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An Overview of Title III: Requirements for Small Businesses

Presented by Paula Rubin, Supervisory Attorney with the U.S. Dept of Justice, Disability Rights Section on July 15, 2010

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The presenter addresses Title III requirements for small businesses including:

• Sales and service issues--architectural barriers and modifying delivery of services
• Communicating with customers & rights to effective communication
• Information delivered via websites
• Enforcement
• Tax credits eligibility and deductions 

About the Presenter

Paula Rubin joined the Disability Rights section of the U.S. Department of Justice in 2003. Prior to that, she was Director of Training for the National Association of Protection and Advocacy System (NAPAS) – a national network of federally funded and mandated agencies enforcing disability rights laws throughout the country. Before joining NAPAS, she was a Visiting Fellow with the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs providing technical assistance and training to criminal justice professionals on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other civil rights laws.  Paula has 10 years of civil litigation experience, and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center teaching Disability Discrimination Law since 1995.  Paula received her J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981, and her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977.

Presentation Handouts:

• Presentation Slides (PPT file - 5MB)
• Presentation Slides (text format)
• Title III Highlights
• ADA Guide for Small Businesses
• Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal
• Tax Incentives For Businesses
• Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities- Online ADA Course for Businesses
• U.S. Dept of Commerce- Web Advisory Council Standards for Web site Accessibility
• Transcript of the presentation (MS Word doc)
  

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Presented by the DBTAC Southwest ADA Center, a program of ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas. The DBTAC is funded by a grant (H133A060091) from the Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

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