State of New Hampshire Governor's Commission on Disability

Accommodating Patients with Disabilities

Obligations and Requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act

The Governor's Commission on Disability was awarded an ADA Incentive Grant by the New England ADA and Accessible I.T. Center. The conditions of the grant were to provide outreach and resource materials to health care professionals on how to accommodate patients who have disabilities.

Available free of charge from the Commission is a resource CD-Rom entitled "Accommodating Patients with Disabilities".

CD-Rom with Resources:

• Accommodating Patients with Disabilities - MicroSoft [MS] Power Point presentation to be used for workshops; author: Cheryl Killam
• Self Teaching version of Accommodating Patients with Disabilities - MS Power Point presentation to be used on an individual basis; author: Cheryl Killam
• MS Word version of the Self Teaching version of Accommodating Patients with Disabilities; author: Cheryl Killam
• Resource materials from Center for Universal Design, National Alliance on Mental Health - NH, the North Carolina Office on Disability and Health, the Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Access Board.
• Contact information for vendors of adjustable height examination tables and accessible scales
• Disability Awareness and accessible design information from the Commission
• Online resources for applicable laws, agencies, and accommodations

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