Accessibility services and equipment are available at GA. A request form will be available when registration opens on March 1.
Accessibility Services
The General Assembly (GA) Accessibilities Service Committee will make every effort to provide you with assistive equipment to enable or enhance your GA experience.
An Accessibility Services Coordinator will be available before and during GA to provide information and coordinate assistance to individuals with special needs (mobility, hearing, vision). This includes arranging for wheelchair rentals and sign language interpreters, if used.
When registration opens in March, an online request form will be available here. Please use this form to request assistive equipment and services during General Assembly. (This form will no longer be used to reserve accessible housing. Accessible housing may be requested via the General Assembly Housing Reservation System.)
Persons requesting rental equipment will be asked to contribute a minimum amount up to the actual cost. Services available include, but are not limited to:
- Electric Scooter
- Electric Wheelchair
- Manual Wheelchair
- Walker
- Cane
- Mobility orientation for visual impairment
- ASL interpretation (some events)
- Captioning (some events)
- FM receiver system
- Braille program
- CD text file of GA Program for screen reader
- PockeTalker
Persons with vision, hearing, mobility impairment or other special needs will find information about various kinds of assistance and accessibility at the Accessibility Table in the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Local Accessibility Information
If you have trouble reading the print in the Program Book or Business Agenda, you may purchase a page magnifier for $2 at the Accessibilities Services table in the convention center. While supplies last; one per person, please.
For more information contact generalassembly @ uua.org.
Last updated on Monday, October 26, 2009.
