Center for Children’s Advocacy Seminar Series Presents

Preventing Discrimination against Children with Disabilities

Sponsored by Rutkin, Oldham & Griffin

June 2, 2015 from 10 a.m. – 12 noon

Stamford Government Center

6th Floor Training Room

888 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT

Children with healthcare challenges are protected by Federal Law,

yet violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) persist.

We must ensure justice for these vulnerable children.

Please join us for this important forum. Presentations and panel discussion includes attorneys,

medical professionals, child welfare advocates and families of children who suffer from unjust discrimination.

Enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Federal Legal Protections and Enforcement Strategies

Moderator

Bonnie Roswig, Senior Staff Attorney

Medical-Legal Partnership Project, Center for Children’s Advocacy

Presentations and Panel Discussion

An Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Ndidi N. Moses, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut

U.S. Justice Department - Enforcement of the ADA

Vanessa Roberts Avery, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut

Enforcement of the ADA – Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Civil Rights

Susan Rhodes, Regional Manager, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights

Litigating ADA Violations

Attorney Lisa Perkins, Law Office of Lisa Perkins

Panel: Advocates and Constituents – Linking Legal Protection with Community Experience