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Accessible and reliable transportation is often a barrier toward the realization of employment, higher education, and independent living for individuals with disabilities. This Department offers information about products, training, and tools targeted at improving access to coordinated accessible transportation systems for individuals with disabilities, families, human services providers, educators, and transit providers.

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Managed by: Judy L. Shanley of Easter Seals Project Action
Co-managed by Julia Kim

Product Categories
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (10 Products)
Electronic Media (11 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (4 Products)
Online Forums (1 Products)
Other (1 Products)

Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)

	ADA Paratransit Services: Demand Has Increased, but Little is Known about Compliance A report that looked at how accessible public transportation services for people with disabilities.
	GET Going! Guiding Everyday Travel This pocket guide helps people use public transportation safely.
	Getting Around: Teaching Community Mobility Skills to Adolescents and Young Adults with Disabilities This 49-page manual provides an overview and training details to help people with disabilities better understand how to use community transportation.
	Launching into Adulthood An Integrated Response to Support Transition of Youth with Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities This books explains how best to help young adults with disabilities through the transition process. It discusses topics such as transportation, health care, housing and employment.
	Strategies in Emergency Preparedness for Transportation-Dependent Populations and the Transportation and Emergency Preparedness Checklist This is a set of strategies and checklists. They are meant to aid communities in getting ready for the transportation needs of people with disabilities during an emergency.
	Take Charge of Your Travel: A Guide for Persons with Disabilities A travel guide for people with disabilities in Canada. It explains how to plan for travel and the services that are available for traveling on airplanes, trains, ferries and buses.
	Transit Customers Rights and Responsibilities Bookmark This bookmark explains the rights of people with disabilities in using public transit. It can be downloaded for free.
	Transportation Access and Respite Care: Critical Information for Family Caregivers, Care Recipients, and Respite Providers A fact sheet that helps identify transportation options related to receiving and providing respite care
	Where We Need to Go: A Civil Rights Roadmap for Transportation Equity This paper is about transportation policy and how it impacts different groups of people in the United States. People with disabilities are one of the groups discussed.
	You Can Ride This booklet uses pictures and easy to read words to show people how to ride the bus and train.

Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)

	Access for All: The Minnesota Travel Guide for Persons with Disabilities This group has a website with information about transportation, hotels/motels, restaurants, campgrounds and interesting places to visit in Minnesota. It tells how well each spot works for people who have disabilities.
	Equity in Transportation for People with Disabilities This issue brief explains transportation issues faced by people with disabilities.
	Learning Life Skills on the School Bus This online presentation shows how students who have intellectual disabilities can use school buses to learn how to use public transportation.
	National Accessible Travelers Database Database of accessible transit systems across the United States.
	NCIL Transportation Position Paper Position paper that reflects on Federal transportation policy and offers recommendations for practice at the Federal, State, and local levels.
	New Horizons: Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability A guide for people with disabilities who are traveling on an airplane. It explains how to plan and what to expect at the airport and on the airplane.
	Strategies in Emergency Preparedness for Transportation-Dependent Populations and the Transportation and Emergency Preparedness Checklist This is a set of strategies and checklists. They are meant to aid communities in getting ready for the transportation needs of people with disabilities during an emergency.
	Take Charge of Your Travel: A Guide for Persons with Disabilities A travel guide for people with disabilities in Canada. It explains how to plan for travel and the services that are available for traveling on airplanes, trains, ferries and buses.
	Transportation Equity Webpage This website contains policy letters, reports, ways to take action and other resources about transportation equality.
	Update: Easter Seals Project ACTION's biannual newsletter. This online newsletter has the latest news involving transportation and people with disabilities.
	Where We Need to Go: A Civil Rights Roadmap for Transportation Equity This paper is about transportation policy and how it impacts different groups of people in the United States. People with disabilities are one of the groups discussed.

Organizations, Programs, and Projects

	Access for All: The Minnesota Travel Guide for Persons with Disabilities This group has a website with information about transportation, hotels/motels, restaurants, campgrounds and interesting places to visit in Minnesota. It tells how well each spot works for people who have disabilities.
	Easter Seals Project ACTION (ESPA) An initiative to make public transportation around the United States more accessible.
	TSA Cares Hotline a helpline number designed to assist travelers with disabilities and medical conditions.
	United We Ride United We Ride is a federal program to improve transportation services available for older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with lower incomes.

Online Forums

Accessible Transportation for Students Online Community
An online forum about accessible transportation. It is for students with disabilities as they transition from high school into adult life.

Other

Disability Travel and Recreation Resources
Vacation and travel planning with links to other sites.

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