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Leidos Senior Vice President of Performance Excellence Cory Hart
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Disability:IN DC Metro
On February 20, 2025, Disability:IN DC Metro's Chair, Ryan Walters, and Chief Strategy Officer, Andrea Hall, were honored to accept a $10,000 donation at Leidos Global Headquarters in Reston. Leidos' generosity and leadership is a further confirmation of Leidos' commitment to Accessibility, Inclusion and Belonging. The gift will enable DC Metro to enhance its Membership Best Practices and Resources, benefitting all organizations with increased access to Disability Inclusions Leaders.
Tashi Carper, Vice President of Culture and Employee Engagement currently serves on the Disability:IN DC Metro Board of Directors. Leidos has served on the Board since 2016.
Thank you, Leidos!
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Highlights in this issue
March Calendar
- Aspirtech Accessibility Webinar - March 5
- International Women's Day - March 8
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The Neurodiversity Advantage BroadFutures -March 12
- DC Metro Lunch & Learn: The State of Digital Accessibility - March 18
- 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference- March 19
- Neurodiversity at Work: Success Strategies from Leading Brands - March 27
April 9th Webinar on
Differentiating Disability Inclusion & Affirmative Action
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"Disability and DEI" Recording
If you missed our invaluable "Disability and DEI" webinar on February 26th featuring Craig Leen, Partner, K&L Gates, DC Metro's Advisory Board member, and former OFCCP Director under the first Trump Administration, contact us for the recording and accessible Powerpoint deck. (Attendees have received the recording- if you registered but haven't received the recording, please let us know.)
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Recording
"What’s Next for Employers Under the Trump Administration"
Materials Available
Thank you to those who were able to join us on Tuesday, 18 February for a webinar hosted by members of our Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety and Public Policy and Law practices where they discussed the latest developments as President Trump’s second term in office gets underway.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please feel free to reach out to the speakers using the links below.
Speakers:
To view the recording of this webinar, please access the event page below.
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New 2025 digital accessibility regulations are on the horizon—is your business ready?
March 5
2:00- 3:00 pm ET
Register for Aspiritech March 5 webinar
Join us for a free live webinar on Wednesday, March 5, from 2:00–3:00 PM ET, where industry experts will break down what’s changing, how it impacts your digital platforms, and what you need to do to stay compliant.
What you’ll learn:
Key updates to 2025 accessibility regulations
Practical strategies to ensure compliance
How accessibility improves customer experience and business outcomes
Our expert panel—featuring Aspiritech CEO Tara May, VP of Product Strategy Lindsay Holley, Senior Accessibility Strategist Casey Parker, and Jennifer Zhang of RaLytics—will share insights, provide actionable guidance, and answer your questions.
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March 8
International Women's Day
The purpose of the day is to raise awareness about discrimination and to drive gender parity. IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD action is valid. The theme for 2025 is Accelerate Action to collectively forge a more inclusive world for women
Collectively, we can Accelerate Action for gender equality.
Step forward in solidarity for International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 on March 8 to help #AccelerateAction.
At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158, which is roughly five generations from now, to reach full gender parity, according to data from the World Economic Forum.
Focusing on the need to Accelerate Action emphasizes the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality. It calls for increased momentum and urgency in addressing the systemic barriers and biases that women face, both in personal and professional spheres.
So, together, let's Accelerate Action to speed up the rate of progress worldwide.
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Session 1: The Neurodiversity Advantage -
Why Companies Embracing Neurodiversity Are Thriving
March 12, 12:00-1:00 EST
Register for the BroadFutures March Webinar
BroadFutures is hosting a 4-part webinar series on neurodiversity in the workplace, designed for employers looking to include neurodivergent talent and anyone interested in the topic. Join us for these insightful sessions:
Upcoming
April 16: 12:00-1:00 EST
Session 2: In Their Own Voice - Lived Experiences from Neurodivergent Talent
: Hear directly from neurodivergent professionals as they share their lived experiences in the workplace. Gain valuable insights into the challenges and successes of neurodivergent employees.
Register for Session Two Here
May 14: 12:00-1:00 EST
Session 3: Neurodiversity as a Talent Acquisition Strategy -
Unlocking an Untapped and Highly Productive Workforce
Learn effective strategies for attracting, hiring, and retaining neurodivergent talent from a variety of employers with neurodiversity initiatives.
Register for Session Three Here
June 18: 12:00-1:00 EST
Session 4: Approaches for Neurodiversity Inclusion - Different Models & Best Practices for Building a Neuro Inclusive Workplace
Discover practical strategies for creating a supportive workplace for all employees, featuring insights from employers successfully implementing neurodiversity initiatives. Do not miss this opportunity to enhance your organization's inclusion efforts with guidance from a diverse panel of experts.
Register for Session Four Here
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Enforcement Risks for DEI Programs: What Government Contractors and Private Employers Need to Know
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Register Here
If you should have any questions, please contact Kate Stacey at kstacey@seyfarth.com and reference this event.
About the Program
Recent Executive Orders aim to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government and encourage private employers to eliminate certain DEI programs deemed “illegal.” These changes could have significant implications for federal government contractors and grant recipients.
Join our team of experienced Labor & Employment and Government Contracts attorneys as they provide a comprehensive analysis of these orders and what they mean for employers' workplace policies and strategies moving forward.
Key topics include:
- An overview of the Executive Orders and interplay with the False Claims Act,
- How these Executive Orders may (or may not) change FCA exposure,
- What targeted organizations can expect from agency investigations into "illegal DEI" practices, and
- Steps employers can take now to bolster their compliance programs and mitigate risk.
Speakers
Annette Tyman, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Teddie Arnold, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Ellen Murphy, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chris Robertson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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State of Digital Accessibility
March 18 Noon - 1 PM ET
Register for the March DIgital Accessibility Lunch and Learn
Contact us for the Promo Code.
Join Disability:IN DC Metro's Chief Accessibility Officer, Eduardo Meza-Etienne, a Certified Professional of Accessibility Core Competencies, and an Accessibility Document Specialist certified by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), as he highlight the insights, challenges and opportunities from the 6th Annual State of Digital Accessibility Report. Published by Level Access in collaboration with the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) and the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ict), the report provides a comprehensive overview of how organizations in the U.S. and Europe are approaching digital accessibility. Based on a survey of over 1,400 professionals, the report highlights the widespread adoption of digital accessibility policies, with more than 80% of respondents indicating their organizations have such policies in place. The report also underscores the positive impact of digital accessibility on business outcomes, including improved customer acquisition, satisfaction, and revenue. Additionally, it explores the integration of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence into accessibility strategies and identifies key challenges organizations face in implementing accessibility at scale.
Mr. Meza-Etienne is someone with a non-apparent disability who understands first-hand the challenges faced by those with disabilities in the workplace. He has served on the board of directors of Disability:IN DC Metro since 2008, the National Capital Region affiliate of Disability:IN where he also plays the role of Chief Accessibility Officer providing guidance and advice to its members that include many of the large government contractors such as EY, Deloitte, General Dynamics, Leidos, to mention a few.
Eduardo is a frequent speaker at different accessibility-related conferences and has been working in the digital accessibility space since 2007 for the leading accessibility consulting companies in the industry including Level Access and eSSENTIAL Accessibility (merged with Level Access August 2022). Prior to that and starting in 2000 he worked for a Small Business Administration 8a certified small business and a state of Maryland Minority Business Enterprise certified business owned by a deaf couple which was an approved vendor to Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services, where he performed needs assessments, assistive technology recommendations and training for Maryland residents with disabilities to help them gain skills to become independent and get a job. In addition to that during that time he travelled throughout the United States training both Social Security Administration (SSA) and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) employees in how to use different types of assistive technologies. This also included working with the Department of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP).
During Mr. Meza-Etienne’s time as an accessibility subject matter expert he has had the opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies in various verticals and agencies at the Federal and state levels including higher education institutions. In particular, he has worked with organizations across different verticals including Capital One, Hewlett Packard, VMware, Estee Lauder, Petco including state governments such as the state of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania to help them integrate accessibility early into their development lifecycle, including the creation of Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACR) based on the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for their software and hardware Information and Communication Technologies products. He has helped numerous organizations with their IT projects, ensuring compliance with American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
He is also an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3c) and He is a frequent speaker at different accessibility-related conferences.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico and a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and a Master’s in International Management from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.
He lives with his wife and two daughters in Frederick county, Maryland.
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2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference: Progress Ahead
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
10:30am — 4:30pm EST
Holiday Inn Capitol and Zoom
Washington, DC
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In a one-day hybrid event in Washington, DC and via Zoom we will be releasing the Annual Disability Statistics Collection, which fills critical gaps in national, state, and historic data related to people with disabilities by synthesizing complex data from numerous U.S. federal agencies into accessible formats. The Conference will also include two sessions addressing the latest in disability statistics, including survey methods and how disability statistics are used.
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Neurodiversity at Work: Success Strategies from
Leading Brands
Live Panel Discussion
March 27, 2025
10 AM ET
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Neurodiversity isn’t just a conversation - it’s a competitive advantage. Yet many organizations still struggle to create environments where neurodivergent employees can truly thrive.
On March 27, join industry leaders from KPMG, Legal & General, and Lloyds as they share proven strategies for building more inclusive workplaces that drive innovation, engagement, and business success.
Why attend
- Get real-world insights from top brands leading the way in neuroinclusion
- Learn practical steps to attract, retain, and empower neurodivergent talent
- Understand how neurodiverse teams fuel creativity, problem-solving, and retention
This interactive panel discussion is your opportunity to ask questions, gain insights, and take away actionable strategies to implement in your own workplace.
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Distinguishing Disability Inclusion from Affirmative Action
April 9
Noon - 1:30 ET
Register for the April 9th Distinguishing Disability Inclusion from Affirmative Action webinar
*Use the COMP CODE "ChicagolandPartner"
The recent Executive Orders on Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) issued by the new administration this year have prompted both review of and changes to corporate DEI efforts. The fast pace at which these Executive Orders have been released has led to questions and concerns about corporate disability inclusion efforts. Join Disability:IN Chicagoland, in collaboration with its affiliate partners Disability:IN DC Metro, Disability:IN Minnesota, Disability:IN North Carolina and Disability:IN Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 9th from 12:00 – 1:30 Eastern for a conversation on the current disability inclusion landscape through the lens of the landmark civil right law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.
Ann Deschamps, Director of the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, and Robin Jones, Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center, will lead a virtual conversation on disability inclusion in the context of the ADA. The discussion will include the distinction between equity and equality, a review of reasonable accommodations, and the ADA’s objective to level the playing field, not to create preferential treatment. Bring your questions about disability inclusion and the ADA to this interactive and engaging 90-minute conversation.
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Judge Blocks Enforcement of DEI Orders as Applied to Companies
February 24, 2025 | Allen Smith, J.D.
A federal district judge in Maryland preliminarily blocked several challenged provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including enforcement of provisions applying to private companies. Certification and termination provisions for federal contractors also were paused in the Feb. 21 decision (National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, No. 1:25-cv-00333). The ruling is a nationwide injunction.
Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claim that the enforcement threat provision in the Jan. 21 EO, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” violates the First Amendment. The provision “threatens to initiate enforcement actions against the plaintiffs (in the form of civil compliance investigations) for engaging in protected speech,” U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson said.
The enforcement threat provision applies broadly to the private sector. Therefore, unlike with the other provisions, the analysis is based on pure private speech regulated by the First Amendment, as opposed to the speech of federal contractors or grantees, according to Abelson.
“Plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim that the enforcement threat provision, which threatens to bring enforcement against perceived violators of undefined standards, is, on its face, an unlawful viewpoint-based restriction on protected speech,” he said. “That is textbook viewpoint-based discrimination.”
However, the district court did not reach this same conclusion with respect to the investigative portion of the EO. Rather, Abelson said it is a directive from the president to the U.S. attorney general to identify “[a] plan of specific steps or measures to deter DEI programs or principles … that constitute illegal discrimination or preferences.” The court denied plaintiffs’ request to block that aspect of the enforcement threat provision.
The defendants contended that all they were intending was to target noncompliance with existing federal anti-discrimination law, and that the enforcement threat provision “does not target a First Amendment right” because “plaintiffs have no First Amendment right to engage in ‘illegal discrimination.’ ”
However, the EO “offers no guidance or notice of what the government now considers ‘illegal’ DEI,” Abelson said.
The judge also found that the order’s certification provision for federal contractors and grantees “unconstitutionally restricts, and retaliates against, contractors’ and grantees’ free speech rights even within the scope of the pertinent programs.”
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Airlines Push Back On Expanded Rights For Passengers With Disabilities
by Shaun Heasley | February 20, 2025
Several major U.S. airlines are challenging a new federal rule aimed at improving travel for those with disabilities.
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and their trade association, Airlines for America, or A4A, are petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review the regulations, which the Department of Transportation finalized in December.
The rule, which was hailed by the Biden administration as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with disabilities in a generation, requires annual training for airline staff and contractors who help people with disabilities or who handle wheelchairs. It also sets out stronger standards for how this type of assistance is provided, clarifying that it must be “safe and dignified,” and spells out what airlines must do if a wheelchair is damaged or delayed.
Notably, the regulation makes it an automatic violation of the Air Carrier Access Act if airlines damage or delay the return of a wheelchair or another assistive device.
The airlines are now arguing that the Transportation Department overstepped.
“As the airlines will explain, the court should ‘hold unlawful and set aside’ the rule, in whole or in part, because provisions of the rule exceed DOT’s statutory authority and the rule violates the Administrative Procedures Act,” reads the petition to the court, which goes on to describe the rule as “unlawful.”
Despite these claims, those behind the legal action indicated that they do not oppose the whole rule, just certain provisions.
“U.S. airlines are dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and ensuring a safe, inclusive travel experience for passengers with disabilities,” said Hannah Walden, director of communications at Airlines for America. “A4A and our passenger carriers are continuously engaged with the disability community, the Department of Transportation (DOT) and others to identify and implement solutions to accessibility barriers.”
When the rule was finalized late last year, the Transportation Department noted that about 5.5 million Americans use wheelchairs and that 1 out of every 100 wheelchairs or scooters on domestic flights is damaged, delayed or lost.
The new rule took effect Jan. 16, but the Trump administration said this week that it will delay enforcement until March 20 “to review the final rule to ensure that it is consistent with the law and administration policies.”
The Transportation Department did not respond to a request for comment about the rule and the airlines’ legal action.
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Lawsuit Filed By 17 States Threatens Disability Protections, Advocates Say
by Michelle Diament | February 20, 2025
Over a dozen states are seeking to invalidate one of the nation’s key disability rights laws, advocates are warning, jeopardizing access to health care, education and more.
A lawsuit brought by Texas and 16 other states is calling for an end to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The 1973 law bars discrimination on the basis of disability at any entity that receives federal funds.
The suit known as Texas v. Becerra was filed in response to an update to Section 504 regulations that was finalized by the Biden administration last year. With the litigation, the states are looking to ensure that gender dysphoria does not qualify as a disability under the rule. However, in challenging the regulations, the states’ lawsuit asks the court to “declare Section 504, 29 U.S.C. § 794, unconstitutional” in its entirety.
“If this happens, it would be a disaster for disabled people and everything from education to employment would be negatively impacted,” said Maria Town, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities.
Section 504 has a broad reach, extending to health care, public education, housing, transportation and much more, advocates say. While many students with disabilities are covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, federal figures show that 3% of students are served under Section 504 alone.
The latest 504 regulations clarified that medical providers cannot make treatment decisions based on disability biases, expanded the availability of accessible medical diagnostic equipment and set expectations for accessibility on providers’ websites and mobile applications, among other changes.
If the court were to determine that Section 504 is unconstitutional, disability advocates are concerned that the basis of such a decision could also undermine other laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“If the judge were to adopt it, and actually declare the statute unconstitutional, it could portend that other anti-discrimination statutes based on race and sex and ethnicity are also unconstitutional for the same reason,” Steven Schwartz, senior counsel at the Center for Public Representation, said during a recent webinar. “And because there’s provisions in the regulations that tie together, that link 504 and the ADA, and prohibitions on race and sex discrimination, it links them all in how they’re enforced. Striking down the rule might imperil the ADA as well.”
Schwartz described that scenario as “simply frightening.”
Now, disability advocates across the nation are calling for states to back out of the litigation. And, facing significant pressure, the attorneys general are attempting to distance themselves from the suit’s request to overturn Section 504.
“Plaintiffs clarify that they have never moved — and do not plan to move — the court to declare or enjoin Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, as unconstitutional on its face,” reads a joint status report the states filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday.
The attorneys general indicated in the filing that they are continuing to evaluate their position in light of a recent executive order President Donald Trump issued on gender ideology. But, a statement from South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office said that the filing is “a big step towards this lawsuit winding down and going away entirely.”
However, the latest filing is not easing concerns from advocates.
“Despite representations from several attorneys general that the lawsuit would be dropped, they’d withdraw from the lawsuit or they’d withdraw the constitutional challenge to Section 504, none of that occurred. They did not file an amended complaint, so the claims and scope of the case remain unchanged,” said Alison Barkoff, a professor at George Washington University who led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration on Community Living under the Biden administration.
Rather, Barkoff said that the filing actually doubles down on the states’ constitutional claim.
“As an example, they claim the rule’s requirement to provide services in the ‘most integrated setting’ consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. is unconstitutional,” Barkoff said. “If a court were to agree with them, not only would it undermine 25 years of progress through Olmstead enforcement but it would also mean that Section 504 would not apply to entities that receive federal health care, education, housing or transportation funding.”
In addition to Texas and South Carolina, the other states involved in the lawsuit are Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia.
The case is currently paused, with another update expected in a month.
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Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Do Not Change Title VII
February 28, 2025 | Roy Maurer
President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs among federal contractors and private-sector employers do not supersede well-established workplace anti-discrimination law. However, experts have said that organizations should review their inclusion and diversity (I&D) practices and policies to withstand new federal scrutiny.
SHRM CHRO Jim Link, SHRM-SCP, was joined by Tara Singh Param, a partner at Holland & Knight in Philadelphia, and Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the dean and chief academic officer of North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, N.C., during a Feb. 26 SHRM webinar to help employers navigate compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 amid changing federal directives on I&D.
“The executive orders have introduced substantial shifts to inclusion and diversity within federal agencies and among federal contractors,” Link said. “These changes emphasize a merit-based approach and eliminate affirmative action obligations for federal contractors. Some statutory obligations remain, however, including tracking employment metrics for veterans and people with disabilities.”
The White House has also directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the private sector for what it characterizes as “illegal DEI.” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo on Feb. 5 stating that the DOJ intended to begin its evaluation of enforcement mechanisms against private-sector companies.
In the meantime, a federal district judge in Maryland temporarily blocked enforcement of several challenged provisions of the EOs while a lawsuit contending that the language in the orders is vague and overbroad plays out in court.
According to a poll conducted during the webinar, only 4% of attendees said they’re very confident in their understanding of the EOs and how they intersect with Title VII. Fifty-seven percent said they are not confident at all, with the remainder falling somewhere in between.
In addition, a Feb. 26 report from employment law firm Littler showed that over 50% of C-suite leaders said that they are worried about the risk of DEI-related lawsuits and government enforcement. Only 8% said they are seriously considering changing their DEI programs as a result of the executive orders.
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An exploration of artificial intelligence, extended reality, smart devices, and their impact on accessibility, disability inclusion, and the future of workforce innovation.
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