Julia Sain

Projects:

• Training Team
• Moderator - Basic ADA Building Blocks Webcourse

Biography

Julia has been working at Disability Rights & Resources (DR&R), formerly known as Programs for Accessible Living (PAL) in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) since 1984. She has been a Peer Counselor’s Assistant, ADA/Advocacy Coordinator, Assistant Director, Interim Director, and currently, Executive Director. She is a sign language interpreter and founder of the local chapter of Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID). Ms. Sain became the Executive Director of PAL in September 1997. Since that time she has been active with the Southeastern Center Directors Association, Region IV’s coalition of center directors. She has held the offices of Secretary, Vice-President, and President.

Ms. Sain received her initial ADA Training as a member of the Department of Justice/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ADA Training and Implementation Network conducted by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). Since that time, she has conducted numerous trainings on all Titles of the ADA. She has also performed national, regional and state-wide training sessions on independent living philosophy, history of independent living, and CIL standards, assurances and indicators.

In 2003, DR&R became the contracted Technical Assistance Coordinator for the Southeast ADA Center. In that capacity she has served as part of the Southeast ADA Center Technical Assistance Team by answering ADA-specific questions from individuals living in the eight southeastern states.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Special Education - Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC