[blindlaw] FW: Webcast on "Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a Disability", February 20th

[Nightingale, Noel]

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From: SW ADA Center at ILRU [mailto:webcast at ilru.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:25 PM
To: ilru at ilru.org
Subject: Webcast on "Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with
a Disability", February 20th 



Please join the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center at ILRU for a Web cast on
"Planes, Trains & Automobiles & Ferries, Cruise Ships, Hotels, 
Resorts, etc.:  Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a
Disability".

J. Aaron McCullough an attorney specializing in discrimination law, with
a special focus on architectural accessibility, will present the webcast
on "Planes, Trains & Automobiles & Ferries, Cruise Ships, Hotels,
Resorts, etc.:  Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a
Disability" Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 2:00pm Central.

About the Webcast

What are your rights as a traveler with a disability in the US?  What
about when traveling outside the US?  Are your rights different when
traveling by air, train, or by bus?  What if you travel with a service
animal?  What are your rights in motels, hotels, and resorts?  This
webcast will focus on the rights of people with disabilities when
traveling, and will offer some key tips on how to avoid unpleasant
travel experiences.  In addition, enforcement options will be explored.

About the Presenter 

J. Aaron McCullough is an attorney specializing in discrimination law,
with a special focus on architectural accessibility.  He is also a
former legal specialist for the Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP).
In that role he produced materials on disability law issues, provided
training on all aspects of the ADA, and field technical assistance
requests.  He is now in private practice.
 
Aaron earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in
December of 2000, and became a member of the State Bar of Texas in the
spring of 2001.  Aaron entered law school after working as a social
worker for Central Plains MHMR in Plainview, Texas where he worked as an
advocate for people with developmental disabilities.  Previously, he
worked at Burrell Mental Healthcare Center, and Lakes Country
Rehabilitation Center, both in Springfield, Missouri.

To link to this webcast and see a list of upcoming webcast:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html

For instructions on how to access a webcast visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html

Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your computer is
configured and updated to participate in the webcast.

For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked
questions) at: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html or
contact a webcast team member at webcast at ilru.org or 713.520.0232
(v/tty).

This Web cast is supported through the DBTAC - Southwest ADA Center, a
project of ILRU.  Southwest ADA Center (http://www.SouthwestADA.org
<http://www.southwestada.org/> ) is one of ten Disability and Business
Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide training,
technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and other
disability-related laws. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of
Education.

The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenters and no
endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.

We hope to see you on Wednesday, February 20, 2008!  

IF YOU WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO ILRU at ILRU.ORG WITH
UNSUBSCRIBE IN THE SUBJECT.  SOUTHWEST ADA CENTER PROVIDES INFORMATION
RELATED TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA).

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-----Original Message-----
From:
SW ADA Center at ILRU [mailto:webcast at ilru.org]
Sent:
Friday, February 15, 2008 12:25 PM
To:
ilru at ilru.org
Subject:
Webcast on "Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a Disability", February 20th
Please join the DBTAC -
Southwest
ADA
Center
at ILRU for a Web cast on
&#8220;
Planes, Trains & Automobiles & Ferries, Cruise Ships, Hotels,
Resorts, etc.:  Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a Disability
&#8221;
.
J. Aaron McCullough
an attorney specializing in discrimination law, with a special focus on architectural accessibility, will present the webcast on
&#8220;
Planes, Trains & Automobiles & Ferries, Cruise Ships, Hotels, Resorts, etc.:  Your Rights as a Business and Leisure Traveler with a Disability
&#8221;
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
at 2:00pm Central.
About the Webcast
What are your rights as a traveler with a disability in the
US
?  What about when traveling outside the
US
?  Are your rights different when traveling by air, train, or by bus?  What if you travel with a service animal?  What are your rights in motels, hotels, and resorts?  This webcast will focus on the rights of people with disabilities when traveling, and will offer some key tips on how to avoid unpleasant travel experiences.  In addition, enforcement options will be explored.
About the Presenter
J. Aaron McCullough is an attorney specializing in discrimination law, with a special focus on architectural accessibility.  He is also a former legal specialist for the Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP). In that role he produced materials on disability law issues, provided training on all aspects of the
ADA
, and field technical assistance requests.  He is now in private practice.
 
Aaron earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in December of 2000, and became a member of the State Bar of Texas in the spring of 2001.  Aaron entered law school after working as a social worker for Central Plains MHMR in
Plainview
,
Texas
where he worked as an advocate for people with developmental disabilities.  Previously, he worked at
Burrell
Mental
Healthcare
Center
, and
Lakes
Country
Rehabilitation
Center
, both in
Springfield
,
Missouri
.
To link to this webcast and see a list of upcoming webcast:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html
For instructions on how to access a webcast visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html
Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your computer is configured and updated to participate in the webcast.
For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked questions) at: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html
or contact a webcast team member at mailto:webcast at ilru.org webcast at ilru.org
or 713.520.0232 (v/tty).
This Web cast is supported through the DBTAC -
Southwest
ADA
Center
, a project of ILRU.  Southwest ADA Center (
http://www.southwestada.org/ http://www.SouthwestADA.org
) is one of ten Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide training, technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and other disability-related laws. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of Education.
The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenters and no endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.
We hope to see you on
Wednesday, February 20, 2008!
 
IF YOU WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO 
ILRU
@ILRU.ORG WITH UNSUBSCRIBE IN THE SUBJECT. 
SOUTHWEST
ADA
CENTER
PROVIDES INFORMATION RELATED TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (
ADA
).