Please join the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center at ILRU for a Web cast on “Court Accessibility”.
Jack Humburg, M.A., C.R.C., Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D., and William N. Myhill, M.Ed., J.D., will present the Web cast on “Court Accessibility” Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 3:00pm EST.
Mr. Humburg will outline Florida’s efforts to address accessibility within the court system, including the role of the Florida Supreme Court’s standing committee on “Fairness and Diversity” The committee, of which Mr. Humburg is a member, is charged with developing a plan to remove physical barriers throughout the court system. Ultimately, the committee aims to develop and implement a statewide transition plan to eliminate identified barriers.
Dr. Blanck will provide a historical and legal perspective of federal and state responsibilities for the accessibility of their court facilities and services, including access to building facilities, communications and information, historical structure exemptions, and qualifying as a juror.
Prof. Myhill will review meaningful engagement in court proceedings, in consideration of such factors as lighting and seating arrangements, use of assistive devices and new courtroom technologies, and reasonable modifications to procedures. Additionally, he will discuss current and future trends in developing and implementing accessibility standards for courts.
Jack Humburg, M.A., C.R.C., is the Director of Housing Development and ADA Services at the Boley Centers for Behavioral Health Care, Inc., serves as the Southeast DBTAC’s partner for the state of Florida, and has organized a statewide ADA network to help facilitate voluntary ADA compliance. http://www.sedbtac.org/about/staff.php?bio=training.
Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D., is University Professor at Syracuse University, Chair of the Burton Blatt Institute: Centers of Innovation on Disability (BBI), and Principal Investigator for the Southeast DBTAC grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
William N. Myhill, M.Ed., J.D., is Senior Research Associate with BBI, Adjunct Professor of Law at Syracuse University, and Faculty Associate with the Center for Digital Literacy.
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This Web cast is supported through the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center, a project of ILRU. Southwest ADA Center (www.SouthwestADA.org) is one of ten Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide training, technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and other disability-related laws. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of Education.
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