The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "Americans with Disabilities Act" ...
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IRE 2001: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Haller lists experts, Web sites, the ADA Document Center that cover subjects relating to the disabled, such as demographics, statistics, employment, economics, general research, independent living and personal assistance services, universal design and voting access.
Tags: The Center for an Accessible Society; Americans with Disabilities Act; rehabilitation; industrial labor
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Investigating Disability Issues
LaFleur provides resources for journalists investigating the barriers faced by people with disabilities. Included with the tipsheet are suggestions for etiquette when interviewing people about disabilities, and a sample of the questionnaire that the Post-Dispatch mailed to restaurants around St. Louis about their accessibility.
Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act; Fair Housing Act; Air Carrier Access Act; public accommodations
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Hidden Data: Federal Databases that Federal Agencies Do Not Go Out of Their Way to Disseminate
An eclectic collection of updates reporting on access to federal information, labor, personnel and environmental stories and accompanying data, and a one-page list of federal online sources.
Tags: FOI; Office of Management and Budget; Americans with Disabilities Act; Unions Information Regulation; ADA