The Disability Law Lowdown podcast is available in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language. You can access all three podcast versions by going to Disability Law Lowdown Podcasts

Presented by IssueLab, an online publishing forum for non-profit research. A roundup of research and a podcast on the topic of Disabilities and Employment.

Website: Disabilities and Employment

This trainer's manual, available for free download, is an in-depth training on disability awareness with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) integrated throughout each training module.

The five modules focus on the following areas:

• Module 1: Typecasting: Understanding Disability
• Module 2: Legal Implications: An Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Module 3: Reasonable Accommodation
• Module 4: Etiquette: Communication and Interaction
• Module 5: Best Practices for Trainers

Workforce Discovery: Diversity and Disability in the Workplace

The Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) has developed the FREE introductory web-course on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that explores the legal requirements and spirit of the ADA.

The course content is self-paced and organized into 12 topics, which are designed to be studied in order. Each topic contains relative information as well as numerous real-life examples and self-tests to help you apply what you've learned. Upon completion of the course, you may be eligible to earn 0.5 CEUs or 3.55 CRCC hours. 

ADA Building Blocks

Bloques de Fundación Básicos de la ADA (ADA Building Blocks in Spanish)

This free tutorial on the requirements applicable to state and local governments under Title II of the ADA is approved for 0.3 CEU and 3 CRCC clock hours.

The tutorial will help ADA Coordinators successfully implement the ADA and foster an inclusive culture in their communities.

ADA Title II Tutorial

Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) sponsors an on-going program of web casts on a wide variety of topics, including the ADA, housing, health care, technology, education, employment, research, and policy issues. Sessions are presented by national experts in their fields. Transcripts of all sessions are archived, and can be accessed at any time. To find the schedule of upcoming web casts, instructions on how to access them, or the archives, visit the ILRU Web Casts page.

ILRU Web Casts

• Disability Awareness HR Management Online Seminar
• Supported Employment Web-based Certificate Series
• Supported Competitive Employment for Individuals with Mental Illness

RRTC on Workplace Supports

TeleSign Seminars

To access the course, you must create an account at TRAIN, a free service provided by the Public Health Foundation. The course number is 1010882.

Partners in Policymaking offers five online training courses to help people with disabilities, family members, and advocates increase knowledge and skills. The courses incude: 

• Partners in Time (disability history)
• Partners in Education (strategies for obtaining educational services)
• Partners in Employment (identifying and translating personal interests and strengths into employment opportunities)
• Making Your Case (advocacy strategies and community organizing)
• Partners in Living (obtaining appropriate housing, independent living services, family support, assistive technology)

Partners in Policymaking Online Courses

The Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC) has developed a free, fully accessible, on-line course to present information on how to effectively serve customers with a variety of disabilities. The course includes case studies and tests.

At Your Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities

This course, developed by the U.S. Department of Justice, explains how the ADA applies to businesses in ten short lessons. Putting the lessons into practice will allow businesses to comply with the ADA and welcome customers with disabilities.

Reaching out to Customers with Disabilities

Maryland WorkFORCE Promise offers a series of free eLearning courses and web-based tools for professionals in disabilities services, their clients, and the businesses with whom they work. Courses available include:

• Customized Employment 
• Interviewing & Hiring Individuals with Disabilities
• Motivational Interviewing
• Mental Health & the Recovery Model: An Introduction 
• Social Security Work Incentives
• SSI Calculation Worksheet
• SSDI Calculation Worksheet

Maryland WorkFORCE Promise Online Instruction Center

Topics include:

• Accommodation Options for Employees with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder
• "Current Events" in Accommodation
• Conduct and Performance Issues in the Workplace
• America's Heroes at Work: Hire Vets First
• ADA Amendments Act: What does it mean for your business?
• The Job Accommodation Process: The Ernst & Young ® Approach
• Roadmaps for Enhancing Employment of Persons with Disabilities Through the Use of Assistive Technology
• Accommodating Employees with Psychiatric Impairments
• Chemical Sensitivities in the Workplace

  JAN Webcast Rewind
  

JAN Presentation Library

The CRP-RCEP serving Region III offers a webcast series, as well as online courses and seminars, on various aspects of employing people with disabilities.

Region III CRP-RCEP.

The U.S. Access Board developed this web-course on its accessibility guidelines for play areas. The interactive program explains how to apply and follow the guidelines for proper access. It covers the scope and application of the guidelines, including the number of play components required to be accessible, and technical provisions for accessible play equipment, surfacing in play areas, ramp and transfer system access to elevated structures, and access to soft contained play structures. The course covers all sections of the guidelines, which are one of the first of their kind in providing detailed criteria for accessible play areas. In addition, multiple choice exams are provided for each segment of the program.

Play Area Accessibility

The National Center on Accessibility has developed a one-hour e-course as an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for park and recreation practitioners. The free course is offered through the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands online learning site.

Universal Design in Parks and Recreation

In September 2002, the U.S. Access Board issued the final rule for accessibility guidelines for recreation facilities for inclusion in the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. The new recreation rule covers amusement rides, boating, fishing, golf, miniature golf, sports facilities and swimming pools.

Join Peggy Greenwell and Bill Botten, of the U.S. Access Board, as they highlight the major provisions of the newly released Accessibility Guidelines for Recreation Facilities. This program is moderated by the National Center on Accessibility and funded in part by the National Center on Physical Activity and Disability and the National Park Service. Real player is required to access this streaming video program.

Introduction to the Recreation Rule

The U.S. Access Board and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) developed a web-based education course on the ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). The course focuses on supplements to ADAAG that cover public sector facilities, including courthouses and prisons, and building elements designed for children's use. The course is posted to the Access Board's web site.

• Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Facilities
• Detention and Correctional Facilities; and
• Building Elements Designed for Children's Use

ADAAG Course (Access Board)

AIA eClassroom

The U.S. Access Board has sponsored the development of a series of interactive web-based tutorials on various sections of its standards for electronic and information technology. These standards, issued under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, cover various means of disseminating and processing information, such as computers, software, web sites, and electronic office equipment. On-line courses include:

• Designing Accessible Web Sites
• Accessible Conferences
• Buying Accessible E & IT
• Section 508 Coordinators
• Additional Accessibility & Usability Concerns
• Accessible Video and Multimedia
• Building and Buying Accessible Software
• Buying Accessible Computers
• Opening Closed Products

The courses are available through the "508 Universe" program which was developed by the Federal Information Technology Accessibility Initiative, an interagency partnership on the implementation of section 508.

508 Universe / Tutorials on Section 508 Standards

This course, developed by the National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT), consists of nine lessons with many interactive features. The lessons begin by addressing basic issues, such as the difference between information technology and assistive technology. Several lessons discuss typical accessibility problems and solutions, as well as relevant laws for web design, distance learning, software, self-contained, closed products, telecommunications, and multimedia. The final lesson provides an overview of approaches and strategies for influencing information technology accessibility policy in education, and examines sample policies. Interactive features include streaming video, hypothetical case studies, and review questions that allow students to review and evaluate their understanding of lesson concepts.

Introduction to Accessible Information Technology in Education

Access E-Learning (AEL) is a ten-module tutorial about making distance education accessible for individuals with disabilities. AEL offers information on the most common needs in distance education, and provides instruction in techniques that will enhance the usability of online materials for all students. Registration is free.

Access E-Learning