{"675535":{"#nid":"675535","#data":{"type":"event","title":"July 26 is Americans with Disabilities Act Day","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESigned into law by George H.W. Bush on July 26th, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides legal protections for individuals living with disabilities. In 2008, the ADA was amended to broaden the definition of disability to expand protections for those covered under this law. On Georgia Tech\u2019s campus, the Office of Disability Services (ODS) engages with\u202fEquity \u0026amp; Compliance for guidance, collaboration, and resolution regarding accessibility concerns for the Tech community.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn July 26, 2024, we celebrate 34 years of expanding access and accommodations for the more than one\u202fin four U.S. adults living with disabilities (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/disabilityandhealth\/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECDC\u003C\/a\u003E). At the post-secondary level, roughly 21% of college students reported a disability in 2020, totaling 3.5 million students (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-24-105614\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGovernment Accountability Office-24-105614\u003C\/a\u003E). According to the same report, 69% of students report a behavioral or emotional disability, followed by 7% sensory, 6% physical, 5% developmental, and 14% in the \u0027other\u0027 category. It is important to note that there is some debate about the type of language used, person first (e.g., students with disabilities) versus identity first (e.g., disabled students), and that the best practice is to get to know the individual or group you\u0027re speaking to or writing about and use the language they prefer.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Disability Services currently serves nearly 2900 students with disabilities at Georgia Tech (July 2024). If you believe you qualify for disability accommodations, please reach out to learn more about our registration process by visiting the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/disabilityservices.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EODS website\u003C\/a\u003E\u202for emailing \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dsinfo@gatech.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Edsinfo@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Disability Services at Georgia Tech looks at the founding and impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honoring 34 years of expanding access and accommodations for the more than one in four U.S. adults living with disabilities."}],"uid":"34970","created_gmt":"2024-07-19 16:14:15","changed_gmt":"2024-07-19 16:19:26","author":"Elizabeth Geiger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-07-26T23:59:59-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-07-26T23:59:59-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-07-26 04:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-07-27 03:59:59","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-07-27 03:59:59","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674390":{"id":"674390","type":"image","title":"accessibility icons banner facebook.jpg","body":null,"created":"1721405766","gmt_created":"2024-07-19 16:16:06","changed":"1721405766","gmt_changed":"2024-07-19 16:16:06","alt":"accessibility icons from left to right: wheelchair, audio, and universal","file":{"fid":"257894","name":"accessibility icons banner facebook.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/19\/accessibility%20icons%20banner%20facebook_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/07\/19\/accessibility%20icons%20banner%20facebook_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":123156,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/07\/19\/accessibility%20icons%20banner%20facebook_0.jpg?itok=3lAF6iVK"}}},"media_ids":["674390"],"groups":[{"id":"652360","name":"Student Engagement and Well-Being"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173436","name":"office of disability services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}