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ADALive! — 221 episodes

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ADALive! Episode 156: Possibilities: Rethinking Blindness in 21st Century America

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The Power of Work: Danny Gibbs on Mental Health Recovery, Employment, and Peer Support

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ADA Live! Episode 155: Technology, Accessibility, and Equality in the Real World

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Self-Determination, Employment, and Community Participation for People with Disabilities: A Conversation with Marco Damiani

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Let’s Get to Work:” Disability Employment Policy and Economic Opportunity: A Conversation with Dr. Purvi Sevak

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ADALive! Episode 154: The Access Coalition: Creating More Inclusive Retail Spaces

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ADALive! Episode 153: Disability Studies and Ethics as a Path to Equality and Justice

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Episode 152: New Opportunities for Job Success for Workers who are Blind: The Monarch Rise Project

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Let's Get To Work: Knowledge Translation and the Future of Disability Employment Policy

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Let's Get To Work: The Business Case for Employing People with Disabilities

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Episode 151: When Eating Is a Disability Rights Issue

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Episode 150: A Self-Advocate Asks Questions About Using Supported Decision-Making

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Let's Get To Work: Disability and Employment Policy: A Conversation with Lex Frieden

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Episode 149: Holiday Hospitality for Guests with Disabilities

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ADALive! Episode 148 : Housing, Disability Rights, and Planning Accessible Communities

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Episode 147: Top Technical Assistance Questions with the Southeast ADA Center

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Episode 21: Long COVID: An Emerging, Essential Research Area

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Episode 20: Long COVID and Disability Employment Policy

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Episode 19: Accommodations in the Era of Long COVID

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Episode 18: Advocating for Long Haulers

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Episode 17: Disability and Telework: An Encouraging and Concerning Trend

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Episode 16: Advancing Disability Inclusion in Apprenticeship Programs

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Episode 15: Unraveling Disability Employment Statistics: Impact of COVID

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Episode 14: Envisioning a Future of Disability Inclusion

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Episode 13: Re-Evaluating Support Systems for People with Disabilities

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Episode 12: Increasing Employment Outcomes

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Episode 11: Modernizing the AbilityOne Program

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Episode 10: Disability-Owned Business Enterprises

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Episode 9: Four Principles of Disability Inclusion

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Episode 8: Increasing Disability Inclusion

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Episode 7: Advancing Opportunities for Autistic People of Color

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Episode 6: Helping Employers Identify Qualified Candidates with Disabilities

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Episode 5: Overcoming Barriers to Employment

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Episode 4: Pursuing Economic Justice for People with Disabilities

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Let's Get To Work! Episode 3: Social Security and the Economic Well-Being of People with Disabilities

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Let's Get To Work! Episode 2: Advancing Competitive Integrated Employment

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Let's Get To Work! Episode 1: The Impact of the “Great Reshuffle”

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Episode 146: Transforming Disability Employment Services in Rhode Island

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Episode 145: Boys & Girls Clubs of America Empower Youth With and Without Disabilities

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Episode 144: The California Project on Psychiatric Advanced Directives

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Episode 143: The Importance of Music in the Disability Rights Movement

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Episode 142: The ADA and Employment Rights for Employees with Alcohol or Substance Use Disorders

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Episode 141: Parental Rights of Parents with Disabilities

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Episode 140: Traveling the World in a Wheelchair – “Curb Free with Cory Lee”

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Episode 139: Omnium Circus Creates a Show for Everyone

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Episode 138: The 2025 National ADA Symposium and Accessible Event Planning

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Episode 137: Celebrate 35 Years of Progress at the 2025 National ADA Symposium

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Episode 136: Advocating for Your Child and Disability Rights at School

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Episode 135: The Open Road: Your Right to Accessible Travel

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Episode 134: ‘I Am in Here’ – Elizabeth Bonker’s Mission to Expand the Power of Neurodiversity

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Episode 133: ADA Rule on Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by Government

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Episode 132: Nurse's Guide to the ADA: Caring for Patients with Disabilities

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Episode 131: Making State Government Programs and Services Accessible

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Episode 130: RETAIN Kentucky Helps Employees Stay at Work or Return to Work

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Episode 129: Employment Discrimination and the ADA: Insights from the EEOC

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Episode 128: Helping Youth and Adults with Autism Build Independent Lives

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Episode 127: What Are Developmental Disabilities Councils?

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Episode 126: Synergies Work: Growing Disability-Owned Small Businesses

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Episode125: Applying the ADA Integration Mandate & Olmstead to Sheltered Employment

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Episode 124: Global Disability Rights and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Paul Grossman - 504 at 50

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Episode 123: Understanding the Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Episodio 122: La Red Nacional ADA se conecta con hispanos y latinos

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Katherine Macfarlane 504at50

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Episode 121: Suicide Awareness and Prevention

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Episode 120: Federal Government Schedule A Program and Hiring Workers with Disabilities

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Episode 119: Celebrate the ADA! Learn about ADA National Network and NIDILRR

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Episode 118: Learn about Aphasia

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Disability Rights Today Episode 8: Perez v Sturgis Public Schools

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Episode 117: ADA and Effective Communication in Health Care Settings with the Department of Justice

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Episode 116: Understanding and Finding Support for Parkinson’s Disease

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Episode 115: Living Well with Kidney Disease

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Episode 114: Supporting Meaningful Change in Research, Education and Service

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Episode 113: Stories of Parenting with a Disability

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Judy - Heumann - 504at50

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Andy - Imparato - 504at50

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Charlotte - Mcclain - Nhlapo - 504at50

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Emily - Ladau - 504at50

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John - Wodatch - 1 - 504at50

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John - Wodatch - 2 - 504at50

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Kathy - Martinez - 504at50

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Lex - Frieden - 504at50

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Lois - Curtis - 504at50

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Lydia - Brown - 504at50

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Mohammed - Ali - Loutfy - 504at50

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Sanchin - Pavithran - 504at50

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Sandy - Ho - 504at50

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Tom - Olin - 504at50

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Episode 112: A Successful Path to Employment - Innovative Supports for Autistic Workers Project

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Episode 111: : Supporting Our Veterans: Tips for Job Seekers and Returning Workers

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Episode 110: Ensuring Equity in Employment: A Celebration of NDEAM

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Episode 109: Workplace Accommodations and the ADA

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Episode 108: The Confess Project: A Network for Mental Health Care in African-American Communities

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Episode 107: Breaking Barriers for Disability Rights: Historical Reflections with Judy Heumann

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Episode 106: COVID and Mental Health

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¡ADA en Vivo! Un episodio especial: ¿Qué es la Ley ADA y cuáles son los derechos civiles?

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Episode 105b: Celebrating Older Americans

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Episode 105: Let’s Fly Away - Air Travel for Passengers with Disabilities

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Disability Rights Today Episode 7: The ADA Three Decades Later: How Are We Doing?

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Episode 104: Employment, ADA and Post COVID-19 Health

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Episode 103b: Meet the Director! Anjali Forber-Pratt of NIDILRR

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Episode 103: Welcome Home: Your Right to Fair and Accessible Housing

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Epsidoe 102b: Is it ADA - It Depends

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Episode 102: Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

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Disability Rights Today Episode 6: Karantsalis v. City of Miami Springs, Florida

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Episode 101: Disability Employment Policies in the United Kingdom

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Episode 100: Show Them How Smart You Are: Self-Advocacy, Parenting, and Autism

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Episode 99: Honoring our Veterans - Services and Support for Veterans and their Families

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Disability Rights Today Episode 5: An Insider’s Perspective on the Legal System

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Episode 98 (Part 2) Inclusive Apprenticeship and Mentoring

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Upcoming Supreme Court Term: Critical Cases that Could Impact the Disability Community

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Episode 98: America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusive Employment

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Episode 97: Back to School with the ADA in a COVID-19 World

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Episode 2: C.L. v. Del Amo Hospital – 9th Circuit Ruling on Certification of Service Animals and ADA

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Episode 96: Accessible Inclusive Virtual Meetings and the ADA

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Disability Rights Today Episode 3: Crawford v. Hinds County Board of Supervisors

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Episode 95: Get Out & About! Accessible & Inclusive Outdoor Recreation

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Episode 94: A Look at the Mental Health Needs of Indigenous People in America

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Episode 93: Aging, Disability and ADA: Know Your Rights

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Disability Rights Today 1 : Gil v. Winn-Dixie, 11th Circuit Decision on Web Access and the ADA

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Episode 92: Let’s Dig-In: The ADA, Accessible Farming & Gardening

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Episode 91: Protection and Advocacy Systems for People with Disabilities

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Episode 90: How Public Health Monitoring Can Affect Disability and Minority Populations

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Episode 89: Autonomous Systems and People with Disabilities

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Episode 88: A Day for All: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Episode 87: Veterans, Employment and Disability: A Historical Perspective

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Episode 86: Celebrating 100 Years of Vocational Rehabilitation

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Episode 85: Emergency Preparedness and the ADA During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Episode 84: Back to School Access for Students Receiving Special Education

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Episode 83b: The ADA turns 30. The Future of Disability Rights with Lex Frieden

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Episode 83: The ADA Then and Now: Celebrate ADA 30th Anniversary with the Honorable Tony Coelho

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Episode 82: History and the Future of Disability Rights: A Conversation with Judy Heumann

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Episode 81: Improving the Lives of Older Adults

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Episode 80: Rationing of Medical Care and Protecting the Rights of People with Disabilities

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Episode 79 (Part 3 of 3): Protecting Your Mental Health during the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Episode 79 (Part 2 of 3): Protecting Your Mental Health during the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Episode 79 (Part 1 of 3): Protecting Your Mental Health during the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Episode 78: Living with a Disability: Four People Share their Stories

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Episode 77: Making Our Elections Accessible: Equal Access for Voters with Disabilities

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Episode 76: United Disabilities Services (UDS) Service Dogs Training Program

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Episode 75: Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All!

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Episode 74: Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with Ambassador Luis Gallegos of Ecuador

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Episodio 51: Cuentas de ABLE y respuestas a sus preguntas

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Episodio 11: Educación pos-secundaria y estudiantes con discapacidades

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Episodio 47: Emergencias: Como preparar para los y que hacemos después

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Episodio 48: Alergias de comida y los derechos de personas con discapacidades

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Episodio 49: El proceso de empleo exclusivo

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Episodio 50: Animales de servicio

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Episode 73: Do You Want a Job or Career? Reflections- National Disability Employment Awareness Month

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Episode 72: Emerging Transportation Options and the ADA

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Episode 71:The Morehouse College Approach to Academic Supports for Students with Disabilities

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Episode 70: Celebration of the ADA Anniversary - a conversation with Senator Tom Harkin

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Episode 69: Effective Communication, Accessible Health Care, and the ADA

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Episode 68: Opioid Addiction and the ADA with the Department of Justice

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Episode 67: Opioid Addiction and the ADA

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Episode 66: Theme Parks and Accessibility

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Episode 65: Web Accessibility in a Nutshell

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Episode 64: The Movement 4 Improvement: 4 Wheel City

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Episode 63: Interdisciplinary Outreach in the Post-Secondary Environment

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Episode 62: Airport Accessibility and the ADA

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Episode 61: Employment First and the ADA: Working Together

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Episode 60: Supported Decision Making (SDM) and Conservatorship

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Episode 59: Voting Rights and Accessible Polling Places

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Episode 58: Beach Access

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Episode 57: Inclusive Healthy Communities and the ADA

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Episode 56: Disability and Aging: Medicare, Medicaid, and Benefits Enrollment Assistance

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Episode 55: Have Dog, Will Travel

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Episode 54: Disability and Aging: Community Living and Policy

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Episode 53: Small Business and the ADA

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Episode 52: The History of Disability, Lessons from the Past

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Episode 51: ABLE Accounts - Answers to your questions

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Episode 50: Service Animals

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Episode 49: The Process of Customized Employment

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Episode 48: Food Allergies and The Rights of Individuals with Under the ADA

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Episode 47: Emergencies: How to Prepare for Them and What To Do Afterwards

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Episode 46: The History of Disability, Lessons from the Past

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Episode 44: Why Your Advocacy Matters: What's Happening in Disability Policy

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Episode 45: Think College: Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability

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Episode 43: ADA and Employment: Disclosure and Reasonable Accommodations

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Episode 42: Food Allergies

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Episode 41: Top 5 ADA Topics: Notes from an ADA Specialist (Part 2)

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Episode 40: Top 5 ADA Topics: Notes from and ADA Specialist (Part 1)

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Episode 39: Universal Design, Accessibility, and the ADA

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Episode 38: The School Year Has Started - And It's Not Going Well. What Can I Do?

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Episode 37: Employment Law Developments

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Episode 36: Voting Access: What People with Disabilities Need to Know

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Episode 35: Back to School—What Parents Need to Know Before the School Year Begins

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Episode 34: The Disability Vote

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Episode 33: Voting Access: What Poll Workers Need to Know

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Episode 32: Equal Access in Em

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Episode 31: Supported Decision-Making: Continuing the Conversation

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Episode 30: Fair Housing Act and the ADA

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Episode 29: Supported and Inclusive Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Episode 28: Post-Secondary Education and Students with Disabilities

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Episode 27: Employment and Reasonable accommodations

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Episode 26: Transitioning from Military Life to Civilian Life

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Episode 25: The Interplay between guardianship and the ADA

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Episode 24: The School Year Has Started- And It's Not Going Well

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Episode 23: Back to School - What Parents Need to Know Before the School Year Begins

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Episode 22: Top 5 ADA Topics: Notes from an ADA Specialist (Part 2)

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Episode 21: Top 5 ADA Topics: Notes from an ADA Specialist (Part 1)

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Episode 20: Beach Access

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Episode 19: Before Attorneys Come Knocking: Readily Achievable Barrier Removal

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Episode 18: When Attorneys Come Knocking - How Accessible Is Your Business?

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Episode 17: The ADA Legacy Project

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Episode 16: The National ADA Symposium

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Episode 15: Sustainable Development

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Episode 14: Service Animals

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Episode 13: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

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Episode 12: Web Accessibility

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Episode 11: Post-Secondary Education and Students with Disabilities

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Episode 10: Beach Access

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Episode 9: Accessible Play Areas

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Episode 7: Access to Pools

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Episode 8: Emergency Shelter Preparedness - Two Perspectives

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Episode 6: Voting Accessibility

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Episode 5: Service Animals

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Episode 4: Effective Communication

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Episode 3: Accessible Meetings and Events

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Episode 2: Beyond Yellow Ribbons: Veterans/Wounded Warriors and Their Return to Work

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Episode 1: Employment and Reasonable Accommodations