[Iabs-talk] Fwd: Save the Date: 9/28 Disability Rights Consortium Meeting to Focus on Transportation for People with Disabilities

Tue Sep 13 09:37:22 UTC 2016

Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
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> From: Amy Peterson <Amy at equipforequality.org>
> Subject: FW: Save the Date: 9/28 Disability Rights Consortium Meeting to Focus on Transportation for People with Disabilities
> Date: September 12, 2016 at 8:50:54 AM CDT
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> All:  Please note that the September 28th meeting referenced below will focus on transportation for people with disabilities.  Please bring your questions and concerns as representatives from CTA, Metra, PACE and RTA will be here.  There is also an option to participate by phone if you are unable to attend in person.  We hope that you can join us.
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> Amy
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> Amy F. Peterson
> Senior Attorney
> PAAT Project Manager
> Equip for Equality
> 20 N. Michigan Avenue #300
> Chicago, IL  60602
> (312) 895-7324
> amy at equipforequality.org <mailto:amy at equipforequality.org>
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> From: Barry Taylor 
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 2:04 PM
> To: Barry Taylor
> Subject: Save the Date: 9/28 Disability Rights Consortium Meeting to Focus on Transportation for People with Disabilities
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> Dear Disability Rights Consortium members,
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> Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday September 28th from 9:30-11:00 at Equip for Equality (20 N. Michigan, Suite 300).  The meeting will be focusing on transportation for people with disabilities.  We will have presenters from the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Pace and the Regional Transit Authority.  Each group will provide some background on their services and current initiatives, and then we will open the meeting up for questions.
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> If you can’t attend in person, you can participate by phone by calling: 800-910-8278 and then entering the participant code: 1940990.
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> A captioner will be available at the meeting. You can also access the captioning remotely at: https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=EFE_DRC <https://u2037329.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=EJsHtt0gQqoK8bZiwWwm4iOj8MG7L96AKHB-2BDM66Npv7gYI7uwC888R3Y1us5NNwJ6KlLLlbqKhUo9a2AzYk3A-3D-3D_z2wbd-2F4FYRQK0ogB7tG2Ms0ROQTGfMipjVZL-2Brs40NsFMuSt09Z977DxnOghG3uRhnv6WpuLwybfNU-2BHFeyPqNeUsRZ-2Fi1WwkIxnkXKNP8RLt0-2B6eDP2olqsHtMtvN0vSfQIqiwcj5l-2BLb9J6e7aN0wS-2BIwN7SeWmnURoNDR2UXhfGmBOLpjMzfTho6WD3XgxQZKKcywaQyMu8Ho5hTDNy2-2BdZMQtWOaCxWC-2BkUeSK4-3D>  If you need other accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact me by September 23rd.
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> Also, for our October 26th meeting, we will be focusing on the education rights of incarcerated youth. Rachel Brady, a Skadden Fellow and attorney in EFE’s Special Education Clinic will be the presenter.  Here is a description of that session: Youth with disabilities who are in prison in Illinois have the same educational rights as students who are in public schools in the community. For years the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, which operates its own school district inside each of the five youth prisons in Illinois, has not been providing appropriate educational services for youth with disabilities. And when youth are released from prison, their home school districts often discourage them from enrolling. This deprivation of education leads fuels the revolving door that ensures these youth stay involved in the juvenile justice system. This presentation will focus on the law surrounding, educational issues facing, and remedies for, youth with disabilities who are in Illinois’s youth prisons, or who are transitioning back to their communities after being released from prison.
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> We hope to see you on September 28th,
> Barry
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> Barry C. Taylor
> Equip for Equality