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DDS training summarizes ADA accommodation obligations for staff and providers
Summary
A DDS PowerPoint training for staff and private providers outlines ADA essentials — auxiliary aids, interpreter qualifications, captioning, undue‑burden analysis, and facility accessibility standards — and gives practical communication tips for supporting people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have hidden disabilities.
A recorded Department of Developmental Services training reviewed the Americans with Disabilities Act's requirements for ensuring effective communication and physical access for people with disabilities and offered practical guidance for staff and contracted providers.
The presentation listed appropriate auxiliary aids and services the ADA requires to ensure effective communication, including qualified interpreters (on‑site or video remote interpreting services), real‑time captioning and transcription services, note takers, assistive listening devices, open and closed captioning, and accessible electronic information. The presenter said captions are ‘‘one type of auxiliary…
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