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Speakers: Karen Hamilton, Community Enterprises; Jonathan Ellis, Lisa Byrd, Lorraine Woodward, Jean Andersen

Twenty-six percent of the U.S. population live each day with a disability. We believe that disability, and the differences people with disabilities bring to the fabric of our culture, should be celebrated and embraced. People with disabilities have the same needs, desires, and talents as anyone and should have equal access to a full life.

In celebration of the 30th ADA anniversary, ADA Live! is featuring a monthly theme and for March, the theme is Disability Awareness. Explore and learn more with the ADA Anniversary Tool Kit at ADAanniversary.org

On this episode of ADA Live!, Karen Hamilton with Community Enterprises in Archdale, North Carolina, speaks with a group of people about living life with Cerebral Palsy (CP), Intellectual/Development Disability (ID/DD), Muscular Dystrophy (MD), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

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One of the most important rights of United States citizens is the right to vote. Although U.S. citizens over the age of 18 cannot be denied the right to vote, regardless of race, religion, sex, disability, or sexual orientation; people with disabilities are at risk of exclusion from this core aspect of citizenship (Source: The White House: Elections & Voting).

Join us for this episode of ADA Live! as we discuss voting access for people with disabilities with Jennifer Levin, Senior Attorney with Disability Law Colorado. Ms. Levin will share the role of Protection and Advocacy in ensuring equal access and, specifically, the Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) initiative. Federal laws regarding voting access, and the protections they provide, will be discussed as well as best practices and policies some states have adopted to ensure equal access for all voters.

By voting, citizens are participating in the democratic process. Citizens vote for leaders to represent them and their ideas, and the leaders support the citizens' interests. As we move closer to the 2020 state primaries and Presidential election, the Southeast ADA Center and the ADA National Network, along with our national, regional and state partners, are focusing on voting access. This topic corresponds to the themes celebrating the 30th ADA anniversary.

Service animals seems to be in the news a lot lately and there is a great deal of information available about the rights of individuals with disabilities to have service animals in public. Service animals can make a significant difference in the quality of life of people with disabilities. They can help make the world more accessible by assisting with mobility and orientation, balance, retrieving, sensing medical conditions, and much more.

On this episode of ADA Live! we take a closer look at how these important animals are trained. Stephen Kuusisto, Syracuse University Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach with the Burton Blatt Institute and author of the book Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey; Lori Breece, Program Manager, & Kristina Smith, Program Coordinator, with United Disabilities Services (UDS) Service Dog Training Program will discuss the important work of training service dogs. We will learn about the fascinating and extensive work that is needed to train a dog to be a service animal, the types of breeds typically used, how dogs and potential clients are matched, and much more.

Before her rights were taken away, Jenny Hatch had her own apartment, worked, spent time with friends, and went to a church of her choice. After a court ordered her into guardianship, Ms. Hatch found herself in a group home against her will with her cell phone and laptop taken away, cut off from her friends and not allowed to go to her job and church.

On this episode of ADA Live!, Jonathan Martinis discusses his new book,” Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!” Martinis, along with Dr. Peter Blanck, tells Jenny’s story including how she lost her rights under guardianship and how she won them back when she showed the court that she uses Supported Decision-Making (SDM) to make her own decisions with help from people she trusts. They also show how you can use SDM in your life, with family members, or people you support, including in programs like Special Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Person Centered Planning.

In 2019, the National Council on Disability (NCD) reported that between 45% and 55% of people with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (ID/DD) are under some form of guardianship. “Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!” is a practical guide for family members, human service professionals, and people in or facing guardianship. Martinis and Blanck hope that people with disabilities and their families, friends, and professionals will use this book to help develop customized Supported Decision-Making (SDM) plans that protect the rights of the individual with a disability and empower them to make their own decisions.

We are honored to have a special guest on this episode of ADA Live! - Luis Gallegos, J.D., the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in New York, will discuss a global perspective on disability human rights. Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D.,University Professor & Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, will interview Ambassador Gallegos about disability human rights as reflected in the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“CRPD”) and the Convention’s Conference of States Parties (“COSP”) to the CRPD.

The CRPD is an important human rights treaty, asserting that people with disabilities should have equality around the globe. When adopted in 2006, the CRPD was signed by the highest number of countries in the history of UN Conventions. It adopts a broad view of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all human rights apply to persons with disabilities. The CRPD also identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights, areas where their rights have been violated, and areas where protection of rights must be reinforced. Matters in regard to implementation of the CRPD are considered in the COSP.

Ambassador Gallegos serves as Chair of the COSP. He has a crucial and unique worldview, which he will share and what he believes are the successes, challenges, and opportunities for people with disabilities moving forward.

Episodio 51: Cuentas de ABLE y respuestas a sus preguntas by Southeast ADA Center

Los estudiantes con discapacidades, incluyendo ellos que tienen discapacidades intelectuales y de desarrollo, típicamente no sepan sobre las oportunidades en la educación pos-secundaria, cuales acomodaciones son disponibles y como pedir para los. Este episodio abarca como los estudiantes con discapacidades y sus familias necesiten saber sobre el acceso a la educación pos-secundaria y los tipos de apoyos y servicios disponibles a ellos cuando entran la universidad y también recursos recomendados que dan más información sobre la educación pos-secundaria y estudiantes con discapacidades.

Presentador: Diana Katovich la directora asistida del Centro Taishoff para Educación Inclusiva de la Universidad de Syracuse

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Una alergia de comida debe ser considerado tan una discapacidad en acuerdo con las leyes federales como la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973 y la Ley sobre estadounidenses con discapacidades (la Ley ADA). Algunas personas que tienen alergias de comida tienen una discapacidad, especialmente ellos con reacciones medicas graves a alimentos en particular.

En este episodio, Dr. Daniel Newman el director ejecutivo de los servicios de apoyo académico y es el coordinador de ADA 504 para la Universidad de Lesley en Cambridge, Massachusetts habla sobre como un acuerdo entre el Departamento de Justicia y la Universidad de Lesley ayudaba a sensibilizar las profesionales de educación pos-secundaria que alergias de comida y la enfermedad de Celiac puedan calificar tan una discapacidad en acuerdo con la Ley ADA. También Dr. Newman va a charlar sobre los desafíos y las soluciones en que las universidades puedan acomodar y apoyar estudiantes que tienen alergias especificas.

Presentador: Dr. Daniel Newman, Director Ejecutivo de los Servicios de Apoyo Académico y Coordinador de ADA 504 – Universidad de Lesley

Las emergencias puedan suceder sin aviso pues la mayoría de nosotros no estamos preparados para lograrlas. Todos deben estar bien preparados para emergencias que llegan de pronto- no importa si estás alguien con una discapacidad o no. Una emergencia podría ser una inundación, incendio, sismo, huracán u otro tipo de desastre natural. Aunque, también podría ser una fuga de gas natural o un sumidero o un árbol que se chocla la tierra y casa.

Este episodio de ¡ADA en Vivo! hablará sobre lo que personas con discapacidades deben hacer antes, durante y después una emergencia sucede. Nuestras presentadoras son Mary Morder la especialista de materiales del Centro de la ADA del Sureste, Christine Woodell la especialista de información y el socio de Mississippi para el Centro de la ADA del Sureste y Christy Dunaway la Coordinadora de Integración de Discapacidad para la Agencia de Gestión en Emergencias de Mississippi.

Octubre es el mes nacional de concienciación sobre el empleo de individuos con discapacidad. En ese episodio de ¡ADA en Vivo! hablamos sobre el empleo exclusivo que es un proceso flexible que personaliza la relación profesional del empleo por contratando un candidato con discapacidad a cumplir las necesidades específicas de un empleador en una manera que les beneficia ambos el empleador y el candidato sin embargo de las descripciones previas del trabajo. Ese episodio va abarcar el proceso de empleo exclusivo- lo incluye la busca por trabajo, las negociaciones y como lo beneficia las empresas. También recalcamos los recursos disponibles que ayudan empleadores a implementar el empleo exclusivo.

Presentador: Katie Wolf Whaley, Investigador Principal y Directora del Proyecto de Capacitaciones para Empleado Apoyado con sede en el Instituto de Desarrollo Humano de la Universidad de Kentucky

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