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Ohio State University's 10th Perspectives Conference will present information on health, education, civil rights, technology and other subjects as they affect the lives of people with disabilities. Conference sessions will address subjects including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Web accessibility; Universal Design for Learning; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008; and Recruiting and Supporting Students with Disabilities in STEM programs. The conference will be held April 27 - 28, 2010 at the Ohio State University's Columbus campus.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has scheduled its 2010 Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) conference from July 12-15, 2010 in Orlando, FL. The EXCEL conference, considered the conference to attend for senior federal agency leaders, federal EEO and HR practitioners, and attorneys in the federal government, provides training on the laws and issues within the EEOC's purview. Proposals for the conference may be submitted until January 28, 2010.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it has reached agreements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City and Reed College in Portland, OR, regarding the use in a classroom setting of the electronic book reader, the Kindle DX, a hand-held technological device that simulates the experience of reading a book. Under the agreements the universities generally will not purchase, recommend or promote use of the Kindle DX, or any other dedicated electronic book reader, unless the devices are fully accessible to students who are blind and have low vision.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that 93,277 workplace discrimination charges were filed with EEOC during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the second highest level ever, and monetary relief obtained for victims totaled over $376 million. EEOC comprehensive enforcement and litigation statistics for FY 2009 provide more details on charges filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and other statutes. The data also show that private sector job bias charges (which include those filed against state and local governments) alleging discrimination based on disability, religion and/or national origin hit record highs.
On November 21, 2009 Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) took effect. GINA prohibits discrimination by health insurers and employers based on individuals' genetic information. Genetic information includes the results of genetic tests to determine whether someone is at increased risk of acquiring a condition (such as some forms of breast cancer) in the future, as well as a person's family medical history. For more information about Title I provisions of the law relating to health coverage visit The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: Information for Researchers and Health Care Professionals.
The report Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007 has been released by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Office of Justice Programs. In 2007 persons age 12 or older with disabilities experienced about 716,000 nonfatal violent crimes, including rape or sexual assault (47,000), robbery (79,000), aggravated assaults (114,000) and simple assaults (476,000). They also experienced about 2.3 million property crimes during the year. The report opens a PDF document.
Provides information on disability laws and other subjects available to download and listen to, as well as podcast transcripts to read. Information covered includes the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Air Carrier Access Act, the Ticket to Work program, the Fair Housing Act and other laws and programs that support the rights and independence of people with disabilities. This information is also available in Spanish. Disability Law Lowdown ASL videos are on YouTube.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a discrimination lawsuit against national retailer Target Stores, Inc. for unlawfully denying a reasonable accommodation to an employee with multiple disability-based impairments and substantially reducing his work hours due to the medical conditions. The worker could not effectively communicate with others without the assistance of a job coach because of his cerebral palsy and intellectual disability.
This conference is organized into three thematic areas--Foundation, Exploration and Innovation, and will address many issue areas including employment, hidden disabilities, transition to post-secondary education, disability rights, assistive technology and more. The conference will be held April 12-13, 2010 in Honolulu, HI and online registration is available.
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