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This resource provides drivers with techniques for helping older passengers with vision loss and ways to help drivers identify passengers who may need assistance. This is a joint publication of the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center and the American Foundation for the Blind.
⇒ Click here for the Language Matters recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the Language Matters presentation ⇒ Click here for handout, Anti-Ageism Guide – Language ⇒ Click here for handout, Anti-Ageism Guide- Action ⇒ Click here for handout, Structure of Ageism Please join us for our next Transportation Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lunch…
⇒ Click here to view the recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the presentation On December 1 from 2:00-3:00 PM, ET NADTC’s will host an office hours session focused on how to connect Veterans to community transportation options and will provide key strategies to improve mobility issues affecting Veterans. This session will…
Guest Blogger – Jane Rath serves as the Project Director for the Clearinghouse on Older Road User Safety (ChORUS). She works closely with NHTSA, the ChORUS subject matter experts and other partners to increase awareness and enhance services and programs aimed at improving older road user safety. Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, December 5-9, 2022,…
Equity and Accessibility Grants
On July 13, 2022, NADTC held a meeting in Austin, TX, as an adjunct to USAging’s Annual Conference and Trade Show. Four local transportation experts were invited to share their insights and experiences with “Transportation Partnerships and Practices in Advancing Transportation Equity”. Panelists were: Patricia Bordie, Director of Area Agency on Aging of the Capital…
Transportation allows individuals with disabilities to achieve and sustain employment, and as employment opportunities expand for people with disabilities to work in integrated settings, transportation services to these jobs become even more important. While Medicaid waiver programs often cover transportation costs, some communities struggle to provide reliable transportation options afterhours or to employment outside of…
Campaign Details NADTC has developed a new campaign to help volunteer transportation programs around the country recruit volunteer drivers. Volunteer drivers are critical to ensure that older adults and people with disabilities can safely get where they need to go. We encourage you to use these thoughtfully crafted messages and materials to promote volunteer driver…
⇒ Click here to view the recording ⇒ Click here to download a copy of the presentation In partnership with the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC), engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults hosted a September Office Hours call on transportation and social engagement. Participants will hear from NV Rides on…
This Resource Guide provides an inventory of federal grants that may be used to serve the transportation needs of older adults and people with disabilities.