Here is today's ADA Information Network News from the Great Plains ADA Center.
I hope you have a wonderful day.

Craig

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*The ADA Report 
*October, 2025

 

*October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month!*
This year's theme is Celebrating Value and Talent

Visit the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability and Employment Policy (ODEP) to learn more about this annual recognition established by Congress in 1945. ODEP's video is featured below. We encourage you to share this video!

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*Articles, Resources, and Updates*

 

*National Organization on Disability (NOD) Website [ [link removed] ] Has a New Look!*

If you haven't visited the NOD website in a while, consider doing so during Disability Employment Awareness Month! See how NOD provides tools and guidance for employers, and supports innovative technologies and policies.

*Costs and Benefits of Accommodations: Low Cost, High Impact [ [link removed] ]* -Job Accommodation Network (9-17-2025)

*Consumer Technology Has Limitations for Assistive Needs [ [link removed] ]*-Healio. (10-14-2025)
-Purpose-built assistive technology has better safeguards and user support.

*Just in Time for the Holidays: Target Launches First-of-its Kind Accessible Self-Checkout, Built with the Blind Community [ [link removed] ] *(9-26-2025)
-At the heart of this innovation is a guest-first design that primarily supports people who are blind or have low vision, with additional benefits for guests with motor disabilities.

 

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*Federal Activities*

 

Time Sensitive! Comments to the Election Assistance Committee regarding voter identification requirements must be received by October 20th. * Comment Submission [ [link removed] ]

**The Dept. of Justice Halts Two Pending ADA Rulemakings [ [link removed] ].* (Pacific ADA Center).
• Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Places of Public Accommodation; Equipment and Furniture
• “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments; Public Right-of-Way”

*Jewel-Osco Agrees to Pay $1.95 Million to Resolve EEOC Disability Investigation* [ [link removed] ] (9-30-2025)
-The agreement resolves charges filed with the EEOC alleging that Jewel-Osco denied reasonable accommodations to a group of employees based on their various disabilities.

*EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Bottling Company United for Disability Discrimination [ [link removed] ] *(9-30-2025)
-Federal lawsuit says bottling company failed to provide reasonable accommodation for employee's dialysis and fired him.

*EEOC Sues American Airlines for Disability Discrimination [ [link removed] ]* (9-29-2025)
-Federal lawsuit says airline refused to provide accommodation for blind employee, then fired her.

*Elon Property Management to Pay $200,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit [ [link removed] ] *(9-30-2025)

-Property management company settles federal suit charging it retaliated against an employee with a disability and screened out disabled workers.

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*ADA National Network Trainings
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**Making Flexible Work: ADA and Flexible Work Arrangements [ [link removed] ]*
Tuesday, October 21st. 1:00 -2:30 PM. Central
Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center, ADA National Network

*Tools and Resources to Promote Healthcare Access for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [ [link removed] ]*
Thursday, October 23rd 1:30 -3:00 Central
Sponsor: Pacific ADA Center

*Managing the Fun: Inclusive Staffing in Arts & Recreation [ [link removed] ]*
Thursday, October 30th, 1:00 -2:30 Central
Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center

*Common Mistakes: Easily Missed or Misunderstood Accessible Design Requirements [ [link removed] ]*
Thursday, November 6th. 1:30-3:00 PM Central
Sponsor: Great Lakes ADA Center

*When the Employer Requests Documentation of Disability [ [link removed] ]*
Wednesday, November 12th. 12:00 - 1:15 PM Central
Sponsor: Northeast ADA Center

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Save the Date! National ADA Symposium: [ [link removed] ]
May 4-6, 2026. Virtual
July 19-22, 2026 Phoenix, Arizona.
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Great Plains ADA Center | 573-882-3600 | [link removed]
Architectural Studies Department, University of Missouri

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*Craig Knutson*| "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 [ [link removed] ]

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