DBTAC- Northeast ADA Technical Bulletin: January 2008
The DBTAC- Northeast ADA Center at Cornell University provides training, technical assistance and materials on the ADA and accessible information technology throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This monthly technical bulletin is part of our dissemination efforts and if you do not want to receive this document or would like others from your organization added to our list, please call 1-800-949-4232 or reply to this message. Thank you. Please join us for the January distance learning - Best Practices in Design: Balancing local, State and Federal Requirements to Ensure Accessibility What is best practice when it comes to designing accessible environments? Is compliance with local, state and federal building codes/standards enough? Architects and designers are faced with a myriad of rules and regulations governing accessible design which may require their professional judgment to determine which provides greater access. Join our panel of speakers as they discuss and debate this issue and engage in a dialogue about achieving minimal compliance versus designing accessible and useable environments. Speakers: Jack Catlin, AIA, LCM Architects Doug Anderson, LCM Architects John Wodatch, Chief, Disability Rights Section, U.S. Department of Justice Joe Russo, Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities Date: January 15, 2008 Time: 1:00-2:30pm CT Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute ediONLINE Web Course Series Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute through ediONLINE provides high quality, low cost training for advocates, consumers and benefits planners in the areas of Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplement Security Income, Medicare, Medicaid and all aspects of Social Security Work Incentives and associated counseling issues. All sessions are web based and require only access to a computer and telephone yet allow for a truly interactive experience. Learn from nationally recognized experts. All courses will meet most continuing education requirements and necessary documentation will be provided by Cornell University. Join us for one class or begin a certificate series! Register at www.edi.cornell.edu COAT Hails Communications and Video Accessibility Act (excerpt from TMCnet) The "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act" has been hailed by the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) as a dramatic and comprehensive step forward for consumers with disabilities This recently issued legislative measure was released on December 21 and will amend the Communications Act-the statute that impacts the telephone and video programming industries-to add new consumer protections to ensure individuals with disabilities do not get left out or behind as telephones and television programming increasingly rely on digital and Internet Protocol technologies. For more information, please go to http://www.tmcnet.com/news/2007/12/27/3185790.htm February 2008 event focusing on 'How Disability Employment Protection Laws Affect Employer Accommodation Provisions' Cornell University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Policy Forum: How Disability Employment Protection Laws Affect Employer Accommodation Provisions. Date and Time: February 7, 2008, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST. Location: Washington D.C. Panelists: Richard Burkhauser, Ph.D., Cornell University, Policy Analysis and Management Discussant: Michael Collins, Executive Director, National Council on Disability John D. Kemp, Esq., Executive Director & General Counsel, US Business Leadership Network You can register online at: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/register/PolicyForum.cfm and attend the Policy Forum in person or via webinar. If you are attending via webinar please indicate so in the comments field of the online registration form. Appeals for Social Security can now be done on-line (excerpt from SSA's website) Effective December 22, 2007, Social Security began allowing a claimant who has been medically denied at the initial level to file the appeal and the disability report form electronically. SSA instructs those with non-medical denials to should contact their local Social Security Office to request the review, or to call SSA's toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213, to request an appeal. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can call SSA's toll-free TTY number, 1-800-325-0778. See http://www.ssa.gov/d <http://www.ssa.gov/d&s1.htm> &s1.htm for more information. WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT- "Promising Practices: Linking Youth to Employment and Education through Community Service" A webinar entitled "Promising Practices: Linking Youth to Employment and Education through Community Service" will be held on January 15th, 2008 at 1PM EST. This is the third webinar in a three-part series entitled Multiple Education Pathway Learning Series. This series is hosted by WorkForce3ONe through the U.S. Department of Labor. This webinar will examine how community service programs can link disconnected youth to education and the workforce through service to their community. Representatives from The Corps Network and The Corporation for National and Community Service will highlight how community service activities can help youth gain skills and abilities to aid their transition into post-secondary education and employment as well as address the challenges and opportunities in involving disconnected youth in community service. Most importantly, this webinar will address how to strengthen community service opportunities for participants in your programs. Early registration is now available. Register before Tuesday, January 8th to get priority "seating;" after that date, this webinar invitation is sent to 22,000 Workforce3One participants and space is very limited space. To login to Workforce3One and register, go to: http://www.workforce3one.org/public/webinars/details.cfm?id=257 Graduate Student Scholarships Available for the International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI) What does this cover? Seven scholarships that cover the conference registration fee ($395) and travel / lodging /meals ($255) will support graduate students in graduate (non-professional) degree programs who submit and present a poster at ICADI. Research must include veterans with Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (includes multiple sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lupus, Spina bifida and other diseases). Go to http://www.pva.org/site/PageServer?pagename=disease_main for list. What is the application process? 1. Go to www.icadi.phhp.ufl.edu 2. Follow the links for submissions and complete this process by January 25, 2008. 3. IMPORTANT: Email Jeff Loomis [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information by January 25,2008 DBTAC - Northeast ADA Center 201 ILR Extension Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 1-800-949-4232 (TTY and voice) NY, NJ, PR, USVI www.northeastada.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]
