The Tennessee Disability Coalition and the Network of Regional DBTAC-ADA Centers is pleased to announce a special session of the ADA Audio Conference Series that will focus on the ADA Amendments Act/ADA Restoration Act.  This session will be held on a special date and time.

DATE: August 12, 2008
TIME: 12:00-1:30pm Eastern Time (11-12:30pm Central)

SESSION DESCRIPTION: It has been a year since the ADA Restoration Act was introduced in both the House and the Senate. The intent of this legislation was to address the interpretations of the law by the US Supreme Court that negatively impacted the ability of thousands of Americans with Disabilities from exercising their rights under the ADA. Over the past year the House has passed legislation known as the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (HR 3195) and the Senate is in the process of considering their version of the bill (S 1881).
There has been a great deal of discussion via generated on listservs, email and blogs regarding the compromise language used in the ADA Amendments Act and questions raised by advocates, members of Congress and the business community. Join us for this special session of the ADA Audio Conference series to learn more about the legislation, the perspectives of the employment community and how the definition of disability would impact Title I cases of discrimination.

SPEAKERS:

  • Andy Imparato, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
  • Michael P. Aitken, Director of Governmental Affairs, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Christine M. Griffin, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The Coalition will be serving as an Audio Conference site for those who wish to participate free at our office in Nashville. If you plan to participate at the Coalition offices please send an RSVP to Donna DeStefano.

If you will not be in Nashville on August 12th, then your organization can sign up to serve as a site or you can register to get streaming audio or captioning of the event online.  See below for more information, including costs.

FEE: $25.00 Per Site for Telephone; $15.00 Per Connection for Streaming Audio via the Internet and $15.00 Real-Time Captioning via the Internet* (*No charge for Real-time captioning provided as a reasonable accommodation at sites where Telephone or Streaming Audio are utilized)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Go on-line to www.ada-audio.org and choose the ADA Audio Conference Series Option or contact us by email at gldbtac@uic.edu or by telephone at  312-413-1407 (V/TTY)

This program is hosted by the DBTAC – Great Lakes ADA Center (www.adagreatlakes.org)

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