July 22, 2013

by: Renee Canfield

Participate in the National ADA Anniversary Through Twitter

Participate virtually during the National Council on Disability for a Policy Briefing & ADA Anniversary Event.  NCD will live-tweet the event using the hashtag   #NCDADA

“Five Years Later — The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008: Impact on Disability Discrimination”

Tuesday, July 23, 2013
1:00 – 2:30 PM, ET

In celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and in the fifth year following passage of the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), the National Council on Disability (NCD) will hold an anniversary event and policy briefing.  The event will include brief remarks from congressional, civil rights and business community champions of the ADAAA, followed by the release and summary of NCD’s latest report, The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008: Impact on Disability Discrimination, which provides an analysis of federal court cases decided under the ADAAA since it went into effect in January of 2009.

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
• Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
• Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI)
• Cheryl Sensenbrenner
• Chai Feldblum, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Sandy Finucane, Senior Advisor, Epilepsy Foundation
• Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Randel K. Johnson, Senior Vice President, Labor, Immigration, & Employee Benefits, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Michael Eastman, former Executive Director, Labor Policy, US Chamber of Commerce
• Professor Robert L. Burgdorf Jr., University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law

 

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