Northwest Regional Disability Work Group
Disability Resources

Equal Access/ Non-Discrimination Laws
• ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html

• IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004  http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html

• WIA- Workforce Investment Act of 1998 www.doleta.gov/disability/htmldocs/tein_16_99.html

• The Rehabilitation Act
www.ed.gov/policy/speced/reg/narrative.html

• Washington State Law Against Discrimination, RCW 49.60
www.leg.wa.gov/RCW/index.cfm?fuseaction=chapterdigest&chapter=49.60

On-line Training
• “Tutorials for accessibility features for Internet and Microsoft office applications"
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/default.aspx

• “At-Your- Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities”
www.wiawebcourse.org/index.cfm

• Americans with Disabilities Act: ADA Basic Building Blocks
www.adabasics.org/index.cfm

Disability & Accommodation Resources

• Deaf Telecomunications and Video Relay Services

Washington Relay (Telephone) Voice 1-800-833-6384
TTY 1-800-833-6388 or Dial 711
For computer phone calls: www.WashingtonRelay.com
Video Relay Service Provider for Washington: www.WAVRS.com

• Whatcom Interpreter Network
Telephone (360) 758-9396
www.whatcominterpreternetwork.com

• Job Accommodation Network – JAN
www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/disabilities.html

• Office of Disability Employment Policy
www.dol.gov/odep/

• National Center on Workforce and Disability
www.onestops.info/

• Washington Assistive Technology Alliance – WATA
www.wata.org

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Washington Assistive Technology Alliance (WATA) current catalog and tutorial videos are online at: http://worksource.uwctds.washington.edu/
This web site enables you and our customers to explore the Assistive Technology available at our WorkSource Centers, by Disability or by Function

• Northwest ADA/IT Center
www.nwada.org

Partner Agencies
• Division Vocational Rehabilitation – DVR
www.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/index.htm

• Department of Services for the Blind – DSB
www.dsb.wa.gov