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Creado en 1973 para asegurar el acceso a instalaciones financiadas por el gobierno federal, el Consejo es ahora una fuente principal de informaci贸n sobre el dise帽o accesible. El Consejo desarrolla y mantiene los criterios para el ambiente, veh铆culos de tr谩nsito, equipo de dise帽o para telecomunicaciones, equipos de diagn贸stico m茅dico, tambi茅n tecnolog铆a de informaci贸n. Proporciona tambi茅n asistencia t茅cnica y capacitaci贸n en estos requisitos y en el dise帽o accesible, lleva a cabo <a href="/es/investigacion.html">investigaciones</a> sobre la accesibilidad, y <a href="/es/aplicacion.html">aplica</a> las normas de accesibilidad que cubren instalaciones financiadas por el gobierno federal.</p> <p>El Consejo est谩 dise帽ado para funcionar como un cuerpo coordinador entre las agencias federales y tambi茅n para representar directamente el p煤blico, particularmente personas con discapacidades. Doce de sus miembros representan la mayor铆a de los departamentos federales. Los otros trece son miembros del p煤blico y son designados por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, y de ellos, la mayor铆a deben tener una discapacidad.</p> <h3 id="informaci贸n-de-contacto">Informaci贸n de Contacto</h3> <p>Para obtener m谩s informaci贸n, p贸ngase en contacto con el Consejo a:</p> <blockquote> <p>202-272-0050 (voz, ingles y espa帽ol) 202-272-0066 (tty) 202-272-0081 (fax) <a href="mailto:espanol@access-board.gov">espanol@access-board.gov</a></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="noprint"> <section role="navigation" aria-label="return to top of page" class="noprint"> <div class="margin-x-auto text-center"> <a class="text-primary text-no-underline" href="#"> <img src="/assets/uswds/img/angle-arrow-up-primary.svg" class="usa-media-block__img margin-y-3 padding-1 maxh-10 center" aria-hidden="true" /> <span class="usa-button margin-x-0">Volver Arriba</span> </a> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="usa-footer site-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="footer-section-bottom bg-base-lighter"> <div class="grid-container maxw-desktop"> <div class="grid-row padding-3"> <div class="tablet:grid-col text-center"> <span class="logo-links"> <a href="/guidance.html">Guidance Documents</a> <a href="/about/policy/accessibility.html">Accessibility</a> <a href="/about/par.html">Budget and Performance</a> <a href="/about/no-fear-data.html">No FEAR Act Data</a> <a href="/about/policy/foia.html" title="Freedom of Information Act">FOIA</a> <a href="/about/policy/privacy.html" title="Privacy Policy">Privacy</a> <a href="https://osc.gov/agency" title="U.S. Office of Special Counsel">OSC.gov</a> <a href="https://usa.gov" title="Have a question about government services?">USA.gov</a> <br /> <a class="footer-logo media_link" href="/"> <img src="/images/usab-logo.svg" alt="usab logo" width="50" /> </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="https://content.govdelivery.com/overlay/js/1997.js"></script> <!-- Digital Analytics Program roll-up, see https://analytics.usa.gov for data --> <script id="_fed_an_ua_tag" src="https://dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=U.S. Access Board" ></script> <!-- imported js modules --> <script src="/assets/js/uswds.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/stickyfilljs/stickyfill.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/anchor-rsd.js"></script> <script src="/assets/video-js/video.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/youtube-video-js/Youtube.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/natural.js"></script> <script src="/assets/swiper/swiper-bundle.js "></script> <script src="/assets/jquery-toast-plugin/jquery.toast.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/toast-rsd.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/swiper-rsd.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/datatables.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/external-links.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/anchorify.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/app.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/menu.js"></script> <script src="/assets/fontawesome-free/js/all.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/dompurify/purify.min.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/toc-subnav.js"></script> <script src="/assets/js/opendetails.js"></script> </body> </html>