Barrier Removal
Getting rid of problems
What to Do
A grab-and-go summary use at meetings or on the fly
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Assess your business to see if it has barriers to accessibility.
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Assume that your pre-ADA business is “grandfathered” so you shouldn’t increase accessibility.
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Work toward creating a welcoming environment for all your customers.
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Assume that customers with disabilities can just shop somewhere else.
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Use the ADA tax incentives to your advantage to remove barriers to access.
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Ignore these financial resources that can help offset your barrier removal costs.
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For larger barrier removal efforts that require time to fund, plan how much money you need to save and over what time span, and then make the changes.
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Ignore efforts to remove barriers because you cannot afford to remove them right now. Having a plan over time to improve access shows a good faith effort to meet your ADA obligations to eliminate barriers if the removal is readily achievable.