Participate in our monthly interactive quiz feature where you answer our disability-related question.
Question: What item below is not part of an accessible parking space?
A) A sign that marks the accessible parking space.
B) An access aisle which is a striped area for people to enter or exit their vehicle
C) Connected to an accessible route that leads to the nearest accessible entrance
D) The ground surface to be stable, firm, and slip resistant.
E) Handrails around the accessible parking space.
Email your answer to ADAinfo@IHCDesign.org by February 28.
First person to respond with the correct answer will be featured in next month’s newsletter.
Last month’s Show You Know! answer
Thank you to Jessie Butterfield, at the Vermont Center for Independent Living for being the first person to submit the correct answer.
The question was: The ADA says public entities (state and local governments) and private entities (businesses and nonprofit organizations that serve the public) need to offer auxiliary aids and services to make sure that individuals with speech, hearing and vision disabilities can understand what is said or written and can communicate effectively. From the list below, choose a common auxiliary aid used for effective communication?
A) Real-time computer-aided transcription services (The instant translation of the spoken word into English text by a person using a computer.);
B) Open and closed captioning, including real-time captioning (Captions are when spoken words are put into written words. Open captions always are in view and cannot be turned off, whereas closed captions can be turned on and off by the viewer.);
C) Brailled materials and displays (Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision.);
D) Sign language interpreting (It is when spoken words are translated into hand signals which is done in person or through video remote interpreting.);
E) All of the above.
“E)” was the correct answer.
Examples of common auxiliary aids and services include all the items listed. Auxiliary aids and services must be provided in accessible formats, in a timely manner, and in a way that protects the privacy and independence of the individual with a disability. To learn more read the ADA National Network’s fact sheet on Effective Communication.
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