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Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability
Annual Conference

"Storytelling enables the individuals in an organization to see themselves and the organization in a different light, and accordingly take decisions and change their behavior in accordance with these new perceptions, insights and identities." Steven Denning"

2006 Call for Papers

April 17-18, 2006

The organizing theme for the sixth annual conference will be "Personal Perspectives & Social Impact: The Stories We Tell." The goal is to encourage presenters and participants to reflect on how personal experiences create and transform social, cultural, and legal realities. A look into what the psychologist Theodore Sarbin referred to as "the storied nature of human conduct."

Consider submitting a presentation: you could present --

• An oral history of a local disability organization or the disability rights movement in Ohio.
• Case studies tht explore best practices in business, employment or education.
• How narrative and testimony are reflected in significant court cases and legislation.
• Telling your story effectively as an advocate, when filing a complaint or in legal testimony.
• The use of memoir in teaching self advocacy.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals were due October 1, 2005.  Guidelines for presentation proposals to L. Scott Lissner were:

• As a Word Attachment to ADA-OSU@osu.edu
• By Fax at 614-688-3665 (FAX)
• In the mail at
  University ADA Coordinator’s Office
  1849 Cannon Drive
  Columbus, OH 43210.

Proposals must include:

• Names and (as appropriate) titles and institutions for each presenter.
• Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail).
  If there is more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the lead presenter.
• Title of Presentation.
• Description:
  In 700 words or less please describe the proposed presentation being sure to not only describe the topic but to address the style of presentation (Panel, Discussion, Performance, etc.), the intended audience, the level audience it is geared for (beginner, intermediate and advanced) and what you hope the audience will gain as a result of participation.
• Anticipated audio/visual needs.

Please Note:
Conference fees will be waived and lunch each day provided for presenters of accepted proposals but the presenter(s) are responsible for travel and lodging.

To be on the mailing list or to suggest a presenter send an e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu.

"Identity is formed by social proceses. Once crystalized, it is maintained, modified, or even reshaped by social relations . . . Conversely, the identities produced by the interplay of individual consciousness and social structure react upon the given social structure, maintaining it, modifying it, or even reshaping it" (Berger and Luckman, 1963).

If you have difficulty accessing any portions of this website due to incompatibility with adaptive technology, or you have suggestions on how we can make this site more accessible, or you need the information in an alternative format, please contact us at:

L. Scott Lissner, ADA Coordinator
Address: ADA Coordinator's Office, The Ohio State University,
2054 Drake Center, 1849 Cannon Drive,
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-6207 (Voice)
614-688-8605 (TTY)
614-688-3665 (Fax)
E-mail: ada-osu@osu.edu