Showing posts with label Americans with Disabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Americans with Disabilities. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2009

DISABILITY LAW LOWDOWN PODCAST in ENGLISH, SPANISH, and AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

The Disability Law Lowdown Project is a set of podcasts that provide up-to-date information on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related disability laws. It is available for free download on both iTunes and the Disability Law Lowdown website.

You can listen to the podcasts, or read the transcripts, on the website or you can download them to your MP3 player and listen at your convenience. Listeners can subscribe to the podcasts to have shows automatically delivered to them. The podcasts are also available on the DLL website, where transcripts of the shows are simultaneously available.

New episodes include The ADA Amendments Act and Family Medical Leave Act. The Disability Law Lowdown is actually three separate podcasts. There's one in English, one in Spanish, and a video podcast in American Sign Language.

Disability Law Lowdown is brought to you by the Disability Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC), which is a national network of ten ADA Centers, offering technical assistance and training in the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability-related laws.

To subscribe or listen, look for the Disability Law Lowdown podcast on
iTunes, or go to the website at http://www.disabilitylawlowdown.com

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Candidate plans to combat autism

As the presidential election draws near, you may be wondering how each candidate feels about issues close to your heart. Click the links below to see how each candidate intends to address autism.

As president, McCain would work to advance federal research into autism, promote early screening, and identify better treatment options. Click here to read John McCain's plan to combat autism.

As president, Obama would appoint a federal ASD Coordinator to oversee all federal ASD efforts, fully fund the Combating Autism Act and other federal autism research initiatives, support special needs education for children with ASD, and support universal screening. Click here to read his full plan, and click here to see his updated plan to empower Americans with disabilities.