This report covers the ADA activities of the Department of Justice after the ADA first went into effect on January 26, 1992.

Extended Love Child Development, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin -- The Department entered an agreement with Extended Love Child Development Center to resolve a complaint by the mother of a child who is deaf alleging that the center refused to provide sign language interpreters for communication-intensive activities, such as field trips, and, as a result, her child was denied an equal opportunity to participate in center activities. The center agreed to provide qualified sign language interpreters or other auxiliary aids and services when needed to ensure effective communication with deaf or hard of hearing children or parents. It also agreed to train its staff on providing auxiliary aids and to do an age-appropriate presentation on communicating with people with hearing disabilities for the classmates of any child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/janmar04.htm

Cudahy, Wisconsin -- The Cudahy Police Department agreed to adopt and implement a policy requiring the provision of auxiliary aids and services, including sign language interpreters, when necessary to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/aprjun01.htm

Title II

Access to 9-1-1 Systems -- U.S. Attorney's offices entered written agreements to ensure direct, equally effective access for TDD users to 9-1-1 emergency systems in the following localities --Eau Claire Police Department
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/julsep98.htm

State of Wisconsin -- The Department concluded an agreement with th Wisconsin State Patrol to resolve a complaint alleging that State patrolmen improperly handled a traffic stop of a deaf individual. Allegedly, the officers initially refused several requests to provide the individual with pen-and-paper when they were trying to communicate with him; they pulled him from his vehicle into their patrol car without providing him with an explanation; they blocked the path between him and his traveling companion, who is deaf, when he was trying to communicate with her through sign language; and they threatened to handcuff him if he continued attempting to sign. The agreement requires the State Patrol to adopt a policy and procedures for providing effective communication to individuals with hearing impairments in various police situations, to place copies of the policy and procedures in the police operating manual, and to publicize the policy and procedures to the public. Further, the State Patrol is required to train its over 600 officers and other personnel on the new policy and procedures and on courteous treatment of persons with hearing impairments by March 31, 1998. Finally, the agreement requires the State Patrol to ensure that TDD's are placed in all police stations throughout the State.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/aprjun97.htm

Title III

Wold Driving School, Wausau, Wisconsin -- The Department entered into an agreement with the Wold Driving School to resolve a complaint alleging that the school had refused to provide a sign language interpreter during a driver's training course for a student who is deaf. The school agreed to provide auxiliary aids and services, including sign language interpreters, when necessary to ensure effective communication with student drivers who are deaf and to pay the complainant $750 in compensatory damages.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/wold.htm