Summary: <p>Guest: Pshon Barrett, a former assistant US Attorney, now a private attorney with <a href="http://www.theadagroup.com/index.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The ADA Group</a>. Pshon was honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by <a href="https://law.olemiss.edu/alumna-honored-by-mississippi-women-lawyers-association/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mississippi Women Lawyers’ Association</a> and is an ambassador with <a href="https://www.ablenrc.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The ABLE National Resource Center</a></p><br><p>Discussed:</p><ul> <li>ABLE Center</li> <li>the definition of having a disability with respect to the ADA</li> <li>the <a href="https://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm#:~:text=Americans%20with%20Disabilities%20Act%20(ADA,to%20the%20United%20States%20Congress." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American's with Disabilities Act</a> </li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Websites mentioned: </p><p>U.S. Department of Justice<a href="%20https://www.ada.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.ada.gov/</a></p><p>National Federation of the Blind <a href="https://www.nfb.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nfb.org/</a></p><p>American Council of the Blind <a href="https://www.acb.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.acb.org/</a></p><p>Help with Filing a Complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <a href="https://www.ada.gov/filing_eeoc_complaint.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ada.gov/filing_eeoc_complaint.htm</a></p><p>2020 Census <a href="https://2020census.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://2020census.gov/</a></p><p>Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy <a href="https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/topics/accommodations#:~:text=The%20ADA%20requires%20reasonable%20accommodations,a%20disability%20to%20enjoy%20equal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Accommodations </a></p><p>CDC’s Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers<a href="%20https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html</a></p><p>Mississippi's Online Voter Information Center <a href="https://www.sos.ms.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">yallvote.sos.ms.gov </a></p><br><p><br></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
