3:30 - 4:30 GENERAL SESSION ANIMALS – ON THE GROUND, IN HOUSING, AND IN THE AIR Learn to distinguish service animals from assistance or comfort animals. Find out what you can ask a person with a disability with an accompanying animal and when the interactive process is appropriate to consider a request for an assistance animal as an accommodation. Paul Grossman Miaskoff John Wodatch 4:45 - 5:45 GENERAL SESSION THE HISTORY OF THE ADA Do you know why and how the ADA became law? Did you know that Section 504 was an important precursor to the ADA? Come and get some insights into ADA history from John Wodatch who wrote the first Section 504 regulations and was part of the negotiating team that produced the ADA. John Wodatch Day Two - Tuesday, October 23, 2018 TIME Combined Access and Higher ED Track Sessions FACULTY 8:30 - 9:00 Networking Breakfast Bring your continental breakfast to your combined track meeting room. A chance to get to know the presenters and the other participants in the track in a casual manner. John Wodatch Melissa Brian Nelson 9:00 - 10:20 ADA FUNDAMENTALS: ACCESSIBLE SERVICES Learning the basic ADA concepts will help you address any ADA issues that may come your way. The session will explore equal opportunity, broad coverage of persons with disabilities, reasonable modifications, effective communication, integration, new construction and alterations, program accessibility, and enforcement provisions and remedies. John Wodatch 10:40 - 12 Noon ADA FUNDAMENTALS: ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES Learn the facilities basics. An overview of the 2010 ADA Standards requirements for making new and altered facilities accessible, including how to apply the path of travel requirements and the safe harbor provisions of the ADA Title II regulation. Jim Terry Dean Perkins
9:00 - 10:20 SELF-EVALUATIONS AND TRANSITION PLANS SHOULD WE STILL BE PLANNING FOR COMPLIANCE? Assessments of policies, as well as plans for changes to facilities, were due to be completed more than two decades ago under the ADA regulations. What if your college, university, or state/local government entity never did them? Is it too late now? What if your entity completed a self-evaluation and transition plan, but it’s five, ten, or 20 years old? Amendments to the regulations have added specific substantive requirements, your programs and facilities have probably changed, and the demands and expectations of people with disabilities may have increased. Learn how to develop or amend manageable and effective plans, and to aim for compliance in a practical way. Irene Bowen Jim Long Dean Perkins Jim Terry 10:40 - 12 Noon SELF-EVALUATIONS AND TRANSITION PLANS: Case Studies Irene Bowen Jim Long Dean Perkins Jim Terry 12:00 - 1:00 Luncheon hosted by Medical Education Development and International Consulting TIME Wednesday, October 24, 2018 COMBINED HIGHER EDUCATION and ACCESS Sessions FACULTY 1:00 - 2:00 FULL HOUSE: CAMPUS ACCESSIBILITY FOR MEETINGS, EVENTS, TICKETING the basic necessary components for program access this session explores effective campus collaboration strategies (initiatives, committees, policy, and training), to ensure that every campus event from commencement to event ticketing is accessible. Melissa Paul Grossman, Jim Long 2:15 - 3:15 BUT WE DIDN’T DO IT: RELYING ON CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTS, JOINT VENTURES AND 3RD PARTIES… State and local governments commonly rely on other entities to provide goods, services, and programs. While doing so often results in cost-effective policies, ADA requirements still apply. This session will discuss these requirements and provide guidance on ensuring that the ADA is considered when contacting with other entities. Bowen, John Wodatch