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April 22-23, 2008. Multiple Perspecitves Conference Program and On-line Registration.
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April 22-23, 2008. Call for Student Posters
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April 21, 2008 Preconference Information. (SHRM & AIA CEU's Pending)
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Multiple Perspectives on
Access, Inclusion,
and Disability
Annual Conference
Looking Back & Thinking Ahead
April 22 & 23, 2008
“Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths
and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping
as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.”
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. 480 U.S. 284
The Eighth Annual Multiple Perspectives conference continues the university’s efforts to bring together a diverse audience to explore disability as both an individual experience and social reality that cuts across typical divisions of education & employment; scholarship & service; business & government; race, gender & ethnicity. This year's theme "looking back and thinking ahead" is meant to encourage presenters and participants to consider topics, methods and programs from fresh perspectives.
Two decades ago Congress investigated the status of individuals with disabilities in society. Their findings led to the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990. How relevant are those findings today? As we approach the second decade under the ADA let’s take stock in the status of disability.
Access:
…”individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies, failure to make modifications to existing facilities and practices, exclusionary qualification standards and criteria, segregation, and relegation to lesser services, programs, activities, benefits, jobs, or other opportunities;”
Inclusion:
…”the Nations proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals;”
Disability:
…”individuals with disabilities are a discrete and insular minority who have been faced with restrictions and limitations, subjected to a history of purposeful unequal treatment, and relegated to a position of political powerlessness in our society, based on characteristics that are beyond the control of such individuals and resulting from stereotypic assumptions not truly indicative of the ability of such individuals to participate in, and contribute to, society.”
Additional conference & pre-conference information, student poster submission guidelines, updates, and past programs can be found by clicking on one of the links to the left. To be on the mailing list for the conference send an e-mail to ADA-OSU@osu.edu.
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
