Accessibility

Americans With Disabilities Act

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, Denver will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or activities.

• Employment
  Denver does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment practices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title I of the ADA.
  
  
• Effective Communication
  Denver will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in Denver programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.
  
  
• Modifications to Policies & Procedures
  Denver will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all Denver programs, services, and activities. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in Denver offices, even where pets are generally prohibited. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a Denver program, service, or activity, should contact the Denver Office of Disability Rights as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.

The ADA does not require Denver to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.

Denver will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.

Access to DenverGov.org

We are committed to ensuring that our website is accessible to everyone. Our website policy states that its web pages will comply with WCAG 2.0 AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), available at www.w3.org/TR/WCAG.

Also note that certain files available for download from the Denvergov.org web site are in Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF files require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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If you have questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please use the contact form on this page. We are continually striving to improve the experience for all of our visitors.

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