The agencies and organizations listed are sources for obtaining information about the law's requirements and informal guidance in understanding and complying with the ADA. They are not, and should not be viewed as, sources for obtaining legal advice or legal opinions about your rights or responsibilities under the ADA.
For your convenience, the numbers for reaching these offices by both voice telephone and TDD telephone devices (also called text telephones) are listed. A directory indicating which agencies and organizations to call for information on the different provisions of the ADA is attached.
American Foundation for the Blind
202/223-0101 (voice)
232/223-0101 (TDD)
American Speech-Language-Hearing
800/638-8255 (voice) Association
800/638-8255 (TDD)
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
800/872-2253 (voice)
800/872-2253 (TDD)
202-272-5447 (FAX)
Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States
800/433-5255 (voice)
800/855-1155 (TDD)
(tell operator you would like to place a collect call to 817/277-0553)
Association on Handicapped Student Service Programs in Post secondary Education
800/247-7752 (voice)
800-247-7752 (TDD)
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
800/466-4232 (voice)
800/466-4232 (TDD)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
For questions and documents
800/669-3362 (voice)
800/800-3302 (TDD)
Alternate number for ordering documents (print and other formats)
202/663-4264 (voice)
202/663-7110 (TDD)
Federal Communications Commission
For ADA documents and general information
202/632-7260 (voice)
202/632-6999 (TDD)
202-632-0942 (FAX)
Other inquiries
800/828-1140,
ext. 703/418-2739 (voice)
202/634-1855 (TDD)
Technical Assistance and enforcement
800/669-3362 (voice)
Job Accommodation Network
800/526-7234 (voice)
800/526-7234 (TDD)
Within West Virginia
800/526-4698 (V/TDD)
National Association of Protection and Advocacy Services
202/408-9514 (voice)
202/408-9521 (TDD)
National Center for Law and Deafness
202/651-5343 (voice)
202/651-5343 (TDD)
National Council on Disability Information Line: ADA Watch
800/875-7814 (voice)
301/577-7814 (TDD)
National Easter Seal Society Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation in Our Nation)
202/347-3066 (voice)
202/347-7385 (TDD)
National Federation of the Blind
410/659-9314 (voice)
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities Information Line: ADA Work
800/232-9675 (voice)
800/232-9675 (TDD)
The Foundation on Employment and Disability
800/499-4232 (voice)
800/499-0559 (TDD)
U.S. Department of Justice ADA Hotline
202/514-0301 (voice)
202/514-0383 (TDD)
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
202/523-9428 (voice)
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Transit Administration (for ADA documents and information)
202/366-1656 (voice)
202/366-2979 (TDD)
Office of the General Counsel (for legal questions)
202/366-9306 (voice)
202/755-7687 (TDD)
202-366-7153 (FAX)
Federal Aviation Administration
202/376-6406 (voice)
Rural Transit Assistance Program (for information and assistance on public Transportation issues)
800/527-8279 (voice)
800-527-8279 (TDD)
For ADA information, assistance, and copies of ADA documents supplied by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice, which are available in standard print, large print, audio cassette, Braille, and computer disk:
Toll-free number for reaching any of the following Centers
800/949-4232 (voice)
800/949-4232 (TDD)
Region I (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)
207/874-6535 (voice)
207/874-6535 (TDD)
Region II (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico)
609/392-4004 (voice)
609/392-7004 (TDD)
Region III (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia)
703/525-3268 (voice)
703/525-3268 (TDD)
Region IV (Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida)
404/888-0022 (voice)
404/888-9098 (TDD)
Region V (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota)
312/413-7756 (voice)
312/413-7756 (TDD)
Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico)
713/520-0232 (voice)
713/520-5136 (TDD)
Region VII (Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas)
314/882-3600 (voice)
314/882-3600 (TDD)
Region VIII (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah)
719/4440252 (voice)
719/4440252 (TDD)
Region IX (Arizona, Nevada, California, Hawaii, Pacific Basin)
510/465-7884 (voice)
510/465-3172 (TDD)
Region X (Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska)
206/438-3168 (voice)
206/438-3167 (TDD)