1. Help
2. Campus map
3. Find people
4. Search OSU

• Disability Studies
• ASL
• Disability Services

News | Upcoming Events | Past Events | Archived Events

Current News and Events

News

• 8-HELP 688-4357
  Assistive technology users at the university can now call 8-HELP (8-4357) on campus or by calling 688-HELP when off campus when they need assistance that involves their assistive technology. On campus the Support Center staff can work with individuals at their own computers to resolve problems. Problems and solutions from each call will be logged to improve future services and identify needed training.  Assistive technology users can request to have OIT enter their names and the assistive technology they use in their data base. Being in the data base will allow better service and help us target training for the OIT Technology Support Center staff. If you uses assistive technology and wish to have your software needs listed in the data base you should should contact the ADA Coordinator's Office (ADA-OSU@osu.edu).
  
  Click here for a more detailed press release.
• Disability & Disability Studies at The Ohio State University:
  A Multimedia History
  Working with Professor Brenda Brueggemann, psychology major Karla Kmetz documents the history and context of Disability Studies at The Ohio State University as part of the Research on Research program. Research on Research is an innovative program that partners the university’s leading researchers with undergraduate students. Supported by TELR (Technology Enhanced Learning and Research), students collaborate with a faculty member to develop a multimedia portfolio documenting research. Housed in the Digital Union, this program fosters interdisciplinary scholarly exchange, skills building, and an exciting exploration of the world of academics.
  
  Click here for more details on the Disability Studies Multimedia History Project.

Upcoming Events

SAVE THE DATE!! April 22 - 23, 2008. Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, & Disability. 8th Annual Conference. Pfahl Executive Education and Conference Center, The Ohio State University. CONTACT: ada-osu@osu.edu or visit the website at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm.

• September 29 - 30, 2007. Midwest Regional Disability Lifestyles Conference and Expo: Sharing Our World with You.
  In collaboration with VAS Arts Ohio, Columbus Recreation and Parks Dept., Ohio Wheelchair Sports Association, and a growing list of other prominent sponsors, The Ohio State University will host the first annual Midwest Regional Disability Lifestyles Conference and Expo. This event is planned by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities, their friends, family, and the professional communities who support them.
  
  In combination with a large expo of vendors and service providers, a Saturday night reception party, and keynote address, there will be workshops on various activities, recreational opportunities, arts programs, and competitive sports clinics and demos on Saturday and Sunday. For more information or for a proposal submission form (deadline for submissions 5/31/07), please CONTACT: Derek Mortland, midwestregconf@yahoo.com. For session descriptions and to print a registration form in PDF format to be filled out & mailed, go to: http://ada.osu.edu/MobilityConf2007/SessionDescriptions.html
• October 4, 2007. Dr. Jane Fernandes Public Lecture.
  Drinko Hall Auditorium, The Ohio State University.
  Dr. Jane Fernandes was appointed to be the ninth President of Gallaudet University on 5/1/07, the appointment was withdrawn on 10/29/07 after seven months of protest. Dr. Fernandes was born deaf and raised in the Oral (rather than ASL) tradition and will offer her unique observations on Deafness as a dimension of diversity within society and on diversity within the Deaf community. For more information, CONTACT: Brenda Brueggemann, brueggemann.1@osu.edu.
• October 11, 2007. Universal Usability in Action Tech Open House.
  Digital Union; 370 Science & Engineering Library; 175 W. 18th; The Ohio State University.
  This conference features panels, workshops and an Open House with demonstrations of the latest in accessible technology. Panels will discuss topics such as accessible technologies in the classroom from the student’s perspective & teaching students with disabilities from the faculty’s perspective. A workshop will cover creating documents with a high degree of usability in Word, PowerPoint, & PDF.  For more information, contact: Liv Gjestvang; Coordinator, Digital Union; gjestvang.1@osu.edu; 614-247- 6457 or Ken Petri; Web Accessibility Center; petri.1@osu.edu; 614-292-1760 for more information.

Return to Top

Previous News and Events

Note: Items are listed in Past Events for up to one year. For entries of news and events prior to one year ago, see the Archive of News and Events. Also, get more details on news and events, listed below.

Diversity Calendar: http://www.osu.edu/diversity/cal/index.php

• April 3-4, 2007. Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, & Disability: Rights, Responsibilities, and Social Change.
  7th Annual Conference. Pfahl Executive Education and Conference Center, The Ohio State University. http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2007program.htm.
• Friday, March 2, 2007 - TAACLD Annual Conference
  The Blackwell Hotel & Conference Center, The Ohio State Unviersity
  TACCLD (Transition and Communication Consortium on Learning Disabilities) is a network of individuals exploring ways to facilitate the transition of high school students with learning disabilities to the post secondary and vocational experience. Please join us for our 20th annual conference on March 2, 2007 at The Ohio State University’s Blackwell Executive Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This year’s theme is “20 Years of Transition”. Students with learning disabilities, their parents, special education teachers, guidance counselors, parent mentors, school psychologists and other disability service providers. Disability services providers at postsecondary schools are also welcome. More information and registration materials are available on the TACCLD website at www.TACCLD.org. Questions regarding membership and the conference can also be directed to TACCLD’s e-mail address at taccld@yahoo.com.
• February 21, 2007 - Technical Standards and the ADA
  1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital; The Ohio State University Campus
  Increasingly accrediting agencies and professional associations are encouraging programs to develop technical standards; nonacademic criteria for admission, continued program participation, field work and clinical placements. From the ability to discriminate heart sounds to the ability to comply with professional codes of conduct technical standards focus on the prerequisite abilities for the acquisition and safe practice of professional skills. Learn how to develop, refine and implement technical standards that are compliant with the ADA. Registration is required and limited. The Ohio State University Faculty & Staff will receive priority registration. For more information visit: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2007TechnicalStandards.html or contact: L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator, The Ohio State University, by email: ada-osu@osu.edu; voice: 614-292-6207; TTY: 614-688-8605.
• Monday, November 20, 2006 - Open House at the Digital Union; Universal Usability Technology
  1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Digital Union; 370 Science & Engineering Library; 175 W. 18th Ave; Columbus Campus.
  Want to learn about leading edge technologies for universal access? Stop by the Ohio State University’s Digital Union for our first Universal Usability Tech Open House, featuring stations where you can play with the latest in accessibility technologies from Apple, Freedom Scientific, Human Ware and Kurzweil. Chat with vendors and check out interactive demos of Trekker GPS, Dragon, ZoomText, JAWS, WYNN and Apple’s new VoiceOver and Zoom technologies, then experience an accessible rich-media website covering the history of Disability Studies at OSU. For more info, visit http://www.digitalunion.osu.edu/usability or call (614) 247-6457. Sponsored by: OSU's Web Accessibility Center, Office for Disability Services, the Disability Studies Program, the ADA Coordinator's Office, TELR and the Digital Union, with the support of Universal Low Vision Aids. For questions about access or to request accommodation, contact ada-osu@osu.edu or call (614) 292-6207(v) or (614) 688-8605(tty)
• Friday, November 17, 2006 - Increasing the Success of Employees with Mental Health Disabilities in the Workplace
  The Ohio State University Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator’s Office and the Division of Occupational Therapy are co-hosting a one-day seminar to address the issue of how to help employees with disabilities increase their success in the workplace. A primary focus will be accommodations for social, behavioral, and mental health issues. This seminar will help service providers and human resource specialists to better understand the unique challenges facing individuals with psychiatric disabilities in the work environment. This is a 6 hour CEU course pending approval for occupational therapists, counselors and social workers, certified disability management specialists, certified rehabilitation counselors, certified case managers, and certified adult services providers. CONTACT: Andrea Cooper; (Voice) 614-292-6207; (TTY) 614-688-8605; (Email) cooper.437@osu.edu or visit the web page at: http://ada.osu/whatsnew/jobcoach2006.htm.
• Thursday, November 16, 2006 - The Story of Junius Wilson
  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Saxbe Auditorium, Drinko Hall, Moritz College of Law
  Dr. Susan Burch, Associate Professor of History at Gallaudet University, will address broad historical issues, including Jim Crow racism, disability discrimination, eugenics, & activism as they effected the life of Junius Wilson, a deaf African American. In 1925, Mr. Wiilson was falsely accused of attempted rape, deemed incompetent to stand trial, & imprisoned in the State Hospital for the Colored Insane for more than 7 decades. After 76 years in the State Hospital, his release was won by court order. It was officially noted in 1970 that Wilson was not mentally disabled. Dr. Burch teaches Russian, American, Deaf, & Disability History. FOR PROGRAM DETAILS CONTACT: Brenda Brueggemann at brueggemann.1@osu.edu. The event will be signed in ASL. For questions about access or other types of accommodations, please contact the ADA Coordinator's Office at ada-osu@osu.edu.
• A Meeting of Minds: Part 2; August, 2006
  The Ohio Domestic Violence and Disability Task Force is hosting this one-day conference to continue addressing the issues of domestic violence and abuse against Ohioans with disabilities. This conference will build upon our understanding of the unique dynamics of disability and violence, and to identify next steps in working collaboratively to address this issue. CONTACT: Axis at (Voice/TTY) 614-262-8124 or 800-231-2947; e-mail axiscenter@aol.com or visit the webpage at: http://ada.osu.edu/whatsnew/meetingofminds.htm.
• Thursday - Friday, July 13 & 14, 2006
  Universal Design & Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning Conference
  Presented by The Ohio State University's Knowlton School of Architcture in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, The Kirwin Institute for Race and Ethnicity, The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, The American Planning Association, The Great Lakes ADA & Accessible IT Center, ADA-OHIO, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Mid-Ohio Board of Independent Living, and The Ability Center of Greater Toledo. CONTACT: Jennifer Evans-Cowley at (Voice) 614-247-7479; e-mail cowley.11@osu.edu; or visit the website: http://knowlton.osu.edu/ped/universaldesign.htm.
• Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 7:00 a.m. (registration & Silent Auction viewing), 7:30 a.m. (breakfast)
  Fore Hope Memorial Tournament Breakfast.
  Sponsored by Fore Hope at the Wedgewood Golf and Country Club. Featured speaker will be Jim Furyk. Everyone attending will receive a ticket to the ProAm for that day. Tickets are $90 each or $850 for a table for 10. Sponsorships are available. CONTACT: Fore Hope office at 614-784-1111; email forehope@forehope.org; or visit the web site at http://www.forehope.org.
• Monday - Tuesday, April 17-18, 2006
  6th Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability. The organizing theme will be "Personal Perspectives & Social Impact: The Stories We Tell." The goal is to encourage presenters and participants to reflect on how personal experiences create and transform social, cultural, and legal realities. CONTACT: ADA Coordinator's Office, OSU, (voice) 614-292-6207; (tty) 614-688-8605; e-mail ada-osu@osu.edu; or visit or web site at http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm.
• Thursday, March 30, 2006, 9:30a.m.-10:30a.m.
  Disability in the Classroom, Workplace, & Laboratory: Rights, Responsibilities, & Opportunities for Researchers. Presented by L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator, Office of the Provost, The Ohio State University. Sponsored by the Prior Health Sciences Library http://prior.med.ohio-state.edu/class/class.aspx?cid=215. This session will provide an overview of disability and the requirements for non-discrimination and access in the different worlds you inhabit as a researcher, instructor or supervisor. The discussion will focus on best practices to explore university policy and resources. Participants will leave with tools to not only meet Federal and State compliance requirements but enhance grant proposals. The event will take place at: Prior Health Sciences Library, Room 400. On line registration required: http://prior.med.ohio-state.edu/class/class.aspx?cid=215. CONTACT: L. Scott Lissner, ada-osu@osu.edu, (voice) 614-292-6207; (tty) 614-688-8605.
• Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 11:30a.m.-1:00p.m.
  Disability on Both Sides of the Desk: Rights, Responsibilities, & Resources for Instructors. Presented by L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator, Office of the Provost, The Ohio State University. Sponsored by Faculty & TA Development http://ftad.osu.edu. This session will provide an overview of disability at The Ohio State University. A discussion of best practices will highlight university policies that impact in the different worlds you inhabit as an instructor, researcher, scholar, employee and student. Topics include disability as a dimension of diversity; access as a civil right; reasonable accommodations for students, faculty and staff; disability in research settings; the impact of technology; resources and opportunities; and disability studies as an academic discipline. The event will take place at the Younkin Success Center, Room 150; On line registration required: http://ftad.osu.edu/eventregistration.html. CONTACT: L. Scott Lissner, ada-osu@osu.edu, (voice) 614-292-6207; (tty) 614-688-8605.
• Wednesday - Thursday, March 1-2, 2006
  TACCLD welcomes OPEC-D. Evening reception & guest speaker with focus on post-secondary disability services issues followed by the 19th Annual TACCLD Conference at the Blackwell Hotel on The Ohio State University Columbus Campus. CONTACT: TACCLD, PO Box 20429, Columbus, OH 43220-0429 or Michelle Butler at 740-826-8280.
• Thursday - Friday, February 16-17, 2006
  Disability Narrative and the Law Conference. All members of the legal community--lawyers, judges, legislators--must confront the stories that the law constructs and authenticates and "accept greater responsibility for the legal realities we help to establish when we tell or accept one legal story rather than another." (Richard K. Sherwin). This conference will discuss what the role is of personal narrative in effectively advancing the cause of disability rights, whether in individual cases or in arenas of legislation and policy making. It is being organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, the Department of English, the Institute for Colalborative Research and Public Humanities, and the office of the OSU ADA Coordinator. CONTACT: (voice) 614-292-6820.
• Friday, December 2, 2005; 10:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m.
  "Digital Storytellng Workshop Showcase." A showcase of digital stories created by OSU faculty, staff, and graduate students. The digital stories are being created earlier in the week during a three day workshop sponsored by the OSU Libraries and featuring Joe Lambert of the Digital Storytelling Center (http://storycenter.org). Explore techniques of using technology not only to tell a story in a personal way, but also to generate ideas for new ways of talking about and documenting academic research. The event will take place at the Digital Union, 175 West 18th Avenue, on the Columbus campus (http://www.osu.edu/map). CONTACT: OSU Libraries
• Wednesday - Thursday, October 19-20, 2005
  The Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council Annual Conference, "Keys to Housing Options," will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Columbus. The event will feature more than a dozen workshops. CONTACT: AXIS Center for Public Awareness (voice/TTY) 1-800-231-2947 or email at axiscenter@aol.com.
• Wednesday, October 19, 2005
  The 3rd Annual Ohio Coalition for the education of Children with Disabilities conference will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The event is free, but registration is required. CONTACT: (voice/TTY) 1-800-374-2806 or email to ocecd@gte.net.
• Tuesday, October 18, 2005
  10:30 a.m. Room 43 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, The Ohio State University
  The Queers on Wheels Disability Sensitivity Training Workshop
  This 90 minute training is designed to educate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual people about disablity issues. The training will explain how to keep organizations accessible to everyone; usig proper people-centered language; communicating with deaf people; etiquette do's and don'ts; and a general discussion about disability and the GLBTQ community. This workshop will benefit everyone interested in learning more about disability and accessibility. CONTACT: Sarah Smith at email: smith.2447@osu.edu.
• Monday, October 17, 2005
  3:00 p.m. Room 47 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, The Ohio State University
  The Queers on Wheels Sexuality Workshop
  This 90 minute workshop/lecture will cover sexuality issues affecting gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual people with disabilities. The focus will be on how people with disabilities can successfully negotiate intimate relationships and positive sexual-self images. Although this workshop is designed to specifically benefit GLBT individuals with disabilities, everyone is welcome to attend and learn about physical disability and sexuality. CONTACT: Sarah Smith at email: smith.2447@osu.edu.
• Thursday, October 13, 2005
  "Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Across the Lifespan: Successes, Issues & Challenges." SUMMA Health System Professional Center in Akron, Ohio. Mary Hibbard, Ph.D., of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, will discuss reintegration of TBI survivors into their communities, as well as the relationship among brain injury, depression and psychosocial functioning. DeAnna Frye, Ph.D., of ReMed will host a panel of family members offering their perspectives. Cost is $70 and includes lunch. CONTACT: Mary Mendoza at 330-634-8791 or mmendoza@csbmrdd.com.
• Friday - Saturday, October 7-8, 2005
  The 5th Annual Ohio Adult Sibling Conference will be held at the Columbus Marriott Airport Hotel. Presentations will feature Derrick Dufresne & Jeff Moyer, and topics will include: family relationships; advocating for services; how to start futures planning; how to promote leisure, social & recreational activities for your sibling; and more. CONTACT: Dr. Tom Fish at 614-292-7550 or email to fish.1@osu.edu.
• Tuesday - Thursday, October 4-6, 2005
  The National Association of Triads, Inc. TRIAD Statewide Conference to be held at the Comfort Inn, 20 N. Plaza Blvd., Chillicothe, Ohio. Online registration available September 2005 at http://www.ag.state.oh.us.
• Thursday - Friday, September 29-30, 2005
  The brain Injury Association of Ohio's 24th Annual Conference held at the Columbus Marriott Airport. "Operation Awareness" will discuss the influx of military personnel returning from service with brain injury, and the subsequent impact on communities and support systems. CONTACT: 614-481-7100 or 1-866-644-6242; email to help@biaoh.org or visit http://www.biaoh.org.
• Thursday - Saturday, August 11-13, 2005
  29th Annual National Wheelchair Softball Tournament. Hosted by the Columbus Pioneers softball team & the City of Columbus Recreation & Parks Department. The tournament will be held at 2 sites -- Rhodes Park & Cooper Stadium. CONTACT: John Wall 614-899-9641 or visit the web site at http://www.ohwcsports.org.
• Friday - Sunday, August 12-14, 2005
  Ohio Advocates for Mental Health 2005 Annual Meeting. Held at the Crowne Plaza Dayton with pre-conference training sessions for coordinators of peer support/self-help groups. CONTACT: 1-800-589-2603 or 614-340-OAMH or visit the web site at http://www.ohioadvocates.org.
• Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
  "Channeling OCD thru Double Dare to Unwrapped." Marc Summers, co-author of Everything In Its Place: My Trials And Triumphs With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder who is best known as host of TV's Double Dare and Unwrapped, will speak about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). As in his memoir, the lecture will take participants through his normal upbringing in the Midwest and his quest to become a successful television personality. More information on Marc Summers and OCD can be found on Marc Summers' web site: http://viryours.com/ms/. For free tickets available the week of April 15th, additional information or to request an accommodation call OSU Hillel at 294-4797.
• Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12-13, 2005
  Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability Conference.
  Location: Pfahl Executive Education and Conference Center, The Ohio State University. The Fifth Annual Multiple Perspectives conference will encourage reflection on sameness, difference and equity while providing an opportunity to share practical information, explore current research and develop collaborations. The conference will continue its tradition of bringing together a diverse audience (individuals and employers, students and educators, advocates and policy makers, consumers and service agencies) to reflect on the many dimensions of disability. For additional information or to register online visit http://ada.osu.edu/Conferences.htm
• Monday, April 11, 2005
  Multiple Perspectives pre-conference seminar presented by ADA OHIO.
  "Demystifying the Interplay of the ADA, FMLA and Workers Compensation." Attorneys from EEOC, private practice, and Workers' Compensation will help participants to understand how the ADA, FMLA, and Workers' Compensation laws complement one another and how to assure the requirements of all are met. Approved for 3.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR Recertification through HRCI. Approved by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 3.00 total CLE credit hours, with 0.00 of ethics, 0.00 hours of professionalism, and 0.00 of substance abuse instruction. For more information contact ADA-OHIO at 800-232-6446 or visit the web site to register online http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2005preconference.htm
• Monday, April 11, 2005
  Multiple Perspectives pre-conference seminar. "On The Edge of a New Frontier: Moving Faculty Training Forward." In the spirit of developing state-of-the-art training mediums, OSU and nationwide collaborators have come together to produce and validate a training curriculum on the accommodations process and good instructional practice called Faculty and Administrator Modules in Higher Education (FAME) which is made possible through a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Learn how web-based materials based on three years of research can be used to enhance instructional practice and ultimately improve students’ learning outcomes. For more information or to register online, visit http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2005preconference.htm
• Friday, February 25, 2005 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  "Charting the Course", the Transition and Communication Consortium on Learning Disabilities (TACCLD) Annual Conference held at the Blackwell Conference Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus Campus. The fee for the conference is $75, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The deadline for registering is February 14, 2005. For more information contact: Michelle Butler, Muskingum College at 740-826-8280 or email Pat Hadler at Pathadler@aol.com.
  
  Dr. Stephen Guy, the keynote speaker and noted pediatric neuropsychologist and expert on executive functioning disabilities will be speaking on "Why They Don’t Know What They Know: Helping Students with Executive Function Difficulties.” Executive functioning is not just related to students with ADHD but students with a variety of developmental, learning and emotional differences. His address is designed to introduce the attendees to the topic of executive functioning and related issues.
  In addition to the keynote address, concurrent sessions will be held throughout the day on such topics as:
  • The Other Side of College: Preparing LD Students for Work & Career
  • Two Year College Options
  • ADD Coaching
  • College Student Panel
  • Anxiety Issues for LD Students
  • Technological Aids for the LD Student
  • Parents’ Role in Preparing the LD Student for College
  For more information contact: Michelle Butler, Muskingum College at 740-826-8280 or email Pat Hadler at Pathadler@aol.com.
• Thursday February 24, 2005 3:30 pm
  "Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind: Medieval Constructions of a Disability." Lecture by Edward Wheatley, Department of English and Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Hamilton College Location:
  Ohio State University
  Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities.
  Knight House,
  104 E. 15th Ave.
• Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:00 pm
  Columbus Museum Of Art Big Picture Lecture: The Allen Sisters by Brenda Brueggemann, a professor of English and disability studies at OSU
  Brenda Brueggemann, a professor of English and disability studies at OSU, lectures in conjunction with the exhibition The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920. Once heralded among the “Foremost Women Photographers in America,”Frances and Mary Allen began their photographic odyssey in the 1880s after progressive deafness cut short their vocations as teachers. The accompanying exhibition features 50 platinum prints and reflects the Pictorial style championed most famously by Alfred Stieglitz.
  
  Admission is free. The lecture is presented by the Columbus Museum of Art in collaboration with The Ohio State University Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities. Funding provided by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  
  Come Early for Prof. Brueggemann's lecture and enjoy Meet Me @ the Museum (5:30 - 8:30 pm)
  
  A new way to experience the Museum, great art and great people in a casual way, Meet Me at the Museum offers live performances by Jazz Arts Group musicians, a cash bar, light gourmet plus tours and special exhibition and holiday related activities every Thursday. This Thursday features Fort Hayes Metro Jazz.
• Thursday, February 3, 2005, at The Ohio State University's College of Education.
  Two public comment sessions will be held to accommodate the anticipated turnout and the schedules of teachers and working parents. The first session is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the second session is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at:
  The Ohio State University
  College of Education
  384 Arps Hall
  1945 North High Street
  Columbus, Ohio 43210
  
  SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON TEXT OF STATUTE
  Education Department Seeking Public Comment on IDEA"
  
  On December 3, 2004 President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 into law, reauthorizing Federal programs for special education. Enactment of the new law provides an opportunity to consider improvements in the regulations implementing the IDEA in 34 CFR parts 300 and 303 that would strengthen the Federal effort to ensure the provision of early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and ensure every child with a disability has available a free appropriate public education that: (1) Is of high quality, and (2) is designed to achieve the high standards reflected in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
  
  The U.S. Department of Education is seeking input from the public through the end of February, 2005. John H. Hager, assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education, announced the schedule of a 7 public forums at locations across the country to supplement written comments.
  
  TEXT OF STATUTE:
  The text of the statute can be found using the Library of Congresses THOMAS web page (http://thomas.loc.gov/).
  • To access the text of the statute (Public Law 108-446 go to:
  • http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d108/d108laws.html;
  • Scroll down and click on the range 108-401 - 108-450 so that it highlights;
  • then click on search;
  • When the list appears scroll down to number 446;
  • click on either the Text or PDF links at the end of the entry to read the final text.
  Note: if the final text link is unavailable the link for the "Latest Conference Report 108-779" contains the text of the enrolled (final) bill.
  

Note: Items are listed in Past Events for up to one year. For entries of news and events prior to one year ago, see the Archive of News and Events.

Return to Top