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What We’re Reading: July 29, 2013

July 29, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

We are still in celebration mode for the 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Catch up on the latest in What We’re Reading!

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability Issues, Hospice, Medicare & Medicaid, News, Technology, What We're Reading Tagged With: •, ADA, ADA2019, ADA29, aging crisis, Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990, Bernie Sanders •, Beto O’Rourke •, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren •, George H.W. Bush, Immigration, Kamala Harris •, Kristin Gilibrand •, National Intern Day, University of Utah

Technology: Undone Work of the ADA?

July 29, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

The use of smartphones, wearables, and advancements in digital entertainment and gaming are making current generations wonder why digital access was not made more explicit in the original ADA text. The ADA is certainly a bastion for protections tied to access, but as technology develops and becomes a larger part of our day to day lives, have the protections in the ADA also expanded?

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Disability Issues, News, Technology Tagged With: Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990, Inclusion Drives Innovation, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508, Truncated Domes, TTY

ADA 29: Should We Celebrate?

July 25, 2019 by Claudia Paoletto

In 2019, The Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 29. As it teeters on the precipice of a new decade, it made us think about how the ADA will continue to develop civil rights policy of tomorrow. As we move toward the ADA Anniversary join us as we review some ideas about the ADA’s past and hopes for the future.

Filed Under: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Blog, Disability Issues, News Tagged With: ADA, ADA Celebration, Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990, July 26

What We’re Reading: July 30, 2018

July 30, 2018 by Claudia Paoletto

Celebrating the 28th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act | NAB July 26, 2018 ADA Anniversary 2018 - The NAB and #ADA28 | Wakelet AAPD Disabiltiy Download | AAPD July 2018   Owning Otherness – Claudia Gordon | Ted Talk On the Anniversary of the ADA, Demand That Lawmakers Defend Our Care | Smart [...]

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