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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 […]

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Guest: Ambassador Nicholas Burns Ambassador Nicholas Burns, the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke in a …Read More »

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