare Information and Resources
Description
Featured Organization Northwest ADA Center
Web: nwadacenter.org
There is a heightened national awareness of the barriers and inequities to health care in the United States. Recent studies indicate that people with disabilities experience both health disparities and specific barriers in access to health care programs and services, including health promotion and prevention.
In this episode of ADA Live!, Michael Richardson, Project Director of the Northwest ADA Center will talk about health care access and the ADA, the role of effective communication in health care decisions, and how health care providers and facilities can be more inclusive of patients with disabilities.
Healthcare Facilities and ADA Accessibility
- Getting the Care You Need: A Guide for People with Disabilities [PDF, 4 pages]
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Web: cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/OMH/equity-initiatives/Getting-the-Care-You-Need.pdf - Medical Diagnostic Equipment
These standards address medical diagnostic equipment, including examination tables and chairs, weight scales, radiological equipment, and mammography equipment.
Source: U.S. Access Board
Web: www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/03/2022-02133/standards-for-accessible-medical-diagnostic-equipment - Accessible Medical Examination Tables and Chairs (Fact Sheet)
Source: Northwest ADA Center
Web: nwadacenter.org/factsheet/accessible-medical-examination-tables-and-chairs - Accessible Medical Diagnostic Equipment (Fact Sheet)
Source: Northwest ADA Center
Web: nwadacenter.org/factsheet/accessible-medical-diagnostic-equipment - Americans with Disabilities Act: Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Mobility Disabilities | PDF (23 pages)
This technical assistance publication provides guidance for medical care providers on the requirements of the ADA in medical settings with respect to people with mobility disabilities, which include, for example, those who use wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, crutches, or no mobility devices at all. (2010)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
HTML Link: www.ada.gov/medcare_mobility_ta/medcare_ta.htm
PDF Link: www.ada.gov/medcare_mobility_ta/medcare_ta.pdf - ADA Parking and Entrance Checklist for Healthcare Facilities
This checklist helps identify some common exterior structural barriers at existing health care facilities.
Source: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Web: www.adainfo.org/sites/default/files/ADA-Parking-and-Entrance-Checklist-Health-Care-Facilities.doc
Healthcare and Effective Communication
- Effective Communication: Healthcare (Fact Sheet)
Source: Northwest ADA Center
Web: nwadacenter.org/factsheet/effective-communication-healthcare - Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings | PDF
An ADA Business Brief with information on the ADA and effectively communicating with customers who have hearing disabilities in hospital settings. (2003)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
HTML Link: www.ada.gov/hospcombr.htm
PDF Link: www.ada.gov/hospcombrprt.pdf - ADA Checklist: Health Care Facilities and Service Providers
This checklist helps ensure access to services and facilities by patients who are blind, deaf-blind, or visually impaired.
Source: American Foundation for the Blind
Web: www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/your-rights/advocacy-resources/ada-checklist-health-care-facilities-and - Prescription Drug Container Labels
Advisory guidance developed by a stakeholder working group provides best practices on providing access to prescription drug container labels for people who have vision impairments or who are elderly.
Source: U.S. Access Board
Web: www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/health-care/about-prescription-drug-container-labels - National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Law and Advocacy Center Resources on Health Care
The NAD Law and Advocacy Center advocates for equal access to health care and mental health services in hospitals and private doctors’ offices across the United States.
Source: National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Web: www.nad.org/resources/health-care-and-mental-health-services/- Mental Health Services
Web: www.nad.org/resources/health-care-and-mental-health-services/mental-health-services/ - Video Remote Interpreting
Web: www.nad.org/resources/technology/video-remote-interpreting/ - Health Care Providers
Web: www.nad.org/resources/health-care-and-mental-health-services/health-care-providers/
- Mental Health Services
General Accessible Healthcare Resources
- Accessible Healthcare Toolkit and Resources
Information for healthcare providers and for individuals with disabilities about accessible healthcare, including fact sheets and selected research.
Source: Northwest ADA Center
Web: nwadacenter.org/audience/healthcare-access - Accessible Healthcare Fact Sheet
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/factsheet/accessible-health-care - Healthcare and the ADA Fact Sheet
Source: Pacific ADA Center
Web: www.adapacific.org/assets/documents/health-care-and-ada-factsheet.pdf - Healthcare and the ADA Resources
A collection of information on healthcare accessibility, as well as resources for employment, legal cases in this area, addiction and substance abuse, and other supplemental resources.
Source: Pacific ADA Center
Web: www.adapacific.org/healthcare - Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative: Justice Department Settlement Agreements
Through the Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, U.S. Attorneys’ offices across the nation and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division target their enforcement efforts on access to medical services and facilities. It is a multi-phase initiative that includes effective communication for people who are deaf or have hearing loss, physical access to medical care for people with mobility disabilities, and equal access to treatment for people who have HIV/AIDS.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Web: www.ada.gov/usao-agreements.htm - ADA Quick Tips – Tax Incentives
Tax incentives are available businesses, employers, service providers, and others to encourage ADA compliance. The tax breaks can be used to make medical facilities and programs ADA compliant.
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/factsheet/quicktips-tax - Equal Access to Health Care Services for Individuals with Disabilities
This overview of healthcare accessibility requirements is a 2018 presentation by Steven E. Gordon, Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Rights Enforcement Coordinator, U.S. Attorneys’ Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (PDF, 42 pages)
Source: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Web: bit.ly/2HUsPva - Health Care and the ADA Resources
Choose the “Health Care” tab on this webpage to view a list of useful resources.
Source: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Web: www.adainfo.org/content/resources
Service Animals, the ADA, and Healthcare
- Understanding How to Accommodate Service Animals in Healthcare Facilities
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Web: aspr.hhs.gov/at-risk/Pages/service_animals.aspx - Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA | PDF, 9 pages
Source: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
HTML Link: www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html
PDF Link: www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.pdf - DOJ Fact Sheet on Service Animals
Source: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Web: ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm - ADA National Network Fact Sheet on Service Animals
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/factsheet/service-animals - Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals: Where are they allowed and under what conditions?
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/publication/service-animals-booklet
Useful ADA Guidelines and Standards
- ADA Title III Regulations – Revised Final Title III Regulation with Integrated Text
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Web: www.ada.gov/regs2010/titleIII_2010/titleIII_2010_regulations.htm#anchor3508 - ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities
Two checklists are available – the full Checklist and a Checklist for Recreational Facilities.
Source: New England ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network
Web: www.adachecklist.org/index.html - ADA Fact Sheet: Effective Communication
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/factsheet/communication - ADA Fact Sheet – Accessible Parking
Source: ADA National Network
Web: adata.org/factsheet/parking
Webcasts, Webinars, and Webcourses
- At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities
A free, self-paced webcourse for discovering the best practices for effectively working with and interacting with people who have disabilities. The course takes about 2.5 hours to complete and includes real life scenarios, quizzes and a final exam. Education credit is available.
Source: ADA National Network
Web: www.wiawebcourse.org/ - ADA Live! Episode 57: Inclusive Healthy Communities and the ADA
- ADA Live! Episode 4: Effective Communication
Other Healthcare Information and Resources
- How Quiet Headphones and Visual Guides Help Autistic Patients Get Better Health Care (Article)
Source: CNN
Web: www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/health/cnnheroes-dr-wendy-ross-autism-healthcare-update/index.html - Healthcare Transition for Youth with Disabilities
As youth with disabilities learn to live independently as adults, it requires an organized transition process to gain health care skills, prepare for an adult model of care, and transfer to new providers. Website also available in Spanish.
Source: Got Transition and the National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health
Web: gottransition.org/youthfamilies/index.cfm - New Hampshire Disability & Public Health Project
A collaboration between the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services and the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life of people with disabilities by strengthening the capacity of the state’s public health programs and initiatives to include people with intellectual disabilities and mobility limitations.
Source: Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire
Web: iod.unh.edu/projects/new-hampshire-disability-public-health-project - Resources for Youth with Disabilities, Families, and Professionals
Health and wellness resources for service providers, youth and families.
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Web: hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/physical-health-and-nutrition/chronic-conditions-and-disabilities/resources.html