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Presents a Professional Development Workshop: 17 Years of the ADA: What Has It Gotten Us?
Friday, December 7, 2007 9:00-3:00
Johnson County Community College - CC 211 Overland Park, Kansas
A professional development workshop for professionals who work with Deaf and/or hard of hearing people: This presentation will include information about the American with Disabilities Act and its four titles, and will cover its impact over the 17 years it has been in effect. Howard will focus on the rights of deaf and hard of hearing people, particularly communication access. Discussion will also include the impact of the ADA on rehabilitation and mental health treatment.
Howard A. Rosenblum is a Senior Attorney at Equip for Equality, a nonprofit organization designated as Illinois' Protection and Advocacy entity. He represents people with disabilities in disability rights and special education cases. Mr. Rosenblum successfully litigated an ADA case guaranteeing communication access, including sign language interpreters, within municipal jails to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons in Hanson v. Sangamon County Sheriff's Department (C.D. Ill. 1998). He previously worked ten years as an associate attorney with Monahan & Cohen. Mr. Rosenblum co-founded and is the Chairperson of the Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf, dedicated to ensuring equal access to the legal system for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Mr. Rosenblum received his law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (1992), and his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona (1988).
REGISTRATION FEE: ADARA Members: $5.00 in advance; After Dec. 6 or at the door $10.00; Non-members: $30.00 in advance; After Dec. 6 or at the door $35.00
Mail Registration form and payment to: Rebecca J. Rosenthal, Program Chair
Checks payable to GKC-ADARA 915 SW Harrison, 9-N DSOB, Topeka, KS 66061 We will accept Checks or money orders ONLY; Please NO Cash or Credit Card
(12/07) Professional Development Workshop: 17 Years of the ADA: What Has It Gotten Us?
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