The Great Lakes Vine features information from various entities and organizations that partner with the Great Lakes ADA Center to foster voluntary compliance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The Illinois ADA Project has added two new members; Catherine Higginson, a Human Resource Manager for AON Corporation, and Mark Trieglaff of LCM Architects. Planning is proceeding on the Illinois ADA Project's ADA Conference to be held Monday, September 12, 2005, from 8:30am-5:00pm at UBS Tower, 1 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL. The working title of the Conference is "ADA: Beyond Compliance". This event will target businesses and will include four workshops:
ADA Ohio will present a special workshop titled, "Planning Emergency Procedures for the Workplace" at the Pathways to Employment Conference. This session will focus on practical elements involved with a workplace emergency plan and will include information that people with disabilities can use to prepare individually or as part of an overall plan. Employers will learn that making emergency procedures is a high priority. Employers will also learn what they must do to ensure that people with disabilities are included in the planning and practice of emergency procedures. Members of the ADA Ohio Board of Trustees will present workshops on employment rights under the ADA and on career planning.