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Advocacy and Integration for Special Needs Education

October 21, 2018

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This program focuses on social integration and supportive schooling for children with special needs. Ukrainian visitors will see an array of programs and organizations in Cleveland that work to ensure a positive environment for special needs children, prevent abuse, promote skill-building/employment opportunities, provide resources for those struggling with disabilities, and involve them in the community. […]

Human-Centered Design and Accessible Physical Environments

May 8, 2018

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With the global acknowledgment of rights for persons with disabilities at an all-time high, CCWA will be hosting a multi-regional group of eleven company representatives that are dedicated to bettering the lives of people with disabilities. The tour to Cleveland will exhibit support services, education, and health for the disabled as well as laws that […]

Disability Issues in the U.S.

July 21, 2015

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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. It is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination […]

Episode 53: How to Prepare for Climate Change
Guest: David Pogue, Cleveland native, six-time Emmy winner for CBS Sunday Morning, and New York Times bestselling author. With climate change leading the agenda for many world leaders and yet …Read More »
Episode 52: Art and International Cooperation: The Bridges Cleveland Helps Build
Panelists included André Gremillet, President and CEO of The Cleveland Orchestra; Heather Lemonedes Brown, Chief Curator of The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yaron Kohlberg, President of Piano Cleveland; and international …Read More »
Episode 51: The Indo-Pacific “Quad:” Key Concepts and Prospects for the Region
Guest: Tanvi Madan, Director of The India Project at Brookings Institution. On February 8, 2022, we explored the relatively new Indo-Pacific quadrilateral coalition of Japan, Australia, the U.S. and India …Read More »

Human-Centered Design and Accessible Physical Environments

Disability Issues in the U.S.

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