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Celebrate #ADA32 and Tune-In to ADA Live! Episode 107: Breaking Barriers for Disability Rights: Historical Reflections with Judy Heumann

July 6, 2022 – July 31, 2022 EDT

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TUNE-IN to this engaging ADA Live! and celebrate #ADA32

Breaking Barriers for Disability Rights:
Historical Reflections with Judy Heumann

Available starting Wednesday – July 6, 2022

Listen. Read. Explore. ADA Live!

In This Episode:

In celebration of the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Judy Heumann and Peter Blanck share the barrier-breaking history of the disability rights movement in the United States.

Our honored guest, Judy Heumann is an author, disability rights leader, founder of the World Institute on Disability, former Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSSERS), former Special Advisor on Disability Rights for the U.S. State Department, and subject of the documentary Crip Camp. Our host is Dr. Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D., University Professor and Chair of the Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University.

About ADA Live! 

The ADA Live! podcast and resources focus on the rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A new episode airs for 30-45 minutes on the first Wednesday of each month. ADA Live! is produced by the Southeast ADA Center, one of ten regional ADA Centers in the ADA National Network.

No registration is required. You can submit your questions to ADA Live!, explore resources and the ADA Live! schedule plus connect to archived episodes on adalive.org or download podcasts from soundcloud.com/adalive

#ADA32 – Celebrate. Learn. Share.

Throughout the year and on the ADA Anniversary – July 26, celebrate, learn, and share about disability and the ADA.

ATTEND: ADA jeopardy 2022 from ADA National Network

Monday, July 18 and July 25

Tune-in and learn about the ADA as teams from the ten regional ADA Centers in the ADA National Network battle to answer questions on the topics: ADA and employment; digital access; effective communication; facility access; and reasonable modifications in policies, practices, and procedures. Cheer for your regional ADA Center in ADA jeopardy – Round 1 on July 18 and the ADA jeopardy Championship – Round 2 on July 25 The game is afoot!

ENGAGE: Webinars and Events for ADA32

MORE: ADD your ADA32 Event | Events Calendar from ADA National Network

EXPLORE ADA Anniversary Tool Kit

FOLLOW: Tweet #ADA32 | Facebook #ThanksToTheADA

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Disability Rights Today

Episode 7: The ADA Three Decades Later: How Are We Doing?

The podcast series, Disability Rights Today, is your source for in-depth discussion of the facts, issues and arguments of important court cases that shape the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and that may impact the legal rights and the lives of people with disabilities.  You will hear from the plaintiffs, attorneys, and subject matter experts involved in the highlighted case. The host for “Disability Rights Today” is Dr. Peter Blanck, an American academic, psychologist, and lawyer who holds the titles of University Professor and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University. The podcast will appeal to disability rights advocates, attorneys, and others wanting to keep current on the latest legal developments involving the ADA. Tune-in at: disabilityrightstoday.org

Let’s Get to Work: Reimagining Disability-Inclusive Employment Policy

The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, in collaboration with leading economic and social policy researchers at Rutgers and Harvard Universities, invite you to listen to the podcast series: Let’s Get to Work: Reimagining Disability-Inclusive Employment Policy.

Each episode features guests with unique knowledge and insights sharing their perspective on public policies that are moving the momentum forward and holding progress back. Guests from government and the business and disability communities share their perspectives on ways to translate the latest trends and thinking to advance workforce development and employment policy that produces sustainable economic opportunity for individuals with disabilities. Researchers from the three universities also share what they are learning about employment policies as part of the work of the NIDILRR grant-funded Center on Disability Inclusive Employment Policy. Tune-in at: disabilityinclusiveemployment.org/podcast-series/

The ADA Live! and Disability Rights Today podcasts are a cross-collaboration with the NIDILRR-funded Southeast ADA Center (#90DPAD0005-01-00), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) of Syracuse University, and the NIDILRR grant-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) –  Disability Inclusive Employment Practices (#90RTEM0006-01-00).

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About the Southeast ADA Center

The Southeast ADA Center is a leader in providing information, training, and guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and disability access tailored to the needs of business, government, and individuals at local, state, and regional levels. It also conducts research to reduce and eliminate barriers to employment and economic self-sufficiency and to increase the civic and social participation of Americans with disabilities. Located in Lexington,Kentucky, we are a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) of Syracuse University and one of 10 regional ADA centers in the ADA National Network, funded since 1991 by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Web: adasoutheast.org

About BBI

The Burton Blatt Institute (“BBI”) at Syracuse University reaches around the globe in its efforts to advance the civic, economic, and social participation of people with disabilities. Through program development, research, and public policy guidance, BBI advances the full inclusion of people with disabilities. BBI builds on the legacy of Burton Blatt, a pioneering disability rights scholar. BBI has offices in Syracuse, NY; Washington, DC; New York City, NY; and Lexington, KY. Web: bbi.syr.edu

 

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This event was published on July 7, 2022.

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