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Infographic: Effective Communication in Health Care

Infographic titled 'Effective Communication in Health Care' featuring several text boxes on a background with medical crosses.

Effective communication means that both sides comfortably and clearly understand each other. Effective communication:

Is a right under the ADA

Ensures information shared in a way the patient with a disability can understand

May mean the provider must provide an auxiliary aid or service at no cost, for examples: ASL interpreter, alternate format, assistance filling out paperwork, etc.
If you have any questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act, contact us at 1-800-949-4232

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Northeast ADA Center
Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability
Cornell University, ILR School
201 Dolgen Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone: 800-949-4232 (Voice, TTY & Spanish in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands)
In other areas: 607-255-6686 (Voice, TTY, Spanish)

Email: northeastada@cornell.edu

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The goal of the Northeast ADA Center is to educate and empower the diverse range of ADA stakeholders throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to increase their knowledge of the ADA, to support our stakeholders to include people with disabilities in local communities, and to implement the ADA in their own lives, workplaces, businesses and communities.

The Northeast ADA Center is a member of the ADA National Network funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90DPAD0003). We provide information, guidance, and training on implementation of all aspects of the ADA. Our center is located at the Yang-Tan Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School. Our staff consists of individuals with and without disabilities who have extensive experience in the disability field.

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