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The Americans with Disabilities Act: What Senior Centers Need to Know
Stacy Hart, Training and Information Specialist New England ADA Center Institute for Human Centered Design 200 Portland St. Boston, MA 02114
800-949-4232 voice/tty
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1-800-949-4232 voice/TTY
New England ADA Center member of
Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
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www.HumanCenteredDesign.org
An international design non-profit dedicated to enhancing the experiences of people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design
A Project of Institute for Human Centered Design
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Agenda
• Brief Overview
• Etiquette and Terminology
• Reasonable Modifications
• Effective Communication
• Program and Facility Accessibility
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Pop Quiz
How many people living in the United States have a disability?
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Prevalence Rates
56.7 million
self-identified as people with
disabilities
- 2010 US Census
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Pop Quiz
How many people age 65 and older currently live in the United States?
43.1 Million
(13.7 % of the US Population)
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Everyday 10,000 people in the US are turning 65 years old
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Most common reasons for functional limitation of adults in the US...
Arthritis
Back problems
Heart disease
Respiratory disease
Diabetes & related conditions
Hard of hearing
25 M Americans report difficulty walking, yet only
3.4 M Americans use wheelchairs or scooters, projected to grow to 4.3 in 2030
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So why does any of this
matter?
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Civil Rights Laws
Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 1973
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Americans with Disabilities Act Provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Title I Employment
Title II State and Local Governments
Title III Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities
Title IV Telecommunications
Title V Miscellaneous
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ADA Definition of Disability
1. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
2. A record of such an impairment
3. Being regarded as having such an impairment
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End of Overview
Terminology and General Etiquette Next
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The face of disability is our face. People with disabilities are in all walks of life, in all
professions, and in all ages.
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Terminology…always evolving
“Disability”
is in
“Handicap”
is out
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Terminology…always evolving
No-no’s
• Handicapped
• Victim
• Crippled
• Wheelchair-bound (confined to)
• Mentally retarded
• Crazy, maniac, lunatic, schizo, phycho
• Epileptic, spas
• Midget
• Deaf and dumb
• The Disabled
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People First Language
Ms. G has epilepsy (Not: She’s an epileptic)
Mr. C has diabetes (Not: He’s a diabetic)
Ms. F has a disability (Not: She’s handicapped)
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People with Disabilities
First Ask……
Do You Need Help?
How Can I Help??
Only Then…..
HELP As Directed
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People with Disabilities
Speak to the person with the disability who is your customer
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People with Physical Disabilities
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Interacting with People Who Have Physical Disabilities
• Shake hands when appropriate to do so
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Interacting with People Who Have Physical Disabilities
• When speaking with someone who uses a wheelchair for more than a few minutes – sit
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Interacting with People Who Have Physical Disabilities
• Don’t hang on or touch wheelchair, walker, canes, etc.
• Ask permission before moving someone’s cane, crutches, walker (they can be a tripping hazard for others)
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Interacting with People Who Have Physical Disabilities
• Don’t push chair unless asked to - it’s okay to offer
• It’s okay to say “Let’s go for a walk”
• Know accessible routes, restroom, entrances, parking spaces
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End of Terminology and Etiquette
Next: General Nondiscrimination and Reasonable Modifications
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General Nondiscrimination
A participant comes to the senior center accompanied by their service animal.
A staff person doesn’t allow the service animal to come on the nature walk.
Has the senior center violated the ADA?
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General Nondiscrimination Requirements
• Ensure an equal opportunity to participate and benefit.
• Prohibit exclusion, segregation, and unequal treatment.
• Prohibit eligibility criteria that screen out persons with disability unless criteria are necessary.
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General Nondiscrimination Reasonable Modifications
When necessary to ensure equal opportunity to participate, “reasonable modifications” must be made to policies, practices, procedures
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Service Animals
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Any dog individually trained to do work or provide tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability
ADA Service Animal Definition
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Deaf Hard of Hearing
Blind Low Vision
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People who Have Epilepsy
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Other examples of work or tasks
• Providing physical assistance
• Providing non-violent protection or rescue work
• Alerting individuals to the presence
of allergens
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Service Animals
People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Preventing or interrupting impulsive
or destructive behaviors.
Sensing that an anxiety attack is about to happen and taking action to avoid the attack or lessen its impact.
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The crime deterrent effects of animal's presence
The provision of
• emotional support
• well-being
• comfort
• companionship
Not considered work or tasks
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An Organization May Ask
1. Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?
2. What work or task has the animal been trained to provide?
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Scenario + Discussion
• Ms. R is attending a yoga class at your facility.
• She has a service dog because of a disability.
• The service dog starts to growl when someone passes by.
• Do you have to allow this?
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Service Animals
Must be under control of owner at all times (on leash except in narrow circumstances)
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Scenario + Discussion
A person with a disability and their service animal arrive at your center’s picnic and you welcome both of them. Staff see the dog sitting on a table eating a snack. How should the staff handle this situation?
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Scenario + Discussion
Must we provide anything to the dog owner – food, place to walk, etc?
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Reasonable Modification of Policies, Practices and Procedures
Miniature Horses
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Person C from wants to participate in the book club.
He tells the staff that he has severe agoraphobia, does not leave the house.
What should the staff do?
What are some solutions?
Reasonable Modification Continued
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The senior center has monthly trips. A woman with advanced multiple sclerosis wants to participate. She emails that she will need to bring her personal care attendant.
The center staff tell her that only people who are 65 and older may participate..
Scenario + Discussion
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Scenario + Discussion
• Active Living Senior Center is offering members a community trip to a Yale Bulldogs game.
• Mr. I signs up for the excursion, but cannot climb the stairs of the van due to arthritis.
• He needs an accessible van (with a lift or ramp) in order to participate..
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End of General Nondiscrimination and Reasonable Modifications
Next: Ensuring Effective Communication
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Effective Communication
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ADA Effective Communication
Ensure that communication with people who have disabilities is as effective as communication with others
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Effective Communication
People who :
are blind or visually impaired
are deaf or hard of hearing
or
have a speech disability
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People Who Are Blind or Have
Low Vision
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Communication with People Who Have Visual Disabilities
• Identify yourself (each encounter)
• Speak facing the person
• Describe who and what is there
• When leaving let person know
• Don’t pet or distract the service animal
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Your senior center is hosting a lecture on Medicare. You receive a call from a person who is blind who requests that the handouts be provided in Braille.
You
1.Tell him the senior center doesn’t provide that service
2.Contact the town’s ADA Coordinator
3.Make arrangements for the program to be Brailled (where??)
Scenario + Discussion
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Auxiliary Aids and Services
State and local governments must provide “auxiliary aids and services”
If necessary to ensure effective communication
Effective Communication
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Provide materials in Braille
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Provide print material, thumb drive or email it
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Many people who are blind use screen reading technology
With audio input & output With refreshable Braille
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Magnifier
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Provide material in audio format These are devices that people might use to access audio files.
Smart Phone MP3 Player
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Provide material in Large Print
If individual makes request, provide in whatever size the person needs
For general use provide in 18 point font
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Audio Description
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People who are Deaf or Hard of
Hearing
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Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• Look directly at the person
• Get in person’s line of sight
• Move to location with good lighting, avoid windows (glare)
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• Don’t cover your mouth, chew gum or turn away
• Don’t speak while person is reading or writing
• Provide pertinent information in writing
Communicating
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Use What You Have to Communicate
• Try written notes
• Texting
• Typing at a computer
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Assistive Listening Devices Amplify Sound for an Individual
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ALDs Available Note the Sign
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The interpreter needs to be qualified:
“Able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary.”
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May not rely on adult or child accompanying individual with a disability to interpret except:
An emergency involving imminent threat to safety or welfare of individual or public
Clarification in 2010 Regulations
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When using a sign language Interpreter face and look at the person who is deaf.
You
Person
who is
deaf
Interpreter
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Gallaudet University’s Deaf Space Design Guidelines
Volume I (DRAFT) © Hansel Bauman Architects
Tolerance for error
Ensuring effective communication in a group
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Closed or Open Captions on Video
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Computer Aided Real-time Transcription
CART
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Woman is
deaf and
signs
Man hears
doesn’t
sign
Interpreter is anywhere, signing
to deaf woman, listening and
speaking to hearing/speaking
man
Need:
Computer and video cam
Microphone/speakers or telephone
Good internet connection
Video Remote Interpreting One on One
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Timelines Scenario + Discussion
You are holding a workshop. A person with a disability requests an auxiliary aid in accordance with the stated timeline on the registration form - “Please request accommodations at least X days in advance.”
1. Is the town allowed to state timelines?
2. Can she be charged for the cost of the assistive listening device?
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People Who Have Speech Disabilities
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Communicating with People Who Have Speech Disabilities
• Give your full attention
• Don’t interrupt or finish sentences
• Ask to repeat (once)
• Repeat back what you think the person is saying and ask him to confirm your understanding
• Ask person to write or type info
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• If you still don’t understand - Ask the person if there’s someone around who understands his speech
• If you still don’t understand be honest
Communicating
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Communication Board
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When providing an auxiliary aid or service, a city is required to provide what the person wants no matter how much it costs. True or False?
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Auxiliary Aids and Services Undue Burden
• Not required if they would result in undue financial or administrative burden.
• Consider all resources available for funding and operation of the service, program, or activity.
• Written statement by head of public entity or designee of the reasons for reaching that
conclusion.
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Web Accessibility
What does access mean:
• Be able to use website without a mouse
• Provide a text description for a pictures
• Use a text-based format, such as HTML or RTF
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Web Accessibility
What does access mean:
• Design websites so the users can set color and font in web browsers and operating systems
• Use titles, context, and other heading structures to help users navigate complex pages or elements
• Minimize blinking, flashing, or other distracting features
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End of Effective Communication
Next: Program and Facility Accessibility
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Existing Facilities (Built before 1/26/92)
• Each program, service and activity, “when viewed in its entirety” must be accessible to people with disabilities.
Program Accessibility
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Program Access
Each program, service and activity, “when viewed in its entirety” must be accessible to people with disabilities.
-When has a town provided program access?
• Four elementary schools – are three accessible schools enough?
• Six parks – are four accessible parks enough?
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Programs Things to Consider
• A program is an activity in which people can participate
• The program is the reason a person visits an area.
• Includes both active programming that requires staff time and passive programming
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Programs Senior Center
• Health programs
• Wellness screenings
• Fitness programs
• Dance class
• Yoga
• Education
• Arts & crafts
• Outings
• Social activities
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• Solitude in the wilderness
• Seeking information at a visitor center
• Viewing a monument
• Picnics, grilling
• Dog parks
• Fishing
• Skating rinks
• Patios
Programs Recreation
• Swimming pools
• Play grounds
• Camping-tents, RVs
• Trails
• Bird/nature lookout
• Gazebos
• Sports fields & batting cages
• Golf
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Facilities Built Before ADA
What are access requirements for older buildings?
Enough to make sure people can participate.
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“Existing Facilities”
1.Getting in
2.Getting to the activity or service
3.Using the restroom
4.Other things: visible alarms
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Priority 1 Approach and Entrance
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Accessible Route from Site Arrival Points
Accessible route to accessible building entrance
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Parking
– “Regular” accessible spaces – Van accessible spaces
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Van Accessible Parking 1 in every 6 accessible spaces
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Accessible Route Slope
Running slope 1:20 max (5%)
OR
It’s considered to be a ramp
Ramp - 1:12 max slope
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Stable, Firm and Slip-resistant
BAD Good
Note: Does not have to be paved.
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Cross Slope
Slope 1:48 max
Bad cross slope
Too steep
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Accessible Route to Coincide with General Circulation Path
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Accessible Entrance Historic Building Used a No Ramp Addition
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If not all entrances are accessible…
Signs at inaccessible entrances 1.39
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Inaccessible Main Entrance
Sometimes a side entrance can be used.
Signage directing to accessible entrance required.
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Accessible Entrance Historic Building, Stairs & Ramp
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Priority 2 Access to Services & Activities
• How do patrons use the space?
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Interior Accessible Route
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Automatic Door Openers are Great, But Not Required
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Measuring Door Pressure
Interior Doors: 5lbs maximum
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Signs
Signs at permanent rooms & spaces
Must be visual and tactile
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Tactile Signs: Location
Latch side placement
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Accessible Route Protruding Objects
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Facility Access
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Computers for public use.
A library service.
Bad.
Inadequate knee clearance.
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Accessible Workstations
Good! Provides adequate
knee clearance.
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Service Counters
Counter section lowered for people who use wheelchairs and people who are short
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Temporary Alternative Clipboard
Counter too high for person using a wheelchair
Have a clipboard available
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Priority 3 Toilet Rooms
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Water Closet Clearance
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Toilet Rooms Allows space for side transfers
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If not all toilet rooms are accessible…
Install signs at inaccessible rooms directing people to accessible rooms.
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Maintenance of Accessible Features
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Maintenance of Accessible Features
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Stacy Hart, New England ADA Center [email protected] 1-800-949-4232