Americans with Disabilities Act Barrier to Access Survey

United Spinal Association and Paralyzed Veterans of America, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Association of Universities Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) along with countless other disability organizations have been working with Congress to let them know that there are still barriers to access well after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. Businesses need to know their obligations under the ADA. Please share your experiences so we can let Congress know that a strong ADA is critical to removing these barriers.

For this survey, a public accommodation, as listed in the ADA, can refer to restaurants, movie theaters, schools, day care facilities, recreation facilities, and doctors' offices. As you may know, the ADA requires newly constructed or altered places of public accommodation—as well as commercial facilities (privately owned, nonresidential facilities such as factories, warehouses, or office buildings)—to comply with ADA requirements. Businesses located in buildings built before the ADA went into effect are required to engage in barrier removal if it is readily achievable to do so, i.e. “cheap and easy.”

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* 1. Please provide the following information:

Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province * *

ZIP/Postal Code* *

Email Address* *

Phone Number

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* 2. Are you answering the following questions as:

Person with a disability

Family member

Professional working with a person with a disability

Employer

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Have you encountered a barrier to access in any place of public accommodation such as businesses, restaurants, movie theaters, doctors’ offices, hotels, etc.) within the past couple of years? (This applies to both getting into building as well as barriers encountered inside the building).

Yes