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Free Disability Civil Rights Training - November 6th
Posted: October 15, 2009
A free one day "Disability Civil Rights" training will be held at the Suncrest United Methodist Church, 479 Van Voorhis Road, Morgantown on Friday, November 6, 2009 beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m.
The training is sponsored by West Virginia Family Leadership First, a statewide group which supports and encourages families to speak for themselves and others and the Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living. Funding for the event is provided by West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and a continental breakfast will be served. The training will begin at 9 a.m. and will conclude at 4 p.m. Lunch will be served during the training. The meeting will be held downstairs in the Serendipity Room. The building does have elevators and is accessible.
Mark Derry will give a general overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act. For two years prior to starting his own firm, Mark Derry worked as a Technical Assistance Specialist and Trainer for the ADA Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region. The Center is one of ten regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) established by the U.S Department of Education to provide training, information, and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to businesses, consumers, and state and local governments. Mark left his position with the ADA Information Center in 1999 to start a consulting firm called Eastlake, Derry and Associates - Accessibility Solutions. The firm specializes in accessibility, universal design, and ADA consulting and training.
Regina Mayolo will speak about Community Living Initiatives Corporation (CLIC) and West Virginia Assistive Technology. Regina specializes in Fair Housing rights and responsibilities with a focus on the design and construction components of the law. She is one of 3 people in WV to complete training through the National Home Builders Association to become a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists (CAPS) and has presented at both national and international conferences incorporating Universal Design and Fair Housing in to her training, publications, etc.
Registration is available by contacting Annetta Johnson at the Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living, 601-3 E. Brockway Ave. Suite A&B, Morgantown, WV 26501. Phone number is 304-296-6091. Requests for Alternate Formats and accommodations need to be in no later than October 26, 2009. Deadline to apply to attend is November 2, 2009.
