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Southeast ADA Center Announces the First Broadcast of WADA “ADA Live!” on BlogTalkRadio

On October 2, 2013, the Southeast ADA Center will launch “ADA Live!” on WADA, the Center’s internet-based radio station.  For the past 22 years, the Southeast ADA Center, a member of the ADA National Network and a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, has provided free, confidential and accurate information, training and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals who have rights under the ADA as well as to those who have responsibilities under the Act. Read More

Southeast ADA Center offers online tool kit to celebrate 23rd anniversary of the ADA

The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, increasing opportunities experienced by people with disabilities. In the weeks leading up to the July 26th anniversary, groups of people with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living, disability organizations, and State and local governments will be celebrating the full and active participation in community life made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act. To celebrate this milestone, the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University and a member of the ADA National Network, has created an ADA Anniversary Tool Kit for use by the public and the media through the ADA Anniversary website (ADAanniversary.org).  For more information and resources about the ADA anniversary, visit BBI’s dedicated ADA Anniversary page and the ADA Anniversary Tool Kit News Release. Read More

Peter Blanck discusses policies for web accessibility – Galway

Peter Blanck to discuss policies for web accessibility for people with intellectual disabilities at National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design – Galway Professor Peter Blanck will present the central thesis—and relevant findings—from his latest book, “Towards a Right under the ADA to Web Access for People with Cognitive Disabilities”  at the round-table discussion of policies for website accessibility for people with intellectual disabilities sponsonsored by the  National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, with NUI Galway’s Centre for Disability Law and Policy, in the National Disability Authority’s offices at 25 Clyde Road, Dublin 4  from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Friday, 12th July. Read More

BBI’s Southeast ADA Center, Kentucky Affiliate create guide for veterans: Know Your Employment Rights Under the ADA

The Southeast ADA Center and its Kentucky Affiliate, MLM Associates, have created an employment rights guide for veterans with disabilities. The guide includes practical information to help veterans with disabilities understand their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA assures that all people have the same opportunities and rights. Read More

BBI Southeast ADA Center voting and disability resource list

The Southeast ADA Center, a project of BBI, developed the Voting and Disability Resource List [PDF file] to provide information about resources for accessible voting, reports and guidelines on voting system accessibility, and best practices for achieving voter access. Read More

The Southeast ADA Center team member Mary Morder was interviewed by WSB-TV, Channel 2 in Atlanta for a July 26, 2012 story on accessible parking concerns of a metro-area hardware store. Read More

BBI Chairman discusses impact of ADA

Peter Blanck was quoted in a Gazette (Iowa) article about the impact of the Americans with Disabilities (ADA). The story explores how the ADA has allowed people with disabilities to succeed as business owners. “Try to imagine a world without ADA,” Blanck told the paper. Read More

ADA anniversary serves as a reminder of making the world more inclusive

The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, increasing opportunities experienced by people with disabilities. In the weeks leading up to the July 26th anniversary, groups of people with disabilities, Centers for Independent Living, disability organizations, and State and local governments will be celebrating the full and active participation in community life made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read More

Blanck quoted in Boston Globe article about Netflix captioning case

The Boston Globe turned to University Professor Peter Blanck, BBI chairman, for his expert analysis of a federal case involving Netflix and the captioning of movies and TV shows streamed online. Read More

Gov. Cuomo visits SU to present new legislation to protect New Yorkers with disabilities

Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Syracuse University May 16 to present proposed legislation intended to protect New Yorkers with disabilities. University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, introduced Cuomo to an audience inside SU’s Schine Student Center. Cuomo spoke about his first-in-the-nation Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Read More

The March 2012 issue of The Voice, Georgia PTA’s newsletter, featured an article about the Southeast ADA Center’s I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio pilot program. Read More

Get to Know: Mary Morder, Southeast ADA Center

Mary Morder writes, edits, develops, and coordinates materials related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the Southeast ADA Center, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Born with Cerebral Palsy, Morder became directly involved in disability rights after the ADA became law. Read More

BBI Chairman authors working paper on web access for people with cognitive disabilities

The paper, commissioned by the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, discusses a right under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to web access for people with cognitive disabilities. Read More

BBI Chairman to testify before National Council on Disability

Blanck will discuss emerging issues in regards to disability law, policy, and research such as equal access to technology and opportunities for competitive integrated employment. Read More

BBI staff members to present at National ADA Symposium

The Symposium, March 12-14, is designed to provide the latest information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and guidelines, implementation strategies, and best practices through dynamic, interactive sessions. Read More

Blanck provides expert insight into courthouse accessibility case

The Post-Standard (Syracuse) turned to the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University and its Chairman for expert insight on the issue of accessibility at courthouses. Read More