NY Accessibility Barriers Survey

ADA Help

Community survey · New York · about 2 minutes

2026 New York Accessibility Barriers Survey

An independent survey of disabled New Yorkers about barriers at businesses open to the public.

About this survey

Conducted by
ADA Help, an independent disability rights resource. ADA Help is not a government agency.
Purpose
To document where and how often New York businesses shut out people with disabilities.
Who can take part
Anyone with a disability or health condition who visits businesses in New York.
Time
About 2 minutes, 6 questions.
Privacy
Answers are reported only in aggregate, never with your name.
Results
A summary of findings will be published on ada-help.org and emailed to participants.
Follow-up
If your answers suggest a business may have broken the law, we may email you about your options. You can ignore it or unsubscribe.

The CDC reports that more than 1 in 4 U.S. adults have a disability. CDC, Disability and Health (opens in a new tab).

The questions

Answer what you can. Questions marked optional can be left blank; questions marked required have to be answered before you can submit.

Question 1 of 6

In the last three years, has a New York business shut you out or failed to accommodate you because of a disability? (required)

Question 2 of 6

Question 3 of 6

What got in your way? (optional, check all that apply)

Question 4 of 6

Question 5 of 6

Question 6 of 6

Where should we send the results?

Your contact details are kept separate from the published findings.

Both boxes below must be checked to submit.

How the findings will be used

We publish the aggregate findings
Which barriers, which kinds of business, and how often, reported as totals rather than as individual stories.
We share them with enforcement agencies and advocates
The people who write and enforce New York accessibility rules should see what disabled New Yorkers run into.
We tell participants what we found
If you leave an email address, you get the summary when it is ready.