The Great Lakes ADA Center and other ADA National Network members offer several free online trainings each month on a variety of topics related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA. All of the sessions are free but may require advance registration.
If you have follow-up questions about any of the topics covered, make use of the free ADA help line: (800) 949-4232. In Indiana, your call will be directed to the Great Lakes ADA Center.
This is a free webinar offered through a collaboration of the U.S. Access Board, the Great Lakes ADA Center, and the ADA National Network.
From the Great Lakes ADA Center:This session is the second session in the series addressing the scoping and technical provisions for special rooms, spaces, and elements in the ADA and ABA Accessibility Standards (Chapter 8). This session will address the requirements for medical care & long-term care facilities, holding and housing cells, courtrooms, residential dwelling units, transportation facilities, and storage. Part one of the chapter 8 sessions addressed the other sections of the chapter. Presenters will address common sources of confusion and frequently asked questions about these provisions.
Free but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ao/session/?id=110834
This is a free 2-part webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center: The 2010 Standards for Accessible Design is the standard allowed by the Department of Justice for use in new construction and alterations of facilities covered by Title II and Title III of the ADA. This 2-part session will provide an overview of changes from the previous enforceable standards, scoping and technical requirements for new construction and alterations, practical strategies to ensure ADA compliance for your building projects, and provide new tools and resources to evaluate accessibility.
Free webinar but registration is required. You only need to register once for this 2-part webinar on October 6 and October 8. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110867
ADA Live! (WADA) is a free monthly show broadcast nationally on the Internet hosted by the Southeast ADA Center.
From the Southeast ADA Center: For the past 100 years, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) under the guidance of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) has enabled people with disabilities to overcome barriers to accessing, maintaining, or returning to employment.
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is critical given that the employment of persons with disabilities remains very low when compared to those without a disability. In 2019, only 19% of persons with a disability were in the workforce, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Join us as we celebrate 100 years of VR with our special guest, the Commissioner of the RSA, Mark Schultz. Discover how VR has changed over the years and gain insight into challenging opportunities for the future.
Free and no registration is required, just "tune in" on the day and time of broadcast. To Listen: http://adalive.org
This is a free webinar offered through the Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series, hosted by the Pacific ADA Center and the ADA National Network.
From the Pacific ADA Center: This webinar will cover several aspects of disaster response from the perspective of the American Red Cross during the COVID-19 pandemic including preparation and guidance development for disaster response, the strategy for non-congregate sheltering and the challenges of this strategy. In addition, worker safety and workforce care protocols will be shared. Lessons learned from recent disasters will be covered to inform attendees of the changes for disaster response going forward.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: http://adapresentations.org/scheduleEM.php
This is a free 2-part webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center: Are you one of those public entities that are slightly behind in doing a self-evaluation and transition plan? Are you asking yourself, "What is a self-evaluation and transition plan?". Well then, this is the session for you. All public entities subject to title II of the ADA must complete a self-evaluation. For entities that have 50 or more employees, there is also a requirement to have in place a transition plan that addresses structural changes that are necessary for achieving program accessibility. Come to this 2-part session if you are interested in learning more about how to approach conducting a self-evaluation and how to integrate the information gathered into a transition plan.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110869
The ADA Audio Conference is coordinated by the Great Lakes ADA Center on behalf of the ADA National Network.
From the Great Lakes ADA Center: October marks National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Join us for this session as our speaker provides an overview of ADA requirements for persons with disabilities and managers/supervisors. The session will discuss the ADA requirements applying to the application/interview portion of the employment process. Additionally, the session will also address requesting reasonable accommodation and how to respond to those accommodation request. The presenter will provide an overview of the Northeast ADA Center’s Small Business at Work Toolkit. Following the presentation there will be time for participants to ask questions of the speaker.
Free but registration is required. To register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ADA-Audio/session/?id=110875
This is a free webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center: Federal, state, local entities, and communities are increasingly developing emergency management and preparedness plans to handle disasters. Emergencies and disasters can be particularly concerning for people with disabilities. Successful outcomes for people with disabilities in disasters depend on how inclusive these plans are. This session will focus on key strategies and approaches at various levels (federal, state, and local) toward emergency management and preparedness and the inclusion of people with disabilities.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110871
This is a free webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center: Join us for this 90 minute session which will review pertinent topics relating to doing a field review of existing site conditions for compliance with accessibility codes and standards. The presenter will focus on the tools and methodologies of gathering data regarding elements subject to compliance such as how to ascertain distances, slopes, heights, etc.… In addition, we will briefly cover some important information needed prior to performing the review as well as how to craft any results in a manner that will best suit the purpose of the survey. Finally, we will touch on “dimensional tolerances” or “field deviations”.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110874
This is a free webinar offered through the Healthcare and the ADA-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series, hosted by the Pacific ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Pacific ADA Center: During the year of the 30th anniversary of the ADA, it is a time to reflect on the state of various rights and access for people with disabilities. Work on improving health care access and quality is particularly important because although great strides have been made, there is much progress to be made. This webinar features speakers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) who will identify the efforts being made in CMS' Office of Minority Health and Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office to provide information and resources to medical organizations, providers and consumers to increase health care access and quality of care for people with disabilities.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: http://adapresentations.org/healthcare/schedule.php
This is a free webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center: This session will provide an overview of the rights of individuals with disabilities who use service animals. The session will cover the ADA definition of a service animal and regulations regarding service animals, including documentation, restrictions, and removals. This session will also clarify the difference between service animals and emotional support animals and examine the different laws that cover them. "What Would You Do?" scenarios will be discussed. The session is targeted toward Title II and III entities that serve the general public.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110872
This is a free webinar offered through the ADAOnline2020 Webinar Series, hosted by the Great Lakes ADA Center and Great Plains ADA Center.
Excerpt from the Great Lakes ADA Center:
The ADA requires that employers provide accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities in order to remove workplace barriers to provide equal employment opportunity. For many employers understanding when and how they must comply can be, at times, complex. This session will help employers develop effective policies, procedures, and best practices that can assure full compliance as well as help to successfully respond to reasonable accommodation requests and needs resulting in creating a productive work environment for all employees.
Free webinar but registration is required. To Register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/adaonline2020/session/?id=110873
This is a free webinar offered through the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, one of the 10 Regional ADA Centers in the ADA National Network that provides training and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
From the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center: Thirty-three states have legalized medical marijuana. Ninety-three percent of American voters support legalizing medical marijuana. Despite this support, marijuana remains an illegal drug under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. When the ADA was passed in 1990, it excluded disabled individuals who used illegal drugs from its protections. What does this mean for the millions of medical marijuana users?
This interactive session will begin with discussions on the history behind the illegal drug provision in the ADA and how courts have applied the definition to medical marijuana. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in interactive polling using their mobile devices. Additionally, this session will explore the varying approaches taken by states and employers to protect or prohibit the use of medical marijuana by employees and applicants with disabilities by delving into case studies. The session will end by identifying reasonable accommodations and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Free but registration is required. To Register: https://www.adainfo.org/training/medical-marijuana-and-ADA
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