Peggy Ellertsen and Toni Iacolucci, members of the strategic committee of HLAA’s Communication Access in Health Care program will discuss barriers and solutions to ensuring that patients can communicate safely and accurately in all medical encounters. They will be joined by Steve Gordon, Coordinator for Civil Rights Enforcement, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Steve is an expert on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and will address the legal aspects of securing needed accommodations and support for effective communication.