MSCOD featured on Disability Viewpoints – June 2015 Joan Willshire – ADA 25th Anniversary Celebration Margot Imdieke Cross, MSCOD Accessibility Specialist, and David Shaw, Grants Specialist for Legacy ADA funds, make a special announcement about upcoming events celebrating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the American Disabilities Act. Margot also provides thoughts about being at Continue Reading ADA 25th Anniversary Celebration – featured on Disability Viewpoints
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Thanks to the ADA… Accommodations – Reasonable, Public and Workplace
An accessible society is beneficial to everyone, so let’s take the word “disability” out of the conversation for just a moment and think about these questions: Remember the last time you went to the grocery store and wheeled your cart out the door? What about rolling a suitcase through airport on one of those handy Continue Reading Thanks to the ADA… Accommodations – Reasonable, Public and Workplace
July 9, 2015 newsletter
25th ADA Celebration Newsletter: July 9, 2015
Business Owners Question Motive of Disability Act Lawsuits
VIDEO: Business Owners Question Motive Of Disability Act Lawsuits One lawyer is behind ADA lawsuits targeting at least 70 business, and it could cost them thousands of dollars, Jennifer Mayerle reports. WCCO 4 News At 10 – July 6, 2015
Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
The ADA is an authority that people with disabilities utilize to safeguard their civil rights in a number of situations. Title V covers insurance issues, explains the relationship between the ADA and other, previously existing laws and, perhaps most importantly, defines explicit restrictions against retaliation or coercion against anyone with a disability who exerts their Continue Reading Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Using a telephone is usually just a matter of course for those with no speech disabilities or hearing loss, but Title IV of the ADA addresses the rights of millions of Americans whose disabilities limit their access to communication by telephone. Title IV amends the Communications Act of 1934 and requires telecommunications companies to make Continue Reading Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act – TELECOMMUNICATIONS