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The Southwest ADA Center

The Southwest ADA Center serves a wide range of audiences who are interested in or impacted by these laws, including employers, businesses, government agencies, schools and people with disabilities. Expert staff members are available to provide training and publications and to respond to your inquiries via the toll free hotline 800-949-4232!

01/10/2025

If you need help paying past due rent or utilities, call 211 and ask about emergency rental assistance. 211 is a hotline – supported by United Way – that connects callers with local resources. https://untdwy.org/211

01/10/2025

If you are looking for streaming content that feels fresh and relevant, check out Jack and the Beanstalk, a new short film from Regan Linton, an award-winning actor, wheelchair user and New Mobility contributor. Her fresh take on the classic tale revolves around a grocery store worker denied a living wage because of his disability and features wheelchair users Stewart Tucker Lundy and Kalyn Rose Heffernan.

https://newmobility.com/a-disability-centered-take-on-jack-and-the-beanstalk/

01/10/2025

The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any

01/10/2025

Sebastian Stan has won his first Golden Globe, winning best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for his performance in 'A Different Man.'

01/10/2025

The Independent Living Research Utilization program (http://www.ilru.org) at the TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center in Houston, Texas, is seeking applicants for its 10 week long 2025 summer internship program, starting June 2, 2025. Interns will learn research methodology and approaches and receive a thorough grounding in the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability laws and policy, and disability and Independent Living history and philosophy. Interns will assist in conducting research, including surveys of centers for independent living; in doing so, they will apply what they have learned about research techniques and approaches.

Follow this link for more information on the internship program: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/ozoPQSf/ilrusummer

01/10/2025

We're so excited that over 1,000 institutions have signed Data Use & Registration Agreements with ! This includes more than 120 (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)and (Hispanic Serving Institutes)! These agreements allow affiliated researchers to register to use the Researcher Workbench.

See registered institutions here:https://allof-us.org/4fd6iGf

01/09/2025

Happening Now! Join our friends at HCOD for this important update!

01/09/2025

If you’re planning on renovating a hotel this year, make sure you’re up to date with requirements under the ADA. Get started with the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design and more: https://adata.org/faq/if-i-am-doing-renovation-hotel-how-many-guest-rooms-need-be-accessible

01/09/2025

The Justice Department has renamed the Indian Resources Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division to the Tribal Resources Section. The new name better reflects the nature of the section’s work because it typically works with representatives of tribal governments rather than individ...

01/09/2025

General education teachers don't always get a lot of training around how to serve students with disabilities. But that's starting to change.

01/09/2025

This guide includes suggested steps that ADA Coordinators and others working with state and local governments may want to take as they plan to ensure that their web content and mobile apps comply with the ADA Title II rule on the accessibility of web content and mobile apps.

01/08/2025

Currently, there is a mentorship program run by ILRU in which mentees are able to learn more about disability related laws as well as get hands-on experience with volunteering in local disability organizations in Houston, TX.

ILRU is currently searching for mentees in the Houston area ages 18 and up with spinal cord injuries or other types of disabilities who are interested in community involvement and participating in educational opportunities about disability.
If you would like to learn more or apply to be a mentee, please click on the links below:

Website: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/kBshMtx/TEAMProgram
Application: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7967607/Mentorship-Program-Mentee-Application-2025

01/08/2025

🎶 Did You Know Rihanna’s Album Features Braille? |

Rihanna’s Anti album broke barriers by featuring a braille poem on its cover—the first-ever music album to incorporate a poem in the form of physical braille! 💡

Celebrate the innovation and impact of braille with us today on the anniversary of Louis Braille's birthday!

01/08/2025

Don't miss the start of our Spring 2025 Assistive Technology workshop series!

When: January 16, 2025 from 8:00 - 10:30 am
Where: Zoom
What: Spring 2025 Workshop Series: Part 1 – Consideration of Assistive Technology

Participants will learn about the process for the Consideration of Assistive Technology (AT) in a school setting and learn to apply the process for all students with disabilities. Participants will be introduced to legal requirements related to AT consideration.

Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the consideration of AT for all students with disabilities.
- Summarize what the law says about AT Consideration.
- List potential solutions available to help meet students’ IEP goals.

Each participant must register separately. Workshops are not recorded.

Register now at https://bit.ly/3Ptl1SI

Address

1333 Moursund Street
Houston, TX
77030

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.southwestada.org/

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