The ADA Trainer Leadership Network (TLN) is a group of disability professionals, employment counselors, educators, diversity and inclusion coordinators, and self-advocates who use a nationally vetted curriculum to train individuals, organizations, businesses, and government agencies about their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). TLN members serve as change agents in their communities by staying aware of current events and trends that influence local needs for training and assistance with ADA implementation.
The overall goal of the TLN program is to enhance the capacity of the ADA Centers to meet the need for training on various aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act to implement programs in local communities and regions that will contribute to improving the economic, employment, social, community, and democratic participation of people with disabilities in our society.
Established in 2007 by the Northeast ADA Center at Cornell University to enhance its capacity to serve people throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, the program became an initiative of the ADA National Network in 2013, extending the program across many regions of the country.