Educate yourself on new disability changes

The Center for Disability Services and the Office of the Registrar are sponsoring “Charting the Changes: FERPA and ADA,” an online seminar, noon – 1:30 p.m. in Taylor Center 214, Tuesday, March 24. This seminar is aimed at helping faculty and staff better understand the recent changes to ADA and FERPA.

This is a live, 90-minute seminar presented by Brett A. Sokolow  and Saundra K. Schuster, who will highlight the specific changes made and give an explanation of how the changes affect AUM’s campus. Both presenters have backgrounds in law, higher education and risk management. Sokolow and Schuster will talk about new rules and new expectations, chart the changes to the law and offer guidance and practical advice for AUM’s faculty and staff.

• Learn why Congress thought changes to the ADA of 1990 were necessary
• Realize how the changes to the definition of “disability” will directly impact your campus
• Understand changes to the “substantially limits” language of ADA
• Be familiar with the two lists of “major life activities” now in place
• Clearly decipher what the law says about episodic disability and remission
• Have an overview of the revised FERPA Guidance and its contents and see how it benefits the safety of your community

March 5, 2009