Rocky Mountain ADA Center(Americanswith Disabilities Act) to Visit South Dakota

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - May 29, 2014 - PRLog -- Colorado Springs, Colo. – May 28, 2014 – The Rocky Mountain ADA Center, the leading authority on information pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for individuals and organizations in South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota, is pleased to announce its visit to South Dakota from June 23rd through June 27th.

The purpose of the visit is to provide training on many ADA topics such as title II and public right-of-way initiatives. Representing the Rocky Mountain ADA Center will be Geoff Ames, Accessibility and Implementation Specialist along with Rachael Stafford, Project Director for the center.

“Providing our region with the most updated ADA information is our primary mission,” said Rachael Stafford, Project Director for the Rocky Mountain ADA Center. “It is an ideal opportunity for our team to meet with different members of the community, both in the public and private sectors, across South Dakota to ensure they are aware of best practices, policy and the latest implementation techniques of the ADA. We are excited by this wonderful opportunity to communicate in-person to South Dakotans about the ADA and how critical its implantation is to the daily lives of so many in the state.”

The general public is invited to attend the training sessions for a fee of $25 as well as state ADA coordinators, facilities managers, transportation experts, emergency management facilitators and representatives from park and recreation offices.

During the week, the Rocky Mountain ADA Center will present training in both Brookings and Pierre. The full week schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday, June 24th 8:00AM - 5:00PM in Brookings at the Dakota Nature Center. The ADA Center will provide on-site parks and recreation training for risk managers, parks and recreation managers, ADA Coordinators, architects and the general public. Additionally, attendees will go on-site with

ADA expert Geoff Ames to a playground, golf course, swimming pool and fishing pier to learn how ADA regulations are being implemented.

• Wednesday, June 25th 8:00AM – 12:00PM in Brookings at the Dakota Nature Center. The ADA center will conduct title II training covering program access, facilities review and emergency management

• Thursday, June 26th 8:00AM – 12:00PM in Pierre at the Ramkota Hotel. The ADA center will conduct public right-of-way training. This training will cover scoping and technical requirements of the U.S. Access Board Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines.

• Thursday, June 26th 1:00 - 5:00PM in Pierre, at the South Dakota Environmental Health Association, the ADA center will provide ADA training for the hospitality industry.

• Friday, June 27th – Bureau of Human Resources in Pierre is hosting the ADA Center for general training for their human resource staff. This event is for employees only and will address employment and accommodations for employees with disabilities. “We are pleased to be able to offer this training to our team,” said Ellen Zeller, Director of Classification and Training. “We are certain learning about the latest advancements within the ADA will assist us as we work to make the State of South Dakota a model employer for hiring people with disabilities.”


The Rocky Mountain ADA Center is a member of the National Network of ADA Centers funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), a division of the U.S. Department of Education. Its mission is to provide information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals and organizations in Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Rocky Mountain ADA Center is operated by Meeting the Challenge, Inc., a recognized expert on disability right laws and a provider of implementation solutions for a variety of government and commercial clients. For more information: http://www.adainformation.org/


The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life.