Image via WikipediaAccessibility of doctors’ offices, clinics, and other health care providers is essential in providing medical care to people with disabilities. Due to barriers, individuals with disabilities are less likely to get routine preventative medical care than people without disabilities. Accessibility is not only legally required, it is important medically so that minor problems can be detected and treated before turning into major and possibly life-threatening problems.
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in every day activities, including medical services. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities on the basis of their disability in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance, including health programs and services. These statutes require medical care providers to make their services available in an accessible manner.
This technical assistance publication provides guidance for medical care providers on the requirements of these statutes in medical settings with respect to people with mobility disabilities, which include, for example, those who use wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, crutches, or no mobility devices at all individuals with disabilities are generally the same as those required under Section 504.
Table of Contents
PART I: OVERVIEW AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
PART 2: COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
PART 3: ACCESSIBLE EXAMINATION ROOMS
PART 4: ACCESSIBLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
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