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Kathy provides trainings and technical assistance on the principles of universal design, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the federal Fair Housing Act and related federal and state laws to architects, designers, businesses, non-profit organizations, public and private schools, people with disabilities, advocates for people with disabilities, and state and local governments. She has over twenty years experience in the disability field. After college Kathy worked at mental health facilities in Vermont where she encouraged patients to express themselves through dance and dramatics. Prior to working for Adaptive Environments, she was assistant director for community services at the Massachusetts Office on Disability where she assisted municipalities in establishing commissions on disability and helped develop the Community Access Monitor Project. </div> <div id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_pnlContact"> <h3>Contact</h3> <hr /> kgips@AdaptiveEnvironments.org </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm col-md-2"> <div style="object-fit: contain; overflow: hidden;"> <div id="ctl00_pnlRightSideBar"> <img id="ctl00_imgrightBar" class="leftSideBar" src="/images/ada-audio-sidebar.jpg" alt="Audio Webinar banner" style="border-width:0px;" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer" class="panel-footer"> <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-pull-1"> <div style="margin-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> <img id="ctl00_imDHDlogo" src="../../../images/DHDLogo.gif" alt="Department of Disability and Human Development at UIC Logo" style="border-width:0px;" /> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <br /> <p class="footer-address" style="margin-top: 5px"> <a href="https://www.acl.gov/programs/research-and-development" target="_blank"> <img alt="ACL & NIDILRR" src="../../../images/logos/ACL.png" style="border-width:0px;height: 42px;" /></a> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="/grant.aspx">Grant Disclaimer</a> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<a href="/accessibility.aspx" accesskey="0">Accessibility Statement</a> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<a href="/contact/">Contact Us</a> </p> </div> <div class="col-lg-push-1"> <div style="margin-top: 15px; text-align: center;"> <a id="ctl00_phADAlogo_HyperLink1" title="Go To ADA National Network" rel="noreferrer" href="http://adata.org/" target="_blank"><img id="ctl00_phADAlogo_imADAnetwork" src="../../../images/logos/ada-national-network-horizontal.gif" alt="ADA National Network Information, Guidance, and Training on the Americans with Disabilities Act " style="height:100px;border-width:0px;" /></a>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> var routeGroup = 'ADA-Audio'; // // var appInsights=window.appInsights||function(config){ // function r(config){t[config]=function(){var i=arguments;t.queue.push(function(){t[config].apply(t,i)})}}var t={config:config},u=document,e=window,o="script",s=u.createElement(o),i,f;for(s.src=config.url||"//az416426.vo.msecnd.net/scripts/a/ai.0.js",u.getElementsByTagName(o)[0].parentNode.appendChild(s),t.cookie=u.cookie,t.queue=[],i=["Event","Exception","Metric","PageView","Trace"];i.length;)r("track"+i.pop());return r("setAuthenticatedUserContext"),r("clearAuthenticatedUserContext"),config.disableExceptionTracking||(i="onerror",r("_"+i),f=e[i],e[i]=function(config,r,u,e,o){var s=f&&f(config,r,u,e,o);return s!==!0&&t["_"+i](config,r,u,e,o),s}),t // }({ // instrumentationKey:"60bf9434-7bc7-4fc5-9a6f-334bb5daceb3" // }); //window.appInsights=appInsights; //appInsights.trackPageView(); (function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) { i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r; i[r] = i[r] || function () { (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments) }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date(); a = s.createElement(o), m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0]; a.async = 1; a.src = g; m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m) })(window, document, 'script', '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js', 'ga'); ga('create', 'UA-71006624-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </body> </html>

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