Southeast ADA Newsroom

News Articles listed by Year and/or Month

2012

May 2012

• Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with
  National Social Security Advisory Board |
  • Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (May 9, 2012) : Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with National Social Security Advisory Board
  • Houston Chronicle (May 9, 2012) : Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with National Social Security Advisory Board
  • San Francisco Chronicle (May 9, 2012): Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with National Social Security Advisory Board
  • Yahoo! (May 9, 2012): Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with National Social Security Advisory Board
  • TradersHuddle.com (May 9, 2012): Southeast ADA Center Participates in Panel Discussion with National Social Security Advisory Board

April 2012

• Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University - BBI Connected E-newsletter (April 2012)
  Get to Know: Mary Morder, Southeast ADA Center

March 2012

• StarNewsOnline.com Blog - Endless Options for All Disabilities (March 19, 2012)
  National ADA Symposium spotlights 2010 standards

  The Southeast ADA Center co-sponsored the 2012 National ADA Symposium- Orlando, Florida that was held March 12-14.

• Georgia PTA Newsletter- The Voice (March 2012, pages 10-11)
  Elementary Pilot Project Inspires Children with and without Disabilities to Dream Big for Their Futures

  I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio introduces and exposes students with and without disabilities and their parents, through the arts and music, to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) along with the myriad of education and career options available to them beyond their K-12 educational years.

  Learn More: Dreams4mylife.org.

2011

December 2011

• Video: Disability Mentoring Day & Career Expo at Nesbit Elementary in Gwinnett County, GA [YouTube, captioned, 8 min.]

  Mentors with disabilities share their professional and personal successes with children from Nesbit Elementary School in Gwinnett County, GA. The “I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio” program is part of a new disability mentoring day and career expo pilot program created by the Southeast ADA Center designed to break down barriers and introduce students with and without disabilities to successful individuals with disabilities from the community.

  Learn More: I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio (Dreams4mylife.org)

November 2011

• Inside Syracuse University (SU) - Engaging the World (November 1, 2011)
  Atlanta elementary school students inspired by adults with disabilities

  Successful adults with disabilities from throughout the metro-Atlanta area inspired children at Gwinnett County's Nesbit Elementary School to dare to dream for their futures as part of a new disability mentoring day and career expo pilot program.

  Learn More: I Have a Dream: Creating Your Life Portfolio (Dreams4mylife.org).

October 2011

• BBI receives $6.2 million grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to continue leadership of ADA Center in southeastern United States
  • Rehab Management - Rehab Today Newsletter (October 10, 2011)
    Grant Awarded to Burton Blatt Institute Will Increase ADA Educational Resources
• Southeast ADA Center and Nesbit Elementary School Host Disability Mentoring Day and Career Expo for Students and Families on Oct. 12
  • Tucker Patch News (October 12, 2011)
    Nesbit Elementary Hosting Disability Mentoring Day
  • Gwinnett Daily Post (October 11, 2011)
    Nesbit Elementary holds mentoring day

May 2011

• Film Highlights Ms. Wheelchair America: "Defining Beauty"

  Ms. Wheelchair Georgia Kathleen Rice, Miss Georgia USA Kailyn Reque, and award-winning documentary film maker Manuela Ikenze spoke about the documentary film, "Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America," which premiered in Atlanta on May 14th and 15th during the Taste of Beauty Weekend.

  Handle with Care Radio (Audio MP3, 66 MB) highlighted the Taste of Beauty Weekend which supported the documentary, "Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America,” and the Atlanta office of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, which includes the Southeast ADA Center.

  Learn more: Ms. Wheelchair America Pageant | Documentary: "Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America" | "Defining Beauty" Facebook Page.

April 2011

• Audio: Learn More about the Southeast ADA Center and Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University [MP3 file]

  Pamela Williamson, Project Director of the Southeast ADA Center, is featured in an “At Your Service” radio broadcast from the Georgia Radio Reading Service (GARRS), talking about the work of the Southeast ADA Center and the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University.