Ensuring Access to High Quality Health & Dental Care is the theme for the 2004 meeting. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about effective, system-wide approaches including: building a sound statewide infrastructure to help persons with developmental disabilities gain access to high quality health prevention, wellness & treatment services, and improving access to high quality dental services for persons with lifelong disabilities.
The National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference and Expo takes place at Lakeside Center at McCormick Place in Chicago. This annual event features 25 workshops covering a variety of issues related to worker compensation claims. Seminar topics in Reasonable Accommodation: The Core of the ADA and Worker's Comp and the ADA. The expo also features a pre-conference symposium for early arrivals. CEU credits are also available for attendees.
The Association for the Severely Handicapped (TASH) Conference is an international conference, featuring strategies to foster inclusive lives for people with disabilities and their families. Over 300 breakout sessions, exhibits, and roundtable discussions will allow attendees the opportunity to explore and interact with experts and service providers addressing their areas of interest.
The ARC's annual convention will be a three-day event featuring speakers and over 50 exhibits of goods and services. Among the special events planned for the convention are a technology conference and a night at the Boston Museum of Science.
The National ADA Symposium is the most comprehensive training event available on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related disability issues including accessible information technology. The 10 Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers co-sponsor this event and it is hosted by the Great Plains DBTAC serving Region VII.
The National Center on Accessibility (NCA) will present a two-day training opportunity on designing trails that are inclusive of people with disabilities. The 21st Century Trails: A Universal Approach to Trail Design will be held at Bradford Woods just south of Indianapolis. The focus of the seminar sessions will include but not be limited to: Accessibility Guidelines for Trails, Recommendations and Status of Rulemaking; Trail Construction Methods; Trail Surface Materials, and Characteristics of the Trail Assessment Process. Building on the information presented in the classroom sessions, training course participants will evaluate some trails on site to determine how they can be redesigned to comply with the proposed trail standards and provide a quality recreational experience for visitors of all abilities. The classroom and trail sessions will be conducted at Bradford Woods (www.bradwoods.org), the 2,500-acre Outdoor Education Center of Indiana University. Tuition is $275 and the deadline to register is November 8, 2004. Late registrations will be accepted as space allows. To register contact NCA (812) 856-4422 (V) or (812) 856-4421 (TTY) or contact Nan Smith at (812) 856-4429 (V).
The Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center will host the annual fall meeting of the project's State Steering Committees on November 22nd and 23rd in Chicago. Members of the State Steering Committees and their staff and fiscal agents are invited to attend this meeting. The agenda includes a dialogue with representatives from EEOC and DOJ as well as discussion of the on-going training and technical assistance efforts within the region. The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Chicago Hotel. More information regarding the State Steering Committees can be found on the Great Lakes ADA Center web site Information regarding the meeting can be obtained by contacting the Center at (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY) or via our online contact form.