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Emergency Preparedness: Integrating Access into Business Resiliency and Adaptation Plans

November 13, 2025

Description Join Us for the Final 2025 CCDA and Pacific ADA Center Webinar! The webinar originally scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2025, has been rescheduled to Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 12 PM to 1 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you can still join us for this essential session! Emergencies such as...

Digital Accessibility: Designing for Everyone

November 20, 2025

Description Is your digital content accessible to everyone? This session translates WCAG 2.1 AA into practical steps you can use today. Learn to write effective alt text, structure headings, caption videos, avoid color-only cues, meet contrast minimums, use clear titles and labels, support keyboard navigation, and ensuring accessibility when creating documents using Word/PowerPoint/PDF. You’ll leave...

Unlocking A Way Out: Networking to Provide a Pathway for Inmates

November 18, 2025

Description The ADA protects inmates with disabilities in correctional settings, including their right to program access and reasonable accommodations. This presentation will examine the barriers faced by inmates who are managing mental health challenges while navigating the court system in custody. We will discuss how to identify these obstacles and develop individualized plans to address...

The Art of Accessibility: Implementing the ADA in Cultural Spaces

December 11, 2025

Description Arts, culture, and civic spaces are vibrant community anchors, but accessibility needs in these venues are often complex and unique. Many organizations want to understand their ADA obligations but lack tools tailored for theaters, museums, historic sites, and public spaces. This session introduces the Arts & Culture Accessibility Hub’s free tools to understand ADA...

Common Mistakes: Easily Missed or Misunderstood Accessible Design Requirements

November 6, 2025

Description Given the number of requirements found in the Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards, some are bound to be misinterpreted or forgotten. Although the mistake may be small, correcting the design after construction can be time-consuming and costly. The presenter will identify many of the most common accessibility mistakes made...

New JAN Workplace Accommodation Toolkit

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Workplace Accommodation Toolkit helps employers follow the accommodation process under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act. The Toolkit has: An overview of reasonable accommodation and key concepts, Step-by-step guidance on the accommodation process, Guidance on documenting the accommodation process, including sample templates, forms,...

Justice Department reaches agreement with Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to ensure accessibility for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada secured an agreement with Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, LLC, to ensure that patients and their companions who are deaf have needed auxiliary aids and services, including qualified in-person or video remote interpreting services. The new internal policies will be enforced in all 190 affiliated...

New report shows workplace accommodations are usually low in cost and provide big benefits

The results of a survey by the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) show that workplace accommodations are usually inexpensive and broadly beneficial. Surveyed employers reported that the benefits of the workplace accommodations far outweighed the costs. Such benefits included: Keeping valuable employees, Improving productivity and morale; and Reducing workers’ compensation and training costs. Most employers report...

DOT will not enforce key provisions of rule providing protections for airline passengers who use wheelchairs

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said it will not enforce key provisions of a rule issued in December that requires new consumer protections for passengers with disabilities who use wheelchairs. The Department is writing a new rule and will not enforce the current rule's requirements that airlines: Are liable for mishandled wheelchairs, Reimburse passengers...

EEOC sues Barnes & Noble College Booksellers for disability discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Barnes & Noble College Booksellers for allegedly firing a California employee with postpartum depression after denying her request for extended unpaid leave. The lawsuit claims the company failed to provide a reasonable accommodation and instead encouraged her to resign. This violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....

New resource: "Benefit Your Business through Disability Employment"

The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability (EARN) has a new resource: “Benefit Your Business through Disability Employment.” The resource is for business owners who want to increase their customer base and talent in their workforce, and improve their employees’ productivity and performance. It covers the many benefits of recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing...

Administration halts two pending ADA regulations

On September 11, 2025, in the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would not be pursuing 54 pending regulatory actions. Two of them concern the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). They are: A rulemaking about accessible equipment and furniture in public accommodations and state and local government facilities, and A rulemaking about accessible...

Federal court rules Grimmway Farms discriminated against farmworkers with disabilities

A U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled that Grimmway Farms took part in a pattern or practice of disability discrimination against farmworkers. According to the lawsuit, the company made workers with job-related and other disabilities take unpaid leave and made little to no effort to find alternatives, such as providing assistive...

California’s new rules on Automated Decision Systems (ADS) goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2025

California’s new rules on Automated Decision Systems (ADS) will go into effect starting Oct. 1, 2025. The regulations will help protect against potential employment discrimination when using artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other automated-decision systems for employment actions like hiring, promotions, and performance reviews. The regulations provide information on how existing antidiscrimination laws apply to the...

Justice Department sues Uber for denying rides to passengers with service dogs and wheelchairs

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. for discriminating against passengers with disabilities, including those who use service animals and mobility devices such as stowable wheelchairs. The lawsuit seeks $125 million for individuals who have been discriminated against and submitted complaints to Uber or the Department. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S....

California department ordered to pay $8 million in state worker’s disability lawsuit

An appellate court ordered California to pay over $8 million in damages and legal fees to a former state employee and her attorneys after she won a disability discrimination case. The state had declined to settle multiple times. In 2022, a jury awarded Diana Bronshteyn $3.3 million for the Department of Consumer Affairs’ failure to...

The Born-Accessible Design Approach: Cost-Effective, Inclusive, Compliant

November 25, 2025

Description Most digital technologies are still built and released then remediated for accessibility later--an expensive, inefficient, and exclusionary process. In contrast, the born-accessible approach ensures that accessibility is built in from the start, by involving people with disabilities at every stage of design, development, and procurement. This user-centered strategy improves productivity, enhances user experience, reduces...

Managing the Fun: Inclusive Staffing in Arts & Recreation

October 30, 2025

Description Arts & recreation agencies have made great strides in creating accessible programming & facilities for users with disabilities. The next step for disability inclusion focuses on staffing. Join the discussion about creating accessible, inclusive opportunities for employees & volunteers with disabilities & learn about the positive impact of disability diversity & inclusion in your...

U.S. Department of Labor proposes changes to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act regulations

The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing to change its regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 503 regulations require that businesses with federal contractors use voluntary surveys to track their progress in hiring and employing people with disabilities. The regulations also include a goal for contractors — businesses with federal...

US Department of Labor has new resources for veterans with disabilities

Developed by the Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service and the Office of Disability Employment Policy, the Veterans Accommodations Toolkit is a resource focused on increasing employment rates and participation in apprenticeship programs by veterans with disabilities. It offers tips and strategies to help improve workplace supports and accommodations. The toolkit has helpful information for...

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