HRDEI adopts disability fact sheet for town website

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What happened

The committee unanimously adopted a disability awareness fact sheet that acknowledges accessibility solutions sometimes fail and links to the ADA definition. The town applied for a Massachusetts Office on Disability grant to audit its ADA policies and facilities, with a decision expected in early November. Discussion of a menorah lighting for the Dec. 10 Human Rights Day event, which falls during Hanukkah, was deferred to allow members to review the town's holiday observance guidance.

Key decisions

• 📜 Adopt disability awareness fact sheet. The committee unanimously adopted the fact sheet, as amended to include new language about accessibility solutions missing the mark and a link to the ADA definition of disability, for posting on the committee's webpage and Facebook. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📜 Review holiday observance guidance. The committee deferred discussion of whether to light a menorah at the Dec. 10 Human Rights Day event, which falls during Hanukkah, to Nov. 17 to allow members to review the town's existing holiday observance guidance and determine policy. (Next: Nov. 17). Read case details

Next dates

• Nov. 17: Committee continues holiday observance discussion

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