Accessibility & Health
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| | Digital Accessibility Deadline Change | |
In case you missed it, the Department of Justice extended the deadline for web site and mobile app accessibility compliance until next year - April 27, 2027. While this may ease some worried minds, it does not feel like a win to those of us who require websites to be accessible in order to use them. We encourage you to continue to work to ensure online accessibility - now, don't wait until next year!
Here are some examples of why it is so important:
| | Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility | | How Blind People Use Instagram | How a screen reader user experiences an accessible and inaccessible website | | If you need help getting digital accessibility squared away, here are some trainings that can help! | | Preparing for ADA and Section 504 Updates | | Five Easy Tips for Social Media Accessibility | | ADA & Section 504 Updates | |
Training Topics?
We are working to provide trainings and learning resources that you will find valuable, but we would love to hear your insights.
Please let us know what you are interested in learning more about!
| | Our latest training recording! | | |
Expert Perspectives: Improving Clinical Care through Lived Experience
This webinar features three self-advocates who will share first-hand accounts of the hurdles they face when seeking accessible and appropriate medical care.
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Panelists:
Mary Ellen Heiner, Autumn Cuellar, and Kelie Hess
| | If you have missed any of our previous trainings, you can still catch them as Canvas courses listed on our website. Got some extra time? Check them out! | | External Trainings & Resources | | | | |
Enhancing Disability-Competent Care through the Nursing Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Thursday, April 30, 2026
12:30 PM MDT
Via Zoom
Nurses spend more time with patients with disabilities than most other health care providers, yet they are not often trained on evidence-based practices for caring for this patient population. In this webinar, Dr. Erin Vinoski Thomas will describe a newly developed training for nursing students intended to improve their knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act and best practices for providing disability-competent care.
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Never Stop Talking about Autism: Self Advocate Panel
Thursday, April 30, 2026
7:00-8:00 PM
Virtual
We’re ending Autism Acceptance Month with a panel discussing the realities, challenges and successes of Autism in Adulthood. Hear from adults with Autism as they share lived experiences and insights on topics like employment, relationships, independence, housing and navigating systems of support. Let’s talk about what adulthood really looks like for the autism community, and how we can build a more inclusive environment.
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Tales from the Technical Assistance (TA) Line
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
11:00 AM MDT
Via Zoom
Join the Northeast ADA Center's technical assistance team to learn about commonly asked questions and tricky technical assistance requests that they have received over the years. This webinar will feature a variety of ADA issues on topics from employment, to service animals, to education, to effective communication, accessible websites, and more. The team will share specific cases, the questions asked, and how the team responded. It's an opportunity to learn how to think through situations where the ADA is involved.
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Dual Diagnosis: Mental Health with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability
Monday, May 11, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Virtual
What does Mental Illness look like in an individual with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities? Come learn how to see signs, rule out other potential causes of distress, and how a doctor may diagnose and treat mental illness.
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Learn From Us: A Lived Experience Panel on Disability Language
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
4:00 PM MDT
Via Zoom
In this webinar, we will have an in-person expert panel of people with disabilities and/or their caregivers coming together to discuss disability language and how to make it better. Panelists will be coming from the new Partners in Disability Research advisory board at Utah State University's Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice.
Topics will include individual preferences, handling mistakes, historical significance, the impact of language on relationships with professionals, and more!
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HIVE Leadership Conference
Tuesday - Thursday, May 12-14, 2026
In-Person and Virtual
Join the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council with support from the Division of Services for People with Disabilities at a conference designed for a diverse group including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, caregivers, support coordinators, and service providers.
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Digital Literacy Trainings
In-Person and Virtual
The Arc and AT&T have joined forces on a nationwide program that is bringing digital skills training to people with disabilities and their families. Digital literacy is critical in today’s world to learn, apply for jobs, be socially connected, and more. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, people with disabilities are three times more likely to not go online than people without disabilities.
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