Annual Report on Judiciary Branch ADA compliance

The Judicial Branch Advisory Board on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recently released its 2013 annual report.  The report highlights the advisory board’s accomplishments during the previous year, such as staff training, outreach, and creating a brochure on understanding the ADA. 

The report also includes 12 recommendations.  For example, the report recommends that the Judicial Branch:

1. identify the most visited ADA-related pages on its website and examine the feasibility of making those pages ADA accessible;
2. add a link on its website providing information for courts users about external resources for people with disabilities;
3. consider delivering information (such as ADA brochures) in an audio format and posting it online;
4. consider translating information about the ADA into languages other than English; and
5. seek grant funding for projects benefitting people with differing abilities.

The full list of recommendations is available in the report.