2013 Webinars

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Katie Steigerwalt
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Telephone: 607.255.8660
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Webinar Registration

Register now for the Northeast ADA Center's free live webinars offered throughout the year. These webinars are offered in both English and Spanish, with live captioning, and will be available as an archive two weeks after each event.

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02/28/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Employment for People with Disabilities in 2013: Hot-Button Issues

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This session will review the following topics: • What are the issues? Why did they emerge now? • Leave as an accommodation: What are best practices? How much leave has to be granted? Does the ADA AA change leave practices? • Accommodating veterans with disabilities - particularly signature disabilities • Integrating disability into diversity planning • Other hot-button issues on the horizon • Summary: What do you see as hot button issues?

Presenter: Hannah Rudstam

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03/22/2013 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Program Access in the Information Age featuring WebAIM

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This session will review the following topics: • Web accessibility basics (overview of guidelines and laws, principles of accessibility, evaluation tools) • Business Case for Web Accessibility for Customer Access • New Regulations impacting web accessibility for Title II and Title III Entities

Presenter: ADA Center Partner

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04/26/2013 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Issues in Web Site Accessibility for Employers featuring WebAIM

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This session will review the following topics: • Web accessibility basics (overview of guidelines and laws, principles of accessibility, evaluation tools) • Business case for web accessibility for Title I entities (i.e. Application systems and benefits systems) • Recent Court Decisions of interest in web accessibility (i.e. Netflix decision)

Presenter: ADA Center Partner

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05/30/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

New Regulations: Service Animals

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This session will review the following topics: • Revised definition of service animals under the ADA • Service animal inquiries under the ADA • Differences between the ADA and other laws impacting people who use service animals (i.e. Fair Housing Act, Air Carrier Access Act)

Presenter: Erin Sember

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06/27/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Worksite Wellness, Leisure and Disability

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This session will review the following topics: • Overview of leisure and disability coping • The ADA and Worksite Wellness Programming • Summary of Cornell/SUNY-Cortland Worksite Wellness Study Findings

Presenter: LaWanda Cook

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07/25/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Disability as Diversity: Including America’s Largest Diversity Population in Diversity Planning and Practice

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This session will review the following topics: • The value proposition of diversity; connections to competitive advantage and organizational success • Diversity efforts: Why is disability often left out? • About the numbers: Our largest diversity population • Disability Is Diversity: Workplace connections and strategies • Disability Is Diversity: Customer/market issues and strategies • Disability Is Diversity: Supplier diversity and strategies • Case study applications • Closing: What strategies make sense to you?

Presenter: Hannah Rudstam

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08/29/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Disability Disclosure in the Workplace: Recent Research on Current Practices & Challenges

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This session will review the following topics: • Overview of Cornell research study • Practices of job-seekers with disabilities • Practices of employees with disabilities • Disability-related practices of employers • Where to go from here?

Presenters: Sarah von Schrader, Erin Sember

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09/26/2013 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

New Regulations: Intersections and Crossroads: ADA and territorial laws and policies in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

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This session will review the following topics: • Quick overview of ADA • Does ADA apply to US territories? • Territorial disability law in Puerto Rico • Recent case law—Puerto Rico • Territorial disability law in the US Virgin Islands • Recent case law—Virgin Islands • Emerging trends & challenges for territorial disability law

Presenters: Yessica Guardiola, Hannah Rudstam

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Northeast ADA Center
Employment and Disability Institute
Cornell University
ILR School
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Ithaca, New York 14853

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In other areas: 607-255-6686 (Voice, TTY, Spanish) Fax: 607-255-2763
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