Upcoming Events
This section lists disability-related seminars, conferences, and meetings. The Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) does not endorse these events; information about the events is provided as a public service. OLRS also attempts to verify that the information provided is helpful for people with disabilities. However, OLRS does not guarantee that the information provided at the event is accurate or right for the particular needs of the person. Please contact the event sponsor to find out specific information and to see if the event fits your needs. If you would like an event added to this section, please contact OLRS.
List of Events
- Ticket to Work Training for Ohio Service Providers, November 9, 2009 (Columbus, Ohio)
- Planning for the Transition from School to Adult Life, November 10, 2009 (Ironton, Ohio)
- Planning for the Transition from School to Adult Life, November 11, 2009 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Post Secondary Conference, November 13 - 14, 2009 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Legal Update: Review and Analysis of Key Concepts under the ADA, November 17, 2009 (Audio session)
- 2009 OCALI Conference and Exposition, November 17 - 19, 2009 (Columbus, Ohio)
- Planning for the Transition from School to Adult Life, December 3, 2009 (Lima, Ohio)
- The Arc of Ohio - Training, December 11, 2009 (Columbus, Ohio)
- 10th Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, & Disability: Future History, April 27 - 18, 2009 (Columbus, Ohio)
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This event provides information to organizations about how to become and Employment Network for Social Security beneficiaries. Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work program offers new opportunities to expand the scope of services and supports available to assist Social Security beneficiaries with disabilities who are interested in entering or re-entering the workforce. In addition, the new administrative and regulatory improvements have made it easier and more profitable for Employment Networks to participate in the Ticket program and the Networks get paid earlier in the employment process, more often and at higher rates.
Date and time: November 9, 2009, 9 - 11 a.m.
Location: Ohio Department of Transportation, 1980 West Broad Street, Auditorium (Second Building), Columbus
Cost: No cost listed
For more information and to register: Contact Debbie Courtney by email at debbiec@wilres.com or 850-386-2022
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This training is designed for parents and will provide an overview of the transition process under IDEA 2004 and current Ohio law. Parents will (1) engage in activities and discussion around the planning process necessary to develop transition plans that are a part of a student's IEP, beginning when the student turns 14, (2) know how to proceed with their own son's or daughter's transition development, (3) know what questions to ask about the transition process and (4) know the steps necessary to move their student from the academic environment into an independent adult life.
Date and time: November 10, 2009, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: OSU, Ohio Room - Collins Center, 1804 Liberty Ave., Ironton
Sponsored by: Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, in collaboration with the Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
Cost: No cost
For more information: Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
To register: Complete the ODE/OCECD Transition Training Registration online form
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This training is designed for parents and will provide an overview of the transition process under IDEA 2004 and current Ohio law. Parents will (1) engage in activities and discussion around the planning process necessary to develop transition plans that are a part of a student's IEP, beginning when the student turns 14, (2) know how to proceed with their own son's or daughter's transition development, (3) know what questions to ask about the transition process and (4) know the steps necessary to move their student from the academic environment into an independent adult life.
Date and time: November 11, 2009, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County ESC, 11083 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati
Sponsored by: Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, in collaboration with the Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
Cost: No cost
For more information: Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
To register: Complete the ODE/OCECD Transition Training Registration online form
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Secondary teachers, transition specialists, college staff and professors, parents and self-advocates will learn about the growing regional opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to attend college.
Date and time: November 13 - 14, 2009, Day one 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Day two 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: University of Cincinnati's Great Hall
Sponsored by: Postsecondary Education Collaborative and the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati
Cost: $40 both days; $30 Friday only; $10 Saturday only; no charge if not staying for any meals
For more information: Postsecondary Education Conference for People with Intellectual Disabilities
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The courts and federal agencies are shaping the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through their decisions and settlements. This session will review key issues that are currently before the courts and analyze the trends. Discussion will include some of the trends in case law at the lower courts which may have an impact on decisions at all levels, including issues that may find their way to the Supreme Court. In addition, the presenter, Barry Taylor, Legal Advocacy Director, Equip for Equality, will review how the courts are interpreting the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.
Date and time: November 17, 2009, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus; Ability Center in Toledo; Linking Employment, Ability & Potential (LEAP) in Cleveland; and Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living (SOCIL) in Lancaster.
Sponsored by: ADA-OHIO
Cost: $25 for nonprofits; $40 for others for each location. No charge to participants who come to the Ohio locations listed above. There may be other free locations in the United States - contact DBTAC Great Lakes ADA Center for those locations.
For more information and to register: OSU in Columbus - send an email with your name, organization, address, email address, and telephone number to adaohio@aol.com; The Ability Center of Greater Toledo - call 419-885-5733; LEAP in Cleveland - call 216-696-2716, ext. 129; SOCIL in Lancaster - call 740-689-1494. If you wish to attend elsewhere, register at the ADA Audio Conference Web site.
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The conference will feature over 200 sessions in the areas of autism, visual impairments, hearing impairments, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other low-incidence disabilities.
Date and time: November 17 - 19, 2009
Location: Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus
Sponsored by: OCALI
Cost: Parents and family members of a child with a disability and people with disabilities $100; Professionals $225 through October 19 (cost will be higher after that date)
For more information: 2009 OCALI Conference and Exposition
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This training is designed for parents and will provide an overview of the transition process under IDEA 2004 and current Ohio law. Parents will (1) engage in activities and discussion around the planning process necessary to develop transition plans that are a part of a student's IEP, beginning when the student turns 14, (2) know how to proceed with their own son's or daughter's transition development, (3) know what questions to ask about the transition process and (4) know the steps necessary to move their student from the academic environment into an independent adult life.
Date and time: December 3, 2009, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Ford Training Center, 1155 Bible Road, Lima
Sponsored by: Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, in collaboration with the Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
Cost: No cost
For more information: Ohio Coalition for Children with Disabilities
To register: Complete the ODE/OCECD Transition Training Registration online form
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The Arc of Ohio training will provide information about the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities proposed waivers for children with intensive behavior needs, the future of the Ohio Home Care Transitions waivers, trusts & guardianship, and Ohio Legal Rights will discuss issues related to special education and the recent terms of the partial settlement in Doe vs. State of Ohio.
Date and time: December 11, 2009, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn, Worthington
Sponsored by: The Arc of Ohio
Cost: Information not available
For more information: The Arc of Ohio
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This is an annual conference devoted to the "community exploration of disability as an individual experience and social reality that cuts across typical divisions of education and employment; scholarship and service; business and government; race, gender and ethnicity." Papers and student poster presentations must be submitted by November 7, 2009.
Date and time: April 27 - 27, 2010
Location: To be announced
Sponsored by: The Ohio State University ADA Coordinator's Office
Cost: To be announced
For more information: Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Annual Conference
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