Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Disability Law Series is under way in Joliet, IL.: Aug 2011 : Will Grundy Center for Independent Living’s

The Will Grundy Center for Independent Living’s annual Disability Law Series is under way.

Free of charge, these weekly two-hour sessions, which run through Sept. 22, offer regional experts providing in-depth, current information on a wide range of disability issues.

In this week’s session, to be held Thursday, Curt Paddock, Will County land use director, will update participants on PACE, building inspectors accessibility and community development housing.

All sessions run 1-3 p.m. Thursdays at the center’s office, 2415 W. Jefferson St. (at Barney Drive). Registration is encouraged, as are requests for reasonable accommodations. To register or make requests, contact series’ coordinator Mary Tisdale prior to the session, at 815-729-0162 or 815-729-2085 (TTY) or 815-768-2582 (video phone/video relay service).

Other sessions include:

Aug. 25: Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendments, presented by Anel Gonzalez from the Great Lakes ADA Center-University of Chicago. Gonzalez offers easy-to-comprehend but thorough knowledge of the now 21-year old ADA and the amendments which were passed into law in recent years.

Sept. 1: Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, facilitated by Equip for Equality’s Consuelo Puente. A longtime partner with the Will-Grundy CIL, Puente is a disability rights attorney and mother of disabled children, who has helped countless families and youth with disabilities seek a quality education.

Sept. 8: Illinois Access Code and Accessible Parking will be addressed by John Stanton of Stanton Architects in Crest Hill. The center’s board president, Stanton offers valuable information to disabled individuals, business owners, city inspectors and developers.

Sept. 15: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Laws by Karen Aguilar, associate director at Midwest Center on Law for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Her workshop on laws and regulations in working with the deaf is useful for organizations, municipalities and businesses. This session is tentatively scheduled; call to confirm.

Sept. 22: Voting Accessibility, presented by Lana Jakaitis from the Will County clerk’s office. The Will County Clerk and her staff are eager to update disabled voters on the importance of voter registration and the various types of assistive technology and reasonable accommodations provided at polling centers.

# For Will Grundy Center for Independent Living: http://will-grundycil.org/

# As posted : The Herald News August 16, 2011
http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/7098505-418/joliet-center-starts-its-disability-law-series.html

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