Southeast Regional ADA Happenings
August 2007-May 2008


Effective Communication	1
Facility Accessibility	2
Service Animals	2
State and Local Government	2


Effective Communication

State of Florida Settles Disability Access Issue Lawsuit: Paves the Way for Accommodations for All Lawyers Who Are Deaf
www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/JNNews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/c74ae46aa855fcbb8525738b006674c2?OpenDocument

National Association of the Deaf Files Complaints against Palmetto General Hospital and the City of Hialeah, Florida
www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=3761507 

Florida Sheriff’s Office Agrees to Provide Effective Communication for People with Disabilities
www.ada.gov/newsltr1207.htm 
Settlement Agreement: http://www.ada.gov/stlucieco.htm 

Memphis Tennessee Hospital Agrees To Provide Effective Communication for People with Disabilities
www.ada.gov/newsltr0208.htm 

Settlement Agreement: Methodist Healthcare (Memphis, Tennessee)
www.ada.gov/methhosp.html 



Facility Accessibility

Settlement Agreement: Bistro Savannah Restaurant and Garibaldi’s Restaurant (Savannah, Georgia)
www.ada.gov/garibaldi.htm 

Settlement Agreement: Log Cabin Restaurant (Loudon, Tennessee)
www.ada.gov/logcabin.htm 


Service Animals

Florida Taxi Company Agrees To Transport People Who Use Service Animals
www.ada.gov/newsltr0408.htm

Georgia Motel Agrees To Admit Service Animals
www.ada.gov/newsltr1007.htm 
Settlement Agreement: Travelodge, Dalton, Georgia
www.ada.gov/travellodgesa.htm 


State and Local Government

Jackson Mississippi Hires Voice for City's Disabled
www.sedbtac.org/articles.php?idpg=16&id=5590&source=archive 

Settlement Agreement: Harrison County, Mississippi
www.ada.gov/harrisoncomspca.htm 

Post-Katrina Rebuilding In New Orleans, Gulfport, and Biloxi Will Be Accessible (Mississippi)
www.ada.gov/newsltr1007.htm 

Improved Braille Signs Make It Easier to Use Legislative Plaza (Tennessee)
www.sedbtac.org/articles.php?idpg=8&id=5608

Improving Access to Courts in Florida
www.sedbtac.org/ada/publications/newsletters/2007/16207P.pdf



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