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The Southwest ADA Center serves a wide range of audiences who are interested in or impacted by these laws, including employers, businesses, government agencies, schools and people with disabilities. Expert staff members are available to provide training and publications and to respond to your inquiries via the toll free hotline 800-949-4232!

Image: Troutman Pepper Locke logo
09/03/2026

Image: Troutman Pepper Locke logo

As employers across the U.S. continue to implement or increase return-to-office mandates, they should ensure compliance with their legal obligations...

Belton, Texas City Hall building
09/02/2026

Belton, Texas City Hall building

Belton officials are asking residents, especially people with disabilities and their families, to share feedback to help identify accessibility barriers.

Photo: A surveying robot rolls down a sidewalk near other pedestrians
09/01/2026

Photo: A surveying robot rolls down a sidewalk near other pedestrians

Folks could see the 3-foot-tall machines beginning to explore the area in as little as two weeks. Here's where you can expect to see them.

Photo: An American Airlines building
09/01/2026

Photo: An American Airlines building

American Airlines will pay $200,000 after an EEOC blindness discrimination lawsuit, while agreeing to workplace and software accessibility changes

Photo: A person types on a laptop against a backdrop of an employee screening program
09/01/2026

Photo: A person types on a laptop against a backdrop of an employee screening program

AI is already influencing who gets hired, promoted, evaluated, and sometimes fired. For Texas employers using AI in those decisions, a new state law adds another reason to understand exactly how those tools are being used.

Photo: A neighborhood sidewalk
09/01/2026

Photo: A neighborhood sidewalk

Universal City will deploy small Daxbot robots to scan 12 miles of key sidewalks for ADA compliance, measuring slopes, widths, curb ramps and surface issues. Data will be mapped to target upgrades. Launch date TBD.

Photo: A gavel on top of a United States flag
09/01/2026

Photo: A gavel on top of a United States flag

DOJ policy shifts have put HHS on the same side as states seeking to narrow Section 504's disability integration mandate in Texas v Kennedy.

Photo: A man in a headset engages with a video call through his notebook computer.
09/01/2026

Photo: A man in a headset engages with a video call through his notebook computer.

The analysis will depend on the position, the requested schedule, the employee’s limitations, and the employer’s actual business needs.

Photo: "Lois Curtis, left, addresses a group at the Connecticut state Capitol in 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of Ol...
09/01/2026

Photo: "Lois Curtis, left, addresses a group at the Connecticut state Capitol in 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C., a U.S. Supreme Court ruling stemming from a lawsuit in which she was a lead plaintiff that established qualified patients' right to community-based care over institutionalization."

New DOJ guidance threatens high school transition programs meant to help disabled students live independently.

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