Anyone who flies might be interested in this.
Kendall Corbett
Coordinator of Consumer Activities
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND
College of Health Sciences
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 4298
Laramie, WY 82070
(307) 766-2853
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www.wind.uwyo.edu
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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From: DLRP at ILRU [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:13 AM
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Subject: REMINDER: Sept. 13--Web cast on the Air Carrier Access Act and the ADA
Please join the Disability Law Resource Project (DLRP) at ILRU for a Web
cast on Air Carrier Access Act, Oxygen and the ADA
Mike Spollen with the Department of Transportation will present the Web cast
"The Air Carrier Access Act: Protecting the Civil Rights of Airline
Passengers with Disabilities" on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 3:00pm
Eastern; 2:00pm Central; 1:00pm Mountain; 12:00pm Pacific; 11:00am Alaska;
9:00am Hawaii.
This Web cast will provide a brief overview of the Air Carrier Access Act of
1986, which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities
in commercial air transportation, and it's implementing regulation, 14 CFR
Part 382 (Part 382).
It will include discussion on:
* Major provisions of Part 382 and its amendments since being implemented in
1990;
* A summary of the Department's disability-related initiatives within the
last few years in three basic areas: Investigations and Enforcement,
Rulemaking, and Outreach and Public Education.
* Types of complaints received by the Department of Transportation (DOT)
from passengers with disabilities
* DOT's complaint-handling process
About the Presenter: Mike Spollen is a native of the Washington, D.C. area.
After attending Virginia Tech and graduating from George Mason University,
Mike began his federal career as in investigator in 1979 with the Civil
Aeronautics Board (CAB). At the CAB, he investigated potential violations by
airlines of various consumer protection regulations, and was involved
closely in the development and implementation of the first federal
regulation protecting the rights of airline passengers with disabilities.
Mike says that he has finally gotten over the fact that, after Congress
realized that the CAB had hired him, it quickly passed sunset legislation
closing that agency at the end of 1984.
Not to be deterred, Mike transferred from the CAB to the Department of
Transportation (DOT), where he currently works in the General Counsel's
Aviation Consumer Protection Division. Since passage of the Air Carrier
Access Act (ACAA) in 1986, Mike has been actively involved in DOT's efforts
to protect the civil rights of airline passengers with disabilities and
ensure airlines' compliance with DOT's ACAA regulations. Mike currently
serves as DOT's aviation disability team leader, where he helps coordinate
the Department's rulemaking, investigative and enforcement activities.
To link to this Web cast and download accompanying materials visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html
For instructions on how to access a Web cast visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html
Please visit this site ahead of time to test and ensure your computer is
configured and updated to participate in the Web cast.
For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked
questions) at: http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html or
contact a Web cast team member at [log in to unmask] or 713.520.0232 (v/tty).
This Web cast is supported through the Disability Law Resource Project
(DLRP), a project of ILRU. DLRP (www.dlrp.org) is one of ten Disability and
Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs) funded by the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to provide
training, technical assistance and materials dissemination on the ADA and
other disability-related laws. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of
Education.
The opinions and views expressed are those of the presenters and no
endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.
We hope to see you on Wednesday, September 13, 2006!
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