News from the Center
ADA Distance Learning Opportunities
ADA Distance Learning provides continuing education on regulations and trends under the ADA. All you need is a telephone. Participate by yourself or invite colleagues to sit around a speaker phone. The toll free phone number will be sent to registrants prior to each session. Each session is real-time captioned on the host website so that people who are deaf and people who prefer to read the presentation and questions and answers can participate.
Fee: $40 businesses; $25 non-profit organizations.
Register by phone: 800-949-4232 (v/tty), fax: 617-482-8099, email: adainfo@NewEnglandADA.org, or online at: www.newenglandada.org. Send name, affiliation, address, email address, phone number, date of session(s) and non-profit or business fee. Registration and payment is required prior to audio conference sessions.
All sessions are on Tuesdays from 2-3:30 pm Eastern.
We will email you the toll free call-in number a few days before each session.
April 19
Reasonable Accommodation: Best Practices for an Interactive Process
Speaker: TBA
May 17
What Are The Courts Saying About Reasonable Accommodation?
Speaker: David Fram, National Employment Law Institute
June 21
Getting on the Bus: Update on the accessibility of our public transportation systems
Speaker: Representative from Project Action
July 19
ADA Update: 14 Years Later
Speaker: John Wodatch, Chief-Disability Rights Section, US Department of Justice and Sharon Rennert, Attorney Advisor, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
August 16
Gaining Access to the Doctor's Office: What is the state of the art of accessible medical equipment?
Speaker: Representative from the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation
September 20
Readily Achievable Barrier Removal: What does it mean 15 years later?
Speaker: TBA
ADA Center Awards Independent Living Center Grants
The New England ADA & Accessible IT Center is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2005 Independent Living Center Grant awards. Awardees include: the Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut in Norwich, CT; the Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County in Stratford, CT; Independence Unlimited in Hartford, CT; Alpha One in South Portland, ME; Ad-Lib in Pittsfield, MA; the Boston Center for Independent Living; the Center for Living & Working in Worcester, MA; the ILC of North Shore and Cape Ann in Salem, MA; Independence Associates in Taunton, MA; the Metrowest Center for Independent Living in Framingham, MA; Northeast Independent Living Program in Lawrence, MA; Stavros Center for Independent Living in Amherst, MA; and Granite State Independent Living in Concord, NH.
The incentive grant program is part of the ADA Center's capacity building goal. Thirteen grants of $2,700 each have been awarded. This initiative supports collaboration among the New England states and the ADA Center and is intended to enhance the work of independent living centers in implementing the ADA.
Need CEUs?
Starting Wednesdays March 2nd through June 22nd from 3:30-5:30 PM at the Moakley Courthouse, Boston. Earn valuable HSW (Health, Safety and Welfare) Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) from the experts.
To register, call 800-949-4232 or visit www.NewEnglandADA.org. Sponsored by the New England ADA and Accessible IT Center, a project of Adaptive Environments.
Session Descriptions:
ADA - AAB Comparison: Untangling the Confusion (2 CEUs)
First Wednesday in March, April, May & June
ADAAG '04: What's New? What's Different? (2 CEUs)
Second Wednesday in March, April, May & June
Universal Design: Going Beyond Access Requirements to User-Friendly Design (2 CEUs)
Third Wednesday in March, April, May & June
A Case Study/On-Site Review (2 CEUs)
Fourth Wednesday in March, April, May & June
Session Costs:
- $80 for one session per person (2 CEUs)
- $145 for any 2 sessions per person (4 CEUs)
- $199 for 3 per person (6 CEUs)
- $249 for all 4 sessions per person (8 CEUs)
