Things You'll Need:
- Motion-detecting Lights
- Braille Devices
- Workplace Disability Management Guide
- Directories Of Elected Officials
- Self-help Law Books
- Amplified Telephones
- Computer Screen Magnifier
- Computer Screen Reader
- Text Telephone
- Hearing-impaired Alerting Systems
- Wheelchair Ramps
- TDD/TSS Services
- Braille Software
- Lever Locksets
- American Sign Language Video
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Step 1
Know your rights.
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Step 2
Make clear the need for accessibility options. The need for some modifications may not be self-evident.
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Step 3
Approach the landlord with facts about the necessity for modifications, the cost, the increased market for his rental property and the spirit of the law emphasizing increased access.
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Step 4
Point out how simple, inexpensive modifications such as lever-type door handles work for everyone.
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Step 5
Work for long-term solutions by appearing at meetings and by lobbying members of local housing and zoning boards and commissions.
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Step 1
Learn what the law requires in the way of public accommodations.
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Step 2
Ask for voluntary action on the part of the business owner.
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Step 3
Point out that voluntary action to increase accessibility may be less expensive and less apt to entangle the business in bureaucratic red tape.
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Step 4
Urge simple modifications, such as curb cuts and wheelchair ramps, as an initial effort.
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Step 5
Make clear that lack of accessibility reduces business traffic and sales.
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Step 6
Encourage a business owner to understand that increased accessibility is relatively inexpensive.
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Step 7
Point out that costs can be absorbed by increased business sales.
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Step 8
Take part in the activities of your local zoning and equal opportunity commissions.
