UW-Madison’s Office of Compliance implements accessibility barrier reporting form for individuals to report physical or digital barriers that prevent access for individuals with disabilities.
Year: 2021
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month!
The theme for NDEAM 2021, “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion,” reflects the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Is Working from the Office an Essential Job Function?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an outstanding impact on the way humanity has been operating. There have been significant changes in everyone’s lives in regard to how we interact with one another as humanity tries …
Fax Machines: Not only do they cause Privacy breaches – they’ve hampered the COVID response
As coronavirus cases surged in the city of Austin, Texas, last June, beleaguered public health officials instructed anyone with symptoms to act as though they had Covid-19. The reporting and tracing of new cases had …
The Future of HIPAA: Reflections at the 25th Anniversary of HIPAA
It is now exactly 25 years to the day since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into law by President Clinton. On August 21, 1996, when President Clinton added his signature …
National Center on Disability and Journalism Releases Updated Disability Language Style Guide
The National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University has released an updated version of its disability language style guide in both English and Spanish for journalists and professionals who report or write …
U.S. Access Board to Host Public Briefing on Study on the Feasibility of Wheelchair Securement Systems in Passenger Aircraft
The inability to use one’s wheelchair on airplanes makes air travel very difficult, if not impossible, for many people with disabilities. Among other challenges, it requires multiple transfers between boarding chairs and aircraft seats, posing …
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Remove Unnecessary Barriers for Students with Disabilities
The Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act would help ease the transition from high school to college for students with disabilities, amend the Higher Education Act, and clarify that students with previous documentation of …
Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services Issues Guidance on Long COVID as a Disability under the ADA
In light of the rise of long COVID as a persistent and significant health issue, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Civil Rights Division of the …
Unintended Consequences Seen in Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule Revision
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed modifying patient privacy rules to remove barriers to coordinated care. The AMA says the proposal is “well-intentioned” but ill-timed and incomplete, having the potential to …