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Outdoor Dining, Retail, and Community Spaces

May 1 2025

Description: With warm weather comes an increase in outdoor social activities. These include outdoor dining, retail, and community gatherings such as music festivals, street carnivals, parades, and farmers markets. In this webinar, presenters will address the accessibility of outdoor dining, retail, and other social gatherings that take place in the public right-of-way. The presentation will...

New Ideas in the International Building Code (IBC) and the ICC A117.1

May 20 2025

Description As technologies change and new ideas come forward as ‘best practice’ for full inclusion, the International Codes has added requirements into the codes and standard to address these items. This program explores the most impactful accessibility changes in the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), International Existing Building Code (IEBC) and the referenced accessibility standard,...

ADA Legal Update: Disability-Related Retaliation, Harassment, and Bullying in employment, education, public service and public accommodation settings

May 21 2025

Description: Individuals with disabilities may face retaliation, harassment, and bullying in workplaces as well as in education and public settings.  This causes barriers to equal participation. This webinar will review requirements and protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act  Titles I, II, and III. Through real-world examples and best practices, participants will learn about their...

ADA and Fostering an Inclusive Work Culture for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities

May 22 2025

Description According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 23% of American adults experience some form of mental illness (or psychiatric disability) on a yearly basis. And across the population, almost 6% of American adults live with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or long-term recurring major depression. For...

Intersectionality: Unpacking Discrimination, Stigma, and Multiple Marginalization

Jun 3 2025

Description: The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center invites you to participate in the webinar series “The Human Experience of Black People with Disabilities and Their Rights Under the ADA,” which reports on our research study about how Black individuals with disabilities access information and exercise their rights under the ADA. Intersectionality recognizes that individuals hold multiple, interconnected social identities—such...

What is a disability?

Jun 10 2025

Description Presenters: Chris Sweet, Technical Assistant and Outreach Specialist Northeast ADA Center, Joe Zesski, Program Manager Northeast ADA Center Understanding what disability means under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can be tricky. People often have their own preconceptions of what disability means or may assume a definition for disability from laws other than the...

Wheelchair Motocross (WCMX) and Adaptive Skateboarding

Jun 12 2025

Description Join this session to learn more about wheelchair motocross, including competitions, and adaptive skateboarding, such as what equipment is needed for an individual. During this session, board members of the newly formed WCMX World Federation will discuss policy modifications that skate park operators can make to include WCMX and adaptive skateboarding and how to...

National ADA Symposium

Jun 15 2025

Description The National ADA Symposium is a 4-day event known for a session schedule that covers a wide range of topics, including employment, accessible design, state and local government issues, business and disability, accessible technology, and recreation. Sessions are presented by nationally recognized experts including representatives from the federal agencies that implement the ADA :...

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