Maryland Relay is a free public service that enables anyone to place phone calls to deaf, hard of hearing, speech disabled or DeafBlind persons and who uses specialized phone equipment.
Program Assurance Statements shall be used (in legible font size) on all public information materials and embedded in educational content, webpages, and locations in which registration permits (to include external sites such as Eventbrite, etc.) and ensure the noted language is easily identified on documentation provided to the public for education or outreach activities. Alteration of the statements is not permittable.
College Level: "If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact your local University of Maryland Extension Office." MAES will support its sponsored events and should partner with UME for related events (open house, field days, etc.) for data collection purposes; Academic units refer to Campus Office of Accessibility and Disability Services.
County Level: "If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact us at (XXX) XXX-XXXX.”
Educator Level: "If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact _________ (program leader/agent/or designee) on or before________ (2 weeks prior to event; may adjust depending on accommodation) at (XXX) XXX-XXXX" (Do not include text in parentheses).