Events

10:00am - 11:30am

Description Learn how you can design your own accessibility vendor monitoring program from the group up and the most effective ways to work with vendors to create the best digital experience possible. This session will go over everything from getting support from internal stakeholders to navigating discussions with vendors about digital accessibility. Individuals may submit...

11:00am - 12:00pm

Description Presenter: Jennifer Perry, Access Specialist Northeast ADA Center This webinar will review the ADA requirements for summer camps that aid in making camps more inclusive for participants with disabilities. ADA topics discussed will include physical accessibility, reasonable modifications of policies, effective communication, and eligibility criteria. ADA Settlement agreements that address some of these issues...

11:00am - 12:30pm

Description Whether it’s a concert, a movie or a sporting event, the ADA includes specific requirements around ticketing and accessible seating to ensure people with disabilities and their companions have access to these venues and activities. Join us for this session where we take a look at the physical access requirements for accessible seating as...

11:30am - 1:00pm

Description Understanding and applying accessible design standards to provide access to museums and their exhibits can be challenging. When making design decisions, requirements for usability and effective communication are intricately tied to the process and may in turn influence the approach taken to produce good design and ensure accessibility. Using examples, the intricate relationship among...

11:00am - 12:00pm

Description With concert and event season fast approaching, this session is our reminder that the ADA requires covered entities to provide tickets for accessible seating at events where assigned seating is provided. However, there are still many entities and attendees with disabilities who have questions about this process. For example, who qualifies for accessible seating?...

11:00am - 12:30pm

Description During this session, Bodies of Work, a consortium of four programs at three Chicago organizations, will share the practical side of the ADA to integrate disability artistry into arts programming. Bodies of Work collaborates with arts organizations locally, nationally, and internationally to increase their capacity to produce disabled artists’ work and to make their...

11:30am - 1:00pm

Description: This webinar will cover making online communication more accessible and easy to understand. Designed for medical providers, this session will highlight common barriers people with disabilities face when accessing important health information. Our speakers will break down the Americans with Disabilities Act’s requirements on effective communication and introduce practical tools to help you create...

8:00am - 12:00pm

Description BeyondAccess Consulting offers a five-day virtual training course to review information covered on the examination to become a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) in the State of California. Note: BeyondAccess Consulting has the same knowledgeable staff as the Pacific ADA Center and offers the same great exam prep course; we simply moved our services that go beyond...

9:00am - 10:00am

Description: The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center invites you to participate in the webinar series “The Human Experience of Black People with Disabilities and Their Rights Under the ADA,” which reports on our research study about how Black individuals with disabilities access information and exercise their rights under the ADA. Intersectionality recognizes that individuals hold multiple, interconnected social identities—such...

10:00am - 11:00am

Description Presenters: Chris Sweet, Technical Assistant and Outreach Specialist Northeast ADA Center, Joe Zesski, Program Manager Northeast ADA Center Understanding what disability means under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can be tricky. People often have their own preconceptions of what disability means or may assume a definition for disability from laws other than the...

All day - 11:59pm

Description The National ADA Symposium is a 4-day event known for a session schedule that covers a wide range of topics, including employment, accessible design, state and local government issues, business and disability, accessible technology, and recreation. Sessions are presented by nationally recognized experts including representatives from the federal agencies that implement the ADA :...