Southwest ADA Center

01/15/2026

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Clym reports a 37% rise in ADA website accessibility lawsuits in 2025, impacting small e-commerce businesses significantly.

01/15/2026

Join us next Wednesday, 1/21/26 at 1pm CST for our FREE ADA Legal Series Webinar as we discuss Protected Health Information – Deciphering What is Protected under the Alphabet of Civil Rights and Medical Information Laws. More info & Register at:

The Great Lakes ADA Center offers this session as a self-paced webinars.This session has been approved for 1.5 contact hours for AIA HSW and Great Lakes ADA Center’s Certificate of Attendance. Due to the verification process, the criteria to earn Continuing Education credit requires that you view ...

01/13/2026

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More students are reporting disabilities — and getting A’s.

01/13/2026

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America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.

01/13/2026

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The EEOC said Peak Performers discriminated against a former employee with a disability rather than providing her with a requested workplace accommodation.

01/13/2026

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Making prisons accessible is important for inmates and visitors with disabilities.

01/10/2026

¿Recibió usted servicios de rehabilitación después de su herida? (p. ej. una apoplejía, daño cerebral traumático, lesión de la médula espinal, amputación)? ¡Queremos hablar con usted!

Hay un estudio científico conducido por investigadores en la University of Texas Health Science Center y TIRR Memorial Hermann. Están estudiando las experiencias de individuos en Houston con discapacidades que se identifican como minorías, quienes han recibido o han intentado de recibir servicios de rehabilitación. ¡Participantes serán compensados por su tiempo!

Si usted tiene alguna pregunta sobre este estudio, por favor llame a Jocelyne Fajardo con este número: ‪(832) 982-2861 o mande un email: Jocelyne.Fajardo@memorialhermann.org

01/08/2026

We are carrying out research into the use of service animals and emotional support animals by people with disabilities in the workplace! We are currently looking to interview people.

Whether you use a service animal or emotional support animal at work, we would like to hear from you! You do not have to answer any questions that you do not wish to answer. The information collected for this study does not contain identifiable information about you or your employer. The interview will take about 30 minutes to complete. You will be compensated for participating in the interview.

For more information or to schedule an interview please send an email to Jocelyne.Fajardo@memorialhermann.org

01/08/2026

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Group home executives in one state are making as much as $2.37 million while the direct support professionals who feed, bathe and spend time with residents with disabilities earn just $21 an hour.

01/07/2026

We are carrying out research into the use of service animals and emotional support animals by people with disabilities in the workplace! We are currently looking to interview people.

Whether you use a service animal or emotional support animal at work, we would like to hear from you! You do not have to answer any questions that you do not wish to answer. The information collected for this study does not contain identifiable information about you or your employer. The interview will take about 30 minutes to complete. You will be compensated for participating in the interview.

For more information or to schedule an interview please send an email to Jocelyne.Fajardo@memorialhermann.org