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    • Board of Directors
    • Office Staff
    • Our History
    • Bylaws
  • Programs
  • Interpreter List
  • CART/Captioning Services
  • 2022 SCAD LT Conference
    • Past SCAD Conferences
  • Deaf Communities & Events
  • RESOURCES
    • ADA-Effective Communication
    • ASL Classes
    • COVID-19
    • Deaf-Blind
    • Deaf/HH Children
    • Deaf/HH Equipment
    • Educational-Deaf Studies & Interpreting
    • Fair Housing
    • SC Real Time Closed Captioning
    • State Resources
  • Join Scad!
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. 
ADA Requirements: Effective Communication
Below are ADA topics on providing effective communication for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in different places. 
Click on the ADA topic to read or print. 
  • Are Doctors Required to Provide Interpreters for Medical Visits & Other Medical-Related Situations?
  • Attorneys, Deaf Clients, and the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Auxiliary Aids at Events, Conferences or Meetings Held in Places of Public Accommodation
  • Auxiliary Aids in State and Local Courts
  • Hospitals and Nursing Homes to Provide Interpreters and Auxiliary Aids for Deaf
  • Obligations of Private Educational Classes or Institutions to Deaf Students
  • ​Obligations of Private Colleges and Other Post-secondary Institutions to Deaf Students
  • Obligations of State and Local Colleges and Universities to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
  • Police and Law Enforcement Agency Responsibilities to Deaf Individuals
  • Public School Obligations to Deaf Individuals
  • Responsibilities of State and Local Government Agencies Under Title II of the ADA
  • South Carolina Court Interpreting Laws
  • Title III of the ADA: Provision of Auxiliary Aids
  • The Rights of Deaf Inmates
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