Effective Communication
The ADA requires “effective communication,” which means whatever is written or spoken must be as clear and understandable to people with disabilities as it is for people who do not have disabilities. Aids and services can help people access jobs and services.
Request help from an ADA Coordinator
Guidance
- Policy on Notice and Communication (coming soon)
- General Effective Communication Requirement under the ADA
- Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field
- Tools for Communications Access
- Types of Assistive Listening Systems
- ADA Signage Requirements
- U.S. Department of Justice Settlement Agreements
- State Web Access Page
Statewide Services
- Materials for loan from the State ADA Coordinator’s Office (PDF)
- Alaska Job Center Network – For Use of Assistive Technology Workstations
- Assistive Technology of Alaska
- Centers for Independent Living – Providing Assistive Technology Demonstrations
- Special Education Service Agency
- UAA Disability Support Services
Captioning
- Automatic Sync Technologies
- Media Access Group Services at WGBH Boston
- Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
- Universal Subtitles
- WGBH Accessibility Tools and Guidelines
- YouTube
Computer Aided Transcription Referral (CART)
- Juneau
- Glacier Stenographic Reporters, Inc.
Telephone: (907)789-9028; E-mail: glaciersteno@gci.net
- Glacier Stenographic Reporters, Inc.
Sign Language Interpreter Referral Services
- Anchorage
- Alaska Resource Center, TTY: 258-0510; Voice: 276-3456
- Sign Language Interpreters, 248-6622
- Fairbanks
- Access Alaska, 479-7940
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center, TTY: 451-48892
- Juneau
- Southeast Alaska Independent Living, TTY: 523-5285; Voice: 463-7490
- Kenai Peninsula
- 283-3404
Telecommunications
Visual Impairment or Blindness
- Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Imparied
- Guidance from the Blind Services Coordinator from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation