Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Network message.? Please feel free to share.?
Martha
Martha K. Gabehart | Executive Director
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)
[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov
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This message was sent by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).? This is another reason we have to be really careful about new technology and developing apps and websites that are accessible to people with disabilities.?
The Justice Department announced today that Service Oklahoma violated Title II (state and local government) of the Americans with Disabilities Act by maintaining a mobile application called the Oklahoma Mobile ID Application (OK Mobile ID App) that is inaccessible to individuals with vision disabilities.
To use the OK Mobile ID App, people must scan or take photos of their identification cards and take pictures of themselves by connecting the dots that appear on the screen using only head and eye movements. Both tasks are difficult or impossible for individuals who are blind to do without receiving any verbal feedback. The department found that Service Oklahoma denies people with vision disabilities equal access to the OK Mobile ID App and fails to ensure that communications with them are as effective as communications with others. To learn more, please read our press release and letter of findings attached below.
This letter is part of the Civil Rights Division?s Tech Equity Initiative to combat disability discrimination that occurs through technology, such as in websites and mobile apps. For more information on the ADA, please call the department?s toll-free ADA information line at 800-514-0301 (TTY 833-610-1264) or visit ada.gov.
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The Great Plains ADA Center has opened registration for their 2024 Winter ADA Coordinator Virtual Conference.? You do not have to be an ADA Coordinator to attend the conference.
If you are a new ADA Coordinator, the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP) provides training opportunities online, webinars that allow some interaction with speakers and the ADA conferences/symposia that are either virtual or in-person. The link below near the bottom of the message takes you to the ACTCP website so you can learn more.?
2024 Winter ADA Coordinator Conference: Virtual February 5-7
This 3-day training is open to the public; ACTCP membership IS NOT required to attend. American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters and Real-Time Captioning (CART) will be provided in all sessions.
The Winter Conference offers multiple sessions covering different aspects and Titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Attending the Full Conference will earn ACTCP members the 12 Required Foundation Credits, the 6 Required Optional Foundation Credits, and 6 of the 22 needed Elective Credits; plus the ACTCP Advanced Business Certificate (Title III).
For details on the ACTCP Advanced Business Certificate requirements, please visit the registration website via the "Register Now!" link below.
Credit Types Available Upon Request:
? ACTCP credits for members of our ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP). *Required Foundation, **Optional Foundation, and Elective Credits based on your session selections.
? CEUs for other professional licensures. (These are general CEUs and are calculated at 10 class hours = 1 CEU.)
? AIA LU|HSW pre-approved credits for sessions 1C*/# & 1D*/# for AIA members who have not already received AIA credits for this course.
? All sessions qualify for ACTCP Elective and/or Renewal Credits.
Single and multi-day registration options are available. $115 daily rates or $310 Full Conference rate.
Registration Deadline is January 26th!
**Please note that next week is Thanksgiving, so receipts/invoices for any registrations received will not be sent out until the week of November 27th.
For information on the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP) check out the website here.
Great Plains ADA Center | 100 Corporate Lake Drive, Columbia, MO 65203
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