ADA and Access Matters E-Newsletter

ADA Puzzler – Play. Win. Learn.

ADA Puzzler for September

Under ADA Title I, what would you call “an accommodation that is too difficult, disruptive, or expensive, when considering the employer’s size, financial resources, or business needs, or that would fundamentally alter the nature or operation of the business?”

1. undue hardship
2. fundamental alteration
3. direct threat
4. unreasonable modification

PLAY

Email your answers to ADApuzzler@syr.edu
Deadline to Play: September 30, 2026 at 11:30 pm [Eastern]

WIN

At the end of the month, one winner will be randomly drawn from all correct answers for choice of one course from My ADA Learning – Southeast ADA Center.

Answer to August ADA Puzzler

In situations where it is not obvious that a dog is a service animal, what are the allowable questions a business can ask the handler?

1. Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?
2. What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?
3. Do you have proper documentation that the dog is a service animal?
4. Does your dog bite?

Answer

1. Is the dog a service animal required because of a disability?
2. What work or task has the dog been trained to perform?

Resources

Service Animal Resource Hub
Source: ADA National Network

Learn More ADA

• LISTEN ADA Live! Podcast & Resources
• READ ADA Publications & Videos
  • Overview of ADA | Timeline of ADA |
• TAKE ADA Training (webinars & more)
  • My ADA Learning CoursesADA Coordinator Certification Program (ADACC)
• GET Answers to ADA Questions 
• WEB: ADA National Network – adaTA.org

Training and Events

4th Thursday ADA Talks – September 24: Accessible Parking and EV Charging in Public Right-of-Way

Next 4th Thursday ADA Talk 2026

September 24 – ADA Talk: Accessible Parking and EV Charging in the Public Right-of-Way
Time (1 hour): 10:00 am – 11:00 am [Eastern] / 9:00 – 10:00 am [Central] / 8:00 – 9:00 am [Mountain Daylight] / 7:00 – 8:00 am [Mountain Standard and Pacific]

REGISTER for 2026 ADA Talks
Web: bit.ly/4th-thursday-ada-talks-2026

CREDIT: Certificate of Participation after view entire webinar (live or archive) and complete Post Test Eval with confirmation of attendance.

NOTE: Each webinar has captioning and American Sign Language (ASL).

Recent 4th Thursday ADA Talks

• ADA Talk 8: Artificial Intelligence (AI), ADA, and Disability in Hiring Practices
• ADA Talk 7: ADA and Transition from High School to Higher Education
• ADA Talk 6: Accessible Lodging
• ADA Talk 5: Documents – Ready, Set, Check Access
• ADA Talk 4: Voting Rights

Webinars and Virtual Events for September 2026

• FORUM 9/15: Disability Voting Rights Week – Athens, Georgia
  Tuesday, September 15
  11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. [Eastern Time]
  Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Library, 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA 30606
  Host: Multiple Choices (MC) Center Independent Living
  and the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Library
• WEBCAST 9/16: Consumer Protection and Accessibility Advisory Committee (CPAAC) Meeting
  Wednesday, September 19
  9:00 a.m. [Eastern Time]
  Host: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• WEBINAR 9/3: Accessible Parking: Pushing Beyond Minimum Requirements to Meet Today’s Demand
  Thursday, September 3
  2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. [Eastern Time]
  Series: ADA Audio Conference
  Host: Great Lakes ADA Center, ADA National Network
• WEBINAR 9/24: Accessible Parking and EV Charging in the Public Rights-of-Way
  Thursday, September 24
  10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. [Eastern Time]
  Series: 4th Thursday ADA Talks
  Host: Southeast ADA Center, University of Kentucky (UK) Human Development Institute (HDI)
• WEBINAR NEW DATE 11/17: Carter Kits: Supporting Positive Interactions for Neurodivergent Patients during Emergency Encounter
  Tuesday, November 17
  2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. [Eastern Time]
  Series: ADA Audio Conference
  Host: Great Lakes ADA Center, ADA National Network

MORE: Events Calendar + Training Resources

Featured Publications

ADA Live! Episode 157: The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail with My Disabled Parents

In This Episode 157

Our guest is Caleb Dardick, who was raised by parents with disabilities and later became disability-rights advocates in the years before passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. At age five, he crossed continents with his family from Amsterdam to India, along the Hippie Trail, as part of a generation’s sweeping search for freedom. In his book, “The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail,” Dardick tells the story of his family “dropping out”, capturing the wild promise of the era and the intimate realities of family life on the road.

Tune-In to ADA Live! Episode 157

• LISTEN: Audio: SoundCloud ADA Live! Episode 157
  Web: soundcloud.com/adalive/
• READ: Captions by Interactive Transcript:ADA Live! Episode 157
  and Transcript: ADA Live! Episode 157 [PDF file]
• EXPLORE: Resources: ADA Live! Episode 157
• ALL Links: ADA Live! Episode 157

Listen. Read. Explore: ADA Live! Podcasts and Resources

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The Southeast ADA Center is a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) of Syracuse University and one of ten regional centers in the ADA National Network. Since 1991, we have been grant funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) within the Administration for Community Living (ACL).

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