SSA Disability Benefits and Work Incentives: A Message of Hope for Social Security Disability Beneficiaries

The American Dream Employment Network (ADEN) invites you to this informational webinar on September 23 from 2-3:30 PM ET!

Are you a Social Security disability beneficiary and want to know how working will affect your benefits?

Are you afraid of losing benefits or medical coverage if you return to work?

Learn about important topics that will help you return to work and explore a better financial future by attending this free, informational webinar from the American Dream Employment Network (ADEN): SSA Disability Benefits and Work Incentives.

Date & Time: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET

Registration is required and there is no cost to attend.

Once registered, you will receive an email with the link to the webinar.

The American Dream Employment Network (ADEN) is national administrative Social Security approved Ticket to Work provider and a division of National Disability Institute. Professional providers are located throughout the country to provide in-person or virtual services to beneficiaries exploring employment goals. Contact ADEN today! Visit www.AmericanDreamEN.org.

For accommodation requests or questions about this webinar, please email mbornhoft@ndi-inc.org.

Registration now open

for the premier event for digital accessibility legal practitioners! Come join experts tackling the biggest practice issues facing accessibility professionals from both the plaintiff and defendant legal sides.  

When:   

• Summit: October 7-8 (two afternoons, EST)
• Optional Half-Day Workshop: September 30 (afternoon EST)
  Guidelines Development Project: Best practices for plaintiffs’ Attorneys, Defense and Compliance Attorneys, and Accessibility practitioners.  

• Optional CLE approved course: November 10  & 17 and December 1  & 8 (2:30pm-4:30pm EST)
  Organizational Risk Assessments and Risk Mitigation Tools  

Where: An online virtual conference. (Note: given most current/ongoing business travel restrictions, in-person attendance is only a slim possibility. For more information visit the travel page.)

Venue Host:  American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.  

Why attend?  

• Have access to compiled best practices and look at what you should do to respond to legal issues  
• Engage with experts though presentations, workshops, guidance, and resources that you could use in your organizational accessibility program  
• Get perspectives from both plaintiff and defendant side of the legal landscape as experts discuss and present on digital accessibility  

Who should attend?  

• digital accessibility professionals,   
• legal practitioners and council,   
• legal resource providers,   
• enterprise IT managers,   
• accessibility program managers,   

• diversity program managers,   
• government personnel, and  
• academics and students.  

Topics:  Digital accessibility, legal, accessibility overlays, organizational risk, reporting standards, disability inclusion, tackling ableism  

Program: An overview of each session is available in the Summit Program.  

Shared Resources: Speakers and Sponsors have shared their resources relating to the Summit, in the Shared Resources Page.

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LinkedIn: Digital Accessibility Legal Summit

Start the school year with a better understanding of accessibility and technology. Attend this upcoming seminar to gain insight and guidance on educational technology, tools and platforms used to promote and facilitate learning in classrooms. Full and equal access to digital instruction and education is a critical priority of the National Federation of the Blind because inaccessible educational technology creates barriers for blind and low-vision students and liabilities for schools.

Join the National Federation of the Blind’s Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility on August 18, 2021, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern to experience the latest educational technology. This event is great for classroom teachers, teachers of blind students, administrators, parents of blind students, and any education professional who use LMS software.

Some topics to be covered:  

• Accessible Learning Management Systems (LMS): Google Classroom, D2L, and Canvas
• Document Accessibility: Creating and developing materials in Word, PowerPoint, and PDF
• STEM Technology: Learn about Talking Lab Quest, a device for labs, experiments, calculations, etc.

Take advantage of this free opportunity. Register today!

Do You Have Experience with a Platform that is Not Listed? Take the Education Technology Survey

Share your experiences with education technology. The National Federation of the Blind gathers information regarding the accessibility of educational technology used in our nation’s schools (kindergarten through graduate level). If you are a student, parent, teacher, or administrator who uses screen access software or other accommodations to participate nonvisually in educational programs or services, or if you are the parent, teacher, or administrator of someone who does, please complete the Education Technology Survey.

About Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility

The National Federation of the Blind is the transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind people. Our Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility (CENA) provides resources and events with access technology experts. Learn more about CENA. Nonvisual accessibility is creating equal access for blind and low-vision users.