BPA is partnering with the Disability Rights Education And Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) to conduct an Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Implementation Study for the National Council on Disability (NCD). The project's goal is to improve implementation of the ADA. It will include conducting working sessions with stakeholders, identifying methods and incentives for compliance, working with legal experts to address concerns about the effectiveness of ADA litigation, and developing a new public education campaign--particularly to reach small employers and people with disabilities. The project will include the following activities:

• ADA Stakeholder Dialogues designed to promote discussion among stakeholders with differing perspectives, including individuals with disabilities, businesses, service agencies, employers, representative associations, chambers of commerce, state and local governments, attorneys and judges, and federal agencies.
   
• Identify methods and incentives for ADA compliance through literature review and key informant interviews to identify public-private collaborations, best practices, and successful models for ADA implementation.
   
• Convene a panel of legal experts to make recommendations concerning problems that have arisen in ADA litigation.
   
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current ADA public education and dissemination efforts and develop a new prototype public information campaign building on state-of-the-art cause marketing and public relations methods and focus group input into message design.