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Tools
See our Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) page for more information.
Access to effective communication is critical for individuals
who are Deaf or hard of hearing. This is especially true
in medical and legal situations. A medical or legal provider
may not realize that a person requires accommodations
for effective communication. The sample letters provided
may help you address this issue with professionals. The
documents may be edited to fit your specific situation.
Sample letter to a new physician: Word
format or PDF
Sample letter to an established physician: Word
format or PDF
Sample letter to request court accommodations: Word
format or PDF
See our Interpreter/Captioning
Services page for a list of resources in your area.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
defines a qualified interpreter as "...an interpreter
who is able to interpret effectively, accurately and impartially
both receptively and expressively using any necessary and
specialized vocabulary."
Organizations
National
Americans with Disabilities (ADA)
Homepage
www.ada.gov
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
200 Independence Avenue Southwest
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, DC 20201
(800) 368-1019 Voice
(800) 537-7697 TTY
www.hhs.gov/ocr
Regional
DBTAC-Great Plains ADA
Center
100 Corporate Lake Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65203
(800) 949-4232 (toll-free for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska)
(573) 882-3600 Voice/TTY
(573) 884-4925 Fax
E-mail: ada@missouri.edu
www.adaproject.org
Disability Rights Center
635 Southwest Harrison Street, Suite 100
Topeka, Kansas 66603
(877) 776-1541 Voice
(785) 273-9661 Voice
(877) 335-3725 TTY
(785) 273-9414 Fax
www.drckansas.org
Kansas Commission on
Disability Concerns
1000 Southwest Jackson Street, Suite 100
Topeka, Kansas 66612
(800) 295-5232 Voice
(785) 296-1722 Voice
(877) 340-5874 TTY
(785) 296-5044 TTY
www.kcdcinfo.com
Midwest Center on Law
and the Deaf
Post Office Box 804297
Chicago, Illinois 60680
(800) 894-3653 Voice
(800) 894-3654 TTY
(312) 726-7182 Fax
E-mail: mcld@mcld.org
www.mcld.org
United States Department
of Health and Human Services
Office for Civil Rights
601 East 12th Street, Room 248
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816) 426-7278 Voice
(816) 426-7065 TTY
(816) 426-3686 Fax
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