19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
3/10/2020 | 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM | Your Child Deserves Access Everywhere: ADA Protection | New York A
Your Child Deserves Access Everywhere: ADA Protection
What is effective communication? How do you define reasonable accommodations? Rather than navigating through statutory language, agency regulations and legal jargon by yourself, we will present what you need to understand about the ADA and other landmark federal civil rights statues. The ADA protects the deaf person’s right to equal access in both public and private sectors. The presentation will discuss how the law applies to various instances, such as health care facilities, after-school programs, and movie theaters. Parents, as their children's first and most important advocates, will walk away armed with crucial and essential information to ensure that their deaf and hard of hearing children receive the legal protections they need. EHDI professionals are also encouraged to attend this workshop so they can add to their repertoire of legal information to provide to parents in their respective states. Additionally, information on accessible technology for emergency access at both home and school will be shared.
- Parents and professionals will be able to restate key & relevant provisions of disability laws.
- Parents and professionals will develop a plan for legal barriers that are affecting their children/families.
- Professionals will develop a deeper understanding of advocacy information to provide to families.
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Presenters/Authors
Tawny Holmes Hlibok, Esq.
(), Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, director@ceasd.org;
Tawny Holmes Hlibok serves as Language Policy Counsel at Gallaudet University along with being an Associate Professor in the Department of Deaf Studies. She graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law. In addition to her law degree with a family mediation & law certification, she has a Master of Arts in Family Centered Early Education. Ms. Holmes Hlibok has worked four years in teaching deaf and hard of hearing students, mainly in the early childhood education field. As part of her position, she focuses on improving/establishing federal and state policy related to early intervention and education of deaf and hard of hearing children. Ms. Holmes Hlibok strongly believes in the power of collaboration and has contributed a significant amount of her work towards this endeavor, in varying ways, from promoting parent resources to inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing adult professionals.
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• Receives Salary for Employment from National Association of the Deaf.
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Anna Bitencourt
(), National Association of the Deaf, anna.bitencourt@nad.org;
Anna Bitencourt is a staff attorney with the NAD. As a litigator and intake specialist, her duties include handling inquiries from consumers seeking legal advocacy or assistance and engaging in litigation and administrative advocacy on behalf of the deaf and hard of hearing community. Prior to joining the NAD, she was an associate attorney for Dansie & Dansie, LLP representing clients in a variety of civil and criminal matters before administrative agencies, and state and federal judges and juries. Currently, Anna also serves as co-instructor of the Civil Rights of Persons with Disabilities Clinic at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, and teaches a disability law course at Gallaudet University.
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