ADA Audio Conference Series Archives

Archived ADA Audio Conference Series Sessions

Accessibility Standards & Regulations

The ADA, Businesses and Barrier Removal: What are the Requirements? (2/19/2019)

The Right to Vote: Access for People with Disabilities (10/16/2018)

Ask DOJ: Questions and Answers with the Department of Justice (11/15/2016)

Lessons Learned: Common Errors in the Design and Construction of Accessible Lodging Facilities (8/16/2016)

New Customer Service and Accessible Meetings Resources (11/17/2015)

Planning Accessible Temporary Events (8/25/2015)

Accessible Construction Management (1/20/2015)

Part III: Bringing It All Together: Transition Plans, Barrier Removal Plans, and Action Plans (3/18/2014)

Part II: A Hands-on Approach to Self-Evaluations (2/18/2014)

Part I: Getting Started (1/21/2014)

Everyone Into the Pool:Refresher on the requirements for swimming pool lifts (2/19/2013)

Segways, golf carts, four-wheelers, Oh my! (8/21/2012)

No Parking Here: Accessible parking requirements and enforcement (6/19/2012)

Refresh on the 2010 ADA Standards - March 15th is just around the corner (1/17/2012)

Open Dialogue with the Department of Justice (12/13/2011)

Buying Tickets: 2010 ADA Ticketing Regulations and You (5/17/2011)

Are My Recreation Facilities Accessible? Where Do I start? (4/19/2011)

How the ADA Impacts Seniors (2/15/2011)

Corrections and the ADA: Balancing the rights of people with disabilities while incarcerated (9/21/2010)

ADA & After School and Daycare Programs for children with disabilities (8/17/2010)

Regulation Update: Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act (12/16/2008)

Readily Achievable Barrier Removal: What Does It Mean 15 Years Later? (9/20/2005)

Vote 2004: Will people with disabilities be able to vote? What are the issues and where are we today? (10/19/2004)

ADA Anniversary Sessions

ADA Anniversary Update: 29 Years Burning Down the Road (7/16/2019)

Reflection on 28 years of the ADA: What have we learned, where do we go from here? (7/31/2018)

ADA Anniversary Update: 27 Years later (7/18/2017)

ADA Anniversary Update: Celebrating 26 Years (7/19/2016)

ADA Anniversary Update: 25 Years Later (7/21/2015)

ADA Anniversary Update: 24 Years Later (7/15/2014)

ADA Anniversary Update:23 Years Later (7/16/2013)

ADA Anniversary Update: 22 Years Later (7/17/2012)

ADA Federal Update: 21st Anniversary of the ADA (7/19/2011)

ADA Update: 20th Anniversary of the ADA (7/20/2010)

ADA Update: 19 Years Later (7/21/2009)

ADA Update: 18 Years Later (7/15/2008)

ADA Update: 17 Years Later (7/17/2007)

ADA Update: 16 Years Later (7/18/2006)

ADA Update: 15 Years Later (7/19/2005)

ADA Update: 14 Years Later. (7/20/2004)

ADA Update: 13 Years Later (7/15/2003)

ADA Status Report (7/16/2002)

ADA Status Report (7/17/2001)

Breaking Ground: 10 Years of the ADA (7/18/2000)

Accessible Technology

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Sites: What is Required (3/19/2019)

Social Media and Accessibility (10/20/2015)

Electronic Information and Digital Access: Update on Compliance and Enforcement Activities (5/20/2014)

Throwing the Switch: Empowering Advocates to Make the Most of Current Trends in Disability and Technology Policy (3/19/2013)

Accessible Web Based Communication Tools: Why are they so hard to find? (12/13/2005)

Pros and Cons of Web Accessibility Validation Tools (11/15/2005)

Communication

Effective Communication: What does that mean? (6/25/2019)

Sign Language Interpreting and Video Remote Interpreting in Medical Settings (4/17/2018)

Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal (3/15/2016)

Reporting Clearly and Accurately about Disability (9/15/2015)

Helping People with Hearing Loss Hear in Public Places through the Use of hearing Loop Technology (8/26/2014)

Did you hear me? Ensuring effective communication with your customers (11/15/2011)

Complaints/Enforcement/Mediation

ADA and Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation (8/16/2011)

Everything You Need to Know About the Enforcement of the ADA But Were Afraid to Ask. (11/18/2008)

Disability Statistics

Looking at Institutional and Community Living Through Data- An ADA Participatory Action Research Consortium (ADA-PARC) Report (4/19/2017)

Turning 26: A review of the current state of ADA research (5/17/2016)

Disability Statistics: What do they tell us? (6/15/2010)

ADA Implementation and Impact Study Report: National Council on Disability (8/7/2007)

Comparison of Employment Disability Discrimination Claims with Other Statutes Across U.S. EEOC and Fair Employment Practice Agencies Nationally (4/17/2007)

National EEOC ADA Research Project: What does the data tell us about Title I complaints and resolutions? (3/20/2007)

Disability Statistics: What are the "real" numbers and how do you make sense of them? (8/15/2006)

Education

Question and Answer Session: on Accommodating Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Medical and Health Science Programs (5/21/2019)

Accommodating Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Medical and Health Science Programs (1/15/2019)

Athletic Opportunities for Students with Disabilities: Focus on Colleges and Universities (8/20/2013)

Service Animals in Post Secondary Education Settings (6/18/2013)

Extracurricular Athletic Opportunities for Students with Disabilities:Understanding the Issues (4/16/2013)

Best Practices in Accommodating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability and other emerging groups within Post Secondary Education (9/15/2009)

There are no IEP's in College (4/15/2008)

Emergency Preparedness

Cognitive Innovations to promote independence in the home and in the Community (6/16/2015)

Being Prepared: Inclusion of people with disabilities in emergency planning (5/15/2012)

Prepare for the unexpected: Emergency Preparedness/Evacuation for people with Disabilities (6/16/2009)

Planning for Emergencies in the workplace: Inclusion of People with Disabilities (3/21/2006)

Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities: Have we made progress? (12/14/2004)

Employment

Disability, Diversity, and Inclusion: Lessons Learned from Industry Leaders (2/18/2020)

Employment First and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1/21/2020)

Leave under the ADA and FMLA (11/12/2019)

Understanding the Disability Equality Index (DEI) used by Corporations (10/8/2019)

Ask the EEOC: Open Question and Answer (4/16/2019)

Best Practices in Inclusive Employment Practices (11/13/2018)

Ask the EEOC: Open Question and Answer Session (5/15/2018)

Facebook Friends-Workplace Enemies (9/19/2017)

Understanding Disability & Entrepreneurship (1/17/2017)

Overview of the EEOC NPRM "Application of the ADA to Employer Wellness Programs" (5/19/2015)

Supporting Students with Disabilities to Gain Full Employment (4/21/2015)

Overview of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Implications for Persons with Disabilities (3/17/2015)

Reasonable accommodations in the workplace for individuals who are deaf/hard of hearing (2/24/2015)

Open Dialog with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (10/21/2014)

Disclosure of Disability under the ADA and its relationship to Section 503 Regulations (6/17/2014)

Googling Job Applicants (4/15/2014)

Ask the EEOC: Questions and Answers (12/17/2013)

Upcoming changes for federal contractors and subcontractors:Hiring and employing people with disabilities (5/28/2013)

ADA and GINA: Understanding the Rules When Employers Request Medical or Genetic Information? (12/18/2012)

Open Dialogue with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (4/17/2012)

Reasonable Accommodation (6/21/2011)

Aging Workers with Disabilities: Implications for Employers (2/16/2010)

Social Networking Sites and Accessibility: Implications for Employers (12/15/2009)

Understanding Mental Illness: What does an employer need to know? (4/21/2009)

Virtual Communication: Implications for Employers (3/17/2009)

Unraveling the differences and similarities regarding leave, light duty, reassignment and return to work issues: Implications for Employers (2/17/2009)

Work at Home/Altered Work Schedules as an accommodation (1/27/2009)

Latino Immigrants with Disabilities: Challenges in Employment (9/16/2008)

Accommodating Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities in the Workplace (6/17/2008)

Employer Best Practices: Recruitment and Hiring of People with Disabilities (5/20/2008)

The Nature and Scope of Discrimination in Hiring Under ADA Title I (3/18/2008)

Disability, Aging and Older Workers (2/19/2008)

Ask the EEOC: Questions and Answers (11/13/2007)

Performance vs. Disability: What is the difference? (6/19/2007)

Tapping a New Resource: Veterans with Disabilities (2/20/2007)

Where can I recruit individuals with disabilities? (1/16/2007)

Hot Topics in Employment: Pre-employment Testing and Leave as an Accommodation (2/21/2006)

Employer Case Studies: Best Practices of Employers (1/17/2006)

Reasonable Accommodation: Best Practices for an Interactive Process (4/19/2005)

To Disclose or Not to Disclose. What are the Pros and Cons? (6/15/2004)

Leave as an accommodation: How do you determine if it is "Reasonable"? (4/20/2004)

People with Disabilities and the Technology-Driven Workplace (10/21/2003)

Best Practices in Reasonable Accommodation: Back to the Basics (4/15/2003)

Application of the ADA to Temporary Employment (5/21/2002)

Accommodating Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities (3/20/2001)

The ABC's of WIA and WIIA (2/27/2001)

Reasonable Accommodations: A Look at EEOC's New Guidance (6/21/1999)

Legal

Structured Negotiation - A tool for disability rights (3/21/2017)

Hot Legal Topics in Accessible Transportation (4/19/2016)

ADA Case Law Update 2014 (11/17/2014)

ADA Case Law Update (11/13/2012)

The Application of Federal Tax Incentives Supporting the Americans with Disability Act (10/16/2012)

ADA Case Law Update (10/18/2011)

What are the Courts Up to? Review and Analysis of Recent Activity Involving the ADA (10/19/2010)

Legal Update: Review and Analysis of Key Concepts under the ADA (11/17/2009)

ADA Case Law Update (10/21/2008)

Disability Law and Policy, Present and Future (12/18/2007)

ADA Legal Update: Current Litigation Trends Under the ADA (10/16/2007)

ADA Restoration Act: Legislative Update (5/15/2007)

ADA Legal Update: Current litigation trends under the ADA (10/17/2006)

ADA Legal Update: Current Litigation trends under the ADA (10/18/2005)

After The Supreme Court: How Are The Lower Courts Handling Cases Brought forth under the ADA? (12/16/2003)

Supreme Court & Disability Law: A Look at the 2001-2002 Term (11/20/2001)

Implementing Olmstead (10/16/2001)

ADA Implications for Managed Care (12/14/1999)

Pending Rulemaking

Get Informed: ADA Amendments Proposed by H.R. 620, “The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017” (5/1/2017)

We're not done yet: DOJ Proposed Rulemaking and Update (11/16/2010)

State and Local Government

Introducing the REVISED Title II Action Guide for Self Evaluation and Transition Planning (10/18/2016)

Open Dialogue with the Disability Rights Section, U.S. Department of Justice (1/19/2016)

Open Dialogue with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (12/15/2015)

Implementing Olmstead The Status of Enforcement Efforts (11/19/2013)

ADA and Law Enforcement:Understanding the Issues (1/15/2013)

Don't forget to cast your vote! Accessibility of Polling Places (9/18/2012)

The Ins and Outs of Conducting a Self Evaluation (3/15/2011)

Achieving and Sustaining Accessible Programs: Strategies for State and Local Governments (3/18/2003)

Transportation, Travel and Hospitality

The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and Travelers with Disabilities: Travel by Air with Service Animals (12/10/2019)

Insights on Traveling with a Mobility Disability (8/20/2019)

Access to Cultural Programs and the Arts: Serving Patrons with Disabilities (12/11/2018)

Moving from Transportation towards Mobility Management: Disparities, Data and Action (12/15/2016)

Rights of Air Travelers with Disabilities and the Air Carriers Access Act (9/27/2016)

Planning a trip: What you need to know about making hotel reservations (2/21/2012)

Marketing for Accessibility: Tips and Tools for the hospitality industry (9/20/2011)

Reservations Please: Ensuring access for customers with disabilities (5/18/2010)

Accessibility of the Performing Arts: Assuring Access for Everyone (8/19/2003)

ParaTransit Services: Are they equivalent? (11/19/2002)

Access to Over-the-Road Buses (9/22/1999)

Health

Opioid Use Disorders and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Eliminating Discriminatory Barriers to Treatment and Recovery (9/25/2018)

Accommodating Persons with Environmental Sensitivities: Challenges and Solutions (12/16/2014)

Building Blocks for Accessible Health Care (9/17/2013)

General

The Fair Housing Act and Persons with Disabilities (9/17/2019)

Ask the Department of Justice (DOJ): Open Question and Answer Session (6/12/2018)

Update from Washington: Impact of the Tax Overhaul on People with Disabilities and What to Expect in 2018 (2/20/2018)

Service Animals and the ADA: Exploring Common Issues and Scenarios (11/21/2017)

Parsley or Cilantro? Making Sure Your ADA Self Evaluation and Transition Plan are Seasoned with the Right Ingredients (10/17/2017)

Putting Accessibility Law in your Pocket: the Digital Accessibility Legal Update (8/15/2017)

Employer Practices to Improve Employment Outcomes: Considerations across the Employment Process (2/21/2017)

Rights of Veterans with Disabilities in Employment, Housing and Transportation (6/28/2016)

Home, Community or Travel: Rules for Service Animals are not the same (2/16/2016)

Post Secondary Education and E-Readers (1/18/2011)

Conducting Effective Accessibility Surveys Part II (4/20/2010)

Conducting Effective Accessibility Surveys Part I (3/16/2010)

ADA Amendments Act Proposed Rules - Q&A with EEOC (10/20/2009)

Ensuring Effective Communication: Whose responsibility is it? (8/18/2009)

Public Rights of Way: What are the rules? (5/19/2009)

Serving Customers with Disabilities: Implications for the Hospitality Industry (8/19/2008)

Update: ADA Restoration Act vs ADA Amendments Act (8/12/2008)

Ask DOJ: Proposal to Revise ADA Regulations under Title II and Title III (7/8/2008)

Best Practices in Design: Balancing local, State and Federal Requirements to Ensure Accessibility (1/15/2008)

Accommodating Diabetes in the Workplace (9/18/2007)

U.S. Access Board: Status of ADA Related Rulemaking (12/12/2006)

Ask the Department of Justice (11/14/2006)

Accessible Travel Options: By Land, By Air, and By Sea (9/19/2006)

Permanent Rooms and Spaces: Accessible Signage (6/20/2006)

Creating Accessible Play Areas - State of the Science (5/16/2006)

Survey of Employer Resources Regarding the ADA (4/18/2006)

Just Hop up! Access to medical equipment - where are we? (8/16/2005)

Getting on the Bus: Update on the accessibility of our public transportation (6/21/2005)

What Are The Courts Saying About Reasonable Accommodation? (5/17/2005)

A Perspective on Reasonable Accommodation (3/15/2005)

Ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) (2/15/2005)

Historical Properties: There is no such thing as a "grandfather" clause! (1/18/2005)

Ask the EEOC (11/16/2004)

Is My Business Accessible? Conducting A Self-Assessment: What Do I Need to consider? (9/21/2004)

What Makes A Meeting Accessible? (8/17/2004)

Introduction to the revised ADAAG/ABA Guidelines. (8/10/2004)

Ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) (5/18/2004)

My State has adopted the International Building Code: What does that mean for compliance with ADAAG (3/16/2004)

Evaluating SoftWare Accessibility: Is Anything Truly Accessible? (2/17/2004)

Ask the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (1/20/2004)

Over The Hills and Through the Woods: Accessibility of Trails in the Outdoor Environment (11/18/2003)

Best Practices in Accessible Electronic & Information Technology Policy systems (9/16/2003)

Demystifying the Federal Accessibility Requirements: ADAAG, UFAS, Fair Housing, etc. (6/17/2003)

Ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) (5/20/2003)

Going Beyond Web Accessibility: What else is there? (2/18/2003)

Creating Access To Temporary Events (1/28/2003)

Ask The Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) (1/21/2003)

Access to Recreation: Overview of the newly released Recreation Facility (10/15/2002)

Accommodating Students with Psychiatric Disabilities in the Classroom (9/17/2002)

Public Rights of Way (8/20/2002)

Design Issues in Children's Environments (6/18/2002)

Service Animals: Policy & Procedure (4/16/2002)

Playgrounds & Play Access: Application of the ADA (3/19/2002)

Status of Rulemaking (2/19/2002)

Retooling for Title I Compliance (1/15/2002)

Information Technology in Education (12/4/2001)

Designing Accessible Lodging Facilities (9/18/2001)

Two Tickets Please (8/21/2001)

Documentation of Disability (6/4/2001)

Supreme Court Docket: Demystifying the Garrett Decision (5/22/2001)

Surfing for Electronic Access (5/15/2001)

To Complain or Not to Complain? Mediate? or File Suit?: Unraveling ADA Resolution Options (4/17/2001)

What's Wrong with This Picture? (2/20/2001)

Home Sweet Home (1/16/2001)

Best Practices of Organizations Utilizing Disability Management Strategies (12/12/2000)

Question to the Supreme Court: Is Title II Unconstitutional? (11/28/2000)

Status of Rulemaking (11/14/2000)

Access to Air Travel (10/17/2000)

Accessibility & Technology: Section 508 & Telecommunications (9/19/2000)

Union Environments & the ADA (8/15/2000)

Post Secondary Education: ADA & Section 504 (6/20/2000)

Principles of Universal Design (5/16/2000)

Worker's Compensation & the ADA (4/18/2000)

Effective Communication (3/21/2000)

Proposed Changes to ADAAG (2/15/2000)

Interplay between the ADA & FMLA (1/18/2000)

Common Errors & Omissions in New Construction and Alterations (11/16/1999)

Definition of Disability (10/19/1999)

Supreme Court Decisions: Impact on the ADA's Future (7/20/1999)

Status of Rulemaking (5/18/1999)

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Archived ADA Audio Conference Series Sessions