This Page is a complement to the ADA Mediation online discussion group at ADA Forum Discussion , where practitioners exchange ideas with stakeholders and advocates welcome to join in. Effective Disabilities Act Mediation by Judy Cohen Mediators should have experience in the areas of ADA and disability access.
Many people feel uncomfortable dealing with people who have disabilities.
A mediator should set a correct tone by interacting appropriately and by using appropriate disability terminology. To Mediate by Jeff Kichaven, J.D. Plaintiffs and defendants alike benefit from the clear choices generated in the mediation of psychiatric disability claims. Mediation affords the unique opportunity to examine, in a cool-headed environment, how the situation must look to each side and how it might look to an impartial observer such as a judge or jury. The empowered decision-making that flows from the mediation process may provide the best opportunity for closure that the legal system can provide. This Page is a complement to the ADA Mediation online discussion group at ADA Forum Discussion, where practitioners exchange ideas with stakeholders and advocates welcome to join in.