VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN FROM THE SOUTHEAST DBTAC

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# 1 Accessible Design Part One: Produced by the Access Board (previously named the Architectural, Communication and Transportation Compliance Board, ACTCB) in open captioning. This 12-minute video provides a basic overview of the history of accessibility regulations in the U.S. with explanations of the Access Board's current responsibilities and emphasis on universal design. (7-24-92)

#2 Accessible Design Part Two: Produced by the Access Board in open captioning. This 19-minute video explains the requirements of ADAAG for both public accommodations and commercial facilities. Visual examples of ADAAG requirements include practical reasons for various regulations. (7-24-92)

#3 Accessible Sidewalks: Design Issues For Pedestrians with Disabilities (1997): 
Four videos Produced by the U.S. Access Board in its "Designing Accessible Sidewalks" series. Included are: 
Pedestrians Who Use Wheelchairs (10:00); Pedestrians Who Have Ambulatory Impairments (7:51); Pedestrians Who Have Low Vision (11:24); and Pedestrians Who Are Blind (11:19). Open captioned. (1997)

#4 ADA and Public Schools: Access for All. An 18:46-minute video with companion briefing sheets that provides an overview of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements including the relation of ADA to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and IDEA. Closed and open captioned. (2000)

#5 ADA An Overview: Produced by ILRU & the SW DBTAC. Available in English and Spanish, this 7:36-minute video is open-captioned. Excellent short overview of all five titles of the ADA with definition of key terms. Excellent visual shots of individuals with disabilities that help to explain the reasons behind the law. (1994)

#6 ADA The Spirit of the Law: Produced by ILRU & the SW DBTAC, open captioned in English and Spanish. This 8:56-minute video uses people with disabilities to explain why the ADA has been effective legislation. (1994) 


#7 An Overview of the ADA Standards for Accessible Design (1997): 
Produced by the Center for Universal Design at NC State University under a materials grant from NIDRR. (1997)
* # 2: Accessible Route and Protruding Objects
* # 3: Human Factors 
* #4: Accessible Parking and Curb Ramps 
* #5: Vertical Circulation 
* #6: Accessible Doors, Entrances, Egress, and Windows 
* #8: Communications 
* #9: Seating and Assembly Areas

# 8 Avenues of Compliance: Produced by the New England DBTAC, This 35-minute video is open-captioned and explains ADA's Title II requirement for programmatic access. (3-1-94)

#9 A Warm Welcome: Produced by the National Restaurant Association in closed captioning. This 12-minute video reviews the ADA compliance issues facing this industry. (1992)

#10 Child Care and the ADA: a series of eight (8) sessions on one video that was produced under a materials grant from NIDRR; includes ADA Overview, Ensuring Access, Working with Parents and Community Resources, Situations and Solutions, Recognizing Disabilities, Behavior and Development Issues, Family Day Care Homes, and The Bottom Line. Approximately 75 minutes; closed captioned  (1993)

#11 Communication Means Business: Produced by the American Speech Language Hearing Association in open captioning. This 18-minute video explains effective communication as required by the ADA for people with hearing, speech, and cognitive language impairments. ((1992)


#12 Discovering an Untapped Resource: Recruiting, Hiring, and Promoting People with Cognitive Disabilities: Produced by the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, in open captioning. This 15-minute video and accompanying material is designed for human resource professionals. It explains where to find qualified employees with cognitive disabilities, why hiring them makes good business sense, and how to begin hiring qualified people with cognitive disabilities, taking advantage of free resources and support. (1998)

#13 Employment and the ADA, It's Your Opportunity: Produced by IAM CARES, in closed captioning. This 29-minute training video suggests practical steps an individual with a disability may take to facilitate fair treatment in an employment situation. Interview clips depict successfully employed individuals who have faced discrimination in the past and worked with an employer to create a positive outcome. Comes with a viewer guide.

#14 Enable: People with Disabilities and Computers: Produced by Microsoft; closed-captioned. This 45-minute video features the Flying Karamzov Brothers who introduce viewers to people with disabilities who are using computers for working, creating, communicating and juggling the activities of life. (1999)

#15 Entrances to The Past, Accessibility & Historical Preservation: Produced by the US Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. Open captioned, 28:25 minutes. Excellent, long explanation of ADA's access requirements within an historic site. Excellent visual examples of alterations to historic sites which did not destroy the historical significant of the structure. (1993)

#16 Hiring Individuals with Disabilities, It’s Good Business: Produced by IAM CARES in closed captioning. This 28-minute training video makes it easy to understand Title I of the ADA and the EEOC regulations that prohibit employment discrimination based on disability. Comes with a trainer or viewer guide.

#17 My Country: The Civil Rights Movement that Created the Americans with Disabilities Act: One-hour video featuring the stories of three people with disabilities and their struggle for equal rights under the law, this film draws a parallel between the efforts of disability rights activists and the civil rights struggle of the 1960s. (Closed captioned). (1996)

#18 No Barriers For Business: Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act: Produced by Cornell University under a grant from NIDRR. This 21-minute video includes ten brochures on human resource practices and the ADA and is targeted to employers and human resource professional in both large and small businesses. The purpose of the video is to serve as a discussion opener on effective human resource practices and the ADA, which can be used individually as a short one to two hour presentation, or with the accompanying ten informational brochures as a part of a sequence of informational sessions (Spanish version available). (1996)

#19 One-Stop: Access For Everyone: Produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, Disability Employment & Initiatives Unit. This 22:31-minute video is open-captioned. Provides a good overview of accessibility solutions for customers with disabilities at One-Stop Centers.

#20  Open For Business: Produced by DREDF in audio-described or closed captioning, both 15 and 30-minute versions. This video explains what is meant by "readily achievable" and how private businesses can achieve compliance with the requirements of existing facilities under Title III, Public Accommodations. 

#21  Police Response to People with Disabilities – Full Version. Produced by the U.S. Department of Justice, this 58-minute, closed captioned training video addresses police response in situations involving people who have mobility impairments, mental illness, developmental disabilities, epilepsy/seizure disorders, speech impairments, hearing impairments, vision impairments or other disabilities. It is available as a comprehensive one-hour video for academy training as well as an eight-part video series intended for roll-call training. (1992)

#22  Serving Customers With Disabilities: Produced by Salenger Videos. This 15-minute video is open-captioned. Excellent awareness video of particular use to Title III entities. Strategies and techniques designed to help businesses serve customers with disabilities. (1988)

#23  The ADA Title III: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities: Produced by BOMA.  This 60-minute video is closed-captioned. The basics of the ADA are presented in an open forum featuring Lawrence Perry, AIA, BOMA International’s Code Consultant. (1992)


#24 The Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities: Produced by Irene M. Ward & Associations. This 25:43-minute video is close captioned. (1994)

#25 Transportation Facilities: Bus Stops and Terminals and Transit Stations: Produced by NC State University’s Center for Universal Design with funding from Easter Seal’s Project Action. This 26:42-minute video is closed-captioned and addresses how to design transportation facilities to meet he ADA Standards for Accessible Design. (2002)

#26  Work In Progress: Produced by Adaptive Environments and Barrier Free Environments in open captioning and audio-description. This 26-minute video explains Title II's employment and access obligations for state and local governments, including issues involving program access in tax-funded facilities that pre-date the ADA. (1993)

#27  Know Your Users: Web Accessibility From the User’s Perspective. This 26:37-minute video is open-captioned provides those who create web pages with a deeper understanding of the users’ experiences. Demonstrations include screen magnification software, screen reading software, refreshable Braille display, and voice recognition software. A joint production of the Academic Innovation Center, the Office of University Relations and Services For Students with Disabilities at California State University, Fresno. Winner of the 2003 Bronze Telly award.

#28  Ten Small Business Excuses: Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act is a videotape aimed at educating small businesses about their ADA obligations. It provides practical information and dispels common misunderstandings that small businesses have about the ADA. The tape can be used for ADA training as well as for presentation to local civic associations. Produced by Access Video Fund, for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the thirteen-minute closed-captioned videotape is available in either VHS or DVD format. Single copies can be ordered through DOJ’s ADA Information Line at 800-514-1301 (V) or 800-514-0383 (TTY).


#29 Americans with Disabilities Act: Community Involvement is an 8-minute open captioned videotape produced by the Kentucky ADA Outreach project. This videotape provides an overview of the ADA and features testimony from people with disabilities about the positive impact compliance has on the lives.

#30  Computer Access: In Our Own Words is a 10-minute open captioned videotape produced by the DO·IT program. In this videotape people with disabilities talk about the barriers to information technology and solutions currently available. 

#31  The Video Access Maze is a 22-minute open captioned videotape with a companion Training Guide produced by the Minneapolis Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities. Personal interviews with designers and consumers present a discussion about the benefits of Universal Design vs. ADAAG compliance.

#32  The Assistive Technology for Learning Disabilities video case study provides information regarding learning disabilities (LD) and its effects on employment related tasks. The study describes the typical deficits encountered with LD and offers assistive technology (AT) accommodations as well as adaptive strategies that can be used to minimize the deficits experienced in the workplace. Christopher Lee is featured as a professional who has used AT to overcome various workplace challenges encountered because of his learning disability. Purchase cost: Cost: $20

#33  The Alternative and Augmentative Communications in the Workplace video case study features Sam Creech, a gentleman who as cerebral palsy with significant speech deficits. Mr. Cree uses computer technology to create speech output as a means of communicating with fellow employees and customers. The case study explores many of the issues Mr. Creech confronts during his workday and illustrates how this assistive technology accommodates for his speech deficits. Purchase cost: Cost: $20

#34 The Assistive Technology In Office Settings video features two case studies. The first illustrates accommodations made for a Customer Service Representative with a severe visual impairment, who works in a large call center for a bank. The second case study reviews technology and strategies utilized by a Construction Project Manager with a spinal cord injury and vocal cord damage during his training and his return to work. Purchase cost: $20.00.


#35 The Assistive Technology in Production Settings video features production occupations and includes two case studies. The first illustrates accommodations made for a Television/VCR repairman and small business owner, who has incomplete quadriplegia. The second case study illustrates a Picture Frame Restorer with a form of arthritis that causes pain and headaches. Purchase cost: $20.00.

#36 The Assistive Technology in Food Service Settings video features accommodations made for a cold food chef with paraplegia. This case study reviews accommodations made in a fast food restaurant to enable the individual to continue working in his field of choice. Purchase cost: $20.00.

#37 Voter Access Video is a 10-minute video produced by the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office that provides guidelines on recognizing obstacles confronting voters with various disabilities and tips on how to eliminate them. It also discusses techniques to improve communication with voters who may have disabilities and the accessibility options of the touch screen voting unit.

#38 Getting it Right: Etiquette Tips (2008) video is a 32:30 minute closed captioned video produced by Meeting the Challenge offers six scenes to highlight interacting with people with various disabilities. These scenes give you some basic guidelines on how to interact with people with different types of disabilities.

RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT AVAILABLE FOR LOAN

A Video Guide to (Dis) Ability Awareness: President Bill Clinton opens and concludes this informative video. This 25-minute video provides an orientation to the human side of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Price $195. Contact Program Development Association at (800) 543-2119.
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