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April 27-28, 2010 Program
PreConference April 26, 2010 Details
CEU's Pending. On-line Registration is open
On-line Registration is open for the April 26, 2010 Preconference and the April 27-28, 2010 Multiple Perspectives Conference
Sponsorship information for the Multiple Perspectives Conference
Multiple Perspectives on
Access, Inclusion,
and Disability
Annual Conference
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion, and Disability: Change, Challenge Collaboration
April 28 - 29, 2009
Pfahl Executive Education and Conference Center; The Blackwell Hotel
The Ohio State University Campus,
Columbus, Ohio
This year’s theme “Change, Challenge and Collaboration” reflects the critical place in history we occupy. Since the last conference the United Nations has adopted the Convention on Disability; Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act, a new GI bill with significant support for disabled veterans and the Higher Education Opportunity Act which includes significant provisions on disability; the Access Board is proposing changes in Section 508, and the Department of Justice is in the final stages of a comprehensive review and update of the regulations for the ADA’s Titles II and III.
Student Posters accepted through March 30th, 2009. Student Poster submission guidelines can be found at: http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2009Conf/callforpapers09.html.
The complete 2009 conference program and registration will be available soon. Please check back.
SELECTED SESSIONS FROM THE 2009 PROGRAM
The Ken Campbell Memorial Lecture on Disability Policy. A highlight of the annual conference, this lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a community reception at the Urban Arts Space featuring accessible tours of the MFA Thesis Exhibition.
A Perfect Storm. Paul D. Grossman, JD, Adjunct Instructor Hastings College of Law, presenting in his private capacity.
The injury patterns acquired with today’s deployment in the Middle East, a new definition of disability and the new GI Bill, and the fact that veterans have always been critical to the advancement of civil rights combine and intersect on today’s campuses; are we headed for a perfect storm or a perfect opportunity? After exploring the injury and recovery patterns of wounded warriors and the new definition of disability under the ADA Amendments of 2008 the presenter will out line "what it will take" to rise to this opportunity. The session will conclude with a look at creative solutions that have been successfully implemented on a systems, institutional and individual level.Serving Wounded Warriors: Current and Best Practices. Mary Lee Vance Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Superior and Paul D. Grossman, JD, Adjunct Instructor Hastings College of Law.
The Association on Higher Education and Disability is conducting a national survey of college disability services office on effective practices in serving wounded warriors in post-secondary institutions to be published in a special issue spring issue of the Journal of Post-Secondary Education and Disability. The session will present highlights of the survey’s findings and encourage a conversation focused on replication of best practices.
Public Policy Update: National Council on Disability and World Institute on Disability. Kathleen Martinez, Executive Director, World Institute on Disability Member, National Council on Disability; and Linda Wetters, Consultant, Wetters and Associates, Member National Council on Disability.
Information on recent initiatives including the United Nations (UN) Treaty on Disability and a review or recommendations for emergency preparedness. Participants will provide input for continued development of public policy.
The ADA Amendments Act, What are the Implications? Staff from the EEOC.
A Simpler Time?: Managing Workplace Mental Health Issues Post-ADAAA. John Finch, Ph.D., Center of Vocational Alternatives for Mental Health; William A. Nolan, Partner, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P.; and Sondra Zardus, M.S.A.
A case study approach to common workplace mental health disability issues, exploring employer best practices both legally and from a rehabilitative perspective, and how the ADAAA will change those practices.
More than the ADA: An Inventory of U.S. Disability Rights Laws. Doug Goeppner, MSW, LSW ADA Coordinator, University of Southern Indiana.
An overview of federal laws that have had an impact on disability rights in the United States
Job Coaching Individuals Diagnosed With Autism: Strategies for Employment Skill Development. Jaina Blackford, M.Ed.: The Lerner School For Autism; and Lourdes Maldonado, B.A.
Ms. Maldonado ,The Lerner School for Autism Explores the processes involved with establishing and assessing a vocational training program for individuals with autism spectrum disorder within center-based school program.
Perceptions of the First Year Living at the Friendship House. Jane E. Finn Assistant Professor; and Stephanie Pasek, Undergraduate Student; Hope College.
The Friendship House in Michigan is a unique establishment where students without disabilities live side by side with people with mental retardation. Collaborations are discussed along with lessons learned.
The AccessText Information Network: An Association of American Publishers Digital Text Portal. Christopher Lee, Ph.D., AMAC; and Robert Martinengo, AccessText.
A discussion and demonstration of the AccessText portal, a one-stop-shop for disability services providers to place requests for electronic files from multiple publishers.
Access to Hospitals for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind Communities: Pittsburgh Takes Initiative in Improving the Services. Richard Meritzer, ADA Coordinator Department of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh; Michelle Corkum University of Pittsburgh; and Ying Lee Carnegie Mellon University.
A case study on evaluating and improving the effectiveness of accommodations in hospitals for deaf and hard of hearing patients. The resulting recommendations for a standard process of providing accommodations for the deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind communities by the hospitals will be presented.
New Work in Deaf Studies at OSU. Brenda Brueggemann, Professor, English and Disability Studies, Faculty Leader, ASL Program; Marla Berkowitz, Senior Lecturer, ASL Program and Trena Shank, Senior Lecturer, ASL Program; The Ohio State University.
"Documenting Deaf Lives and Literacy in an Age of Technology" will showcase some of the major findings from a research project focused on gathering digital "literacy narratives" from deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
"Deaf and Hearing Adult Sibling Relations Project" will entail excerpts of stories from both Deaf and hearing sibling perspectives revealing how the presence of a Deaf or hearing sibling alters life experiences in family dynamics.
"Qualifications for the American Sign Language Teacher" will highlight the standards and qualifications for ASL teachers--including their fluency in the language, specific teaching skills, appropriate training, awareness of linguistic research on ASL, and personality traits and attitudes. It will conclude with a discussion about the dangers of unqualified teachers.
Importance of Positive Teacher Attitudes: A Case Study from an Inclusive Classroom. Chongmin Lee, Graduate Student, Deaf Education; and Bob Eckhart, Lecturer The Ohio State University.
A teacher and student present their experiences from an English composition course. The teacher was a willing experimenter with new methods to include hearing-impaired student.
‘Come on Ding Dong!’ - Unexpected Lessons in Leadership. Alice Elliott, Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, New York Univ.; Kathy Conour; Diana Braun; and Alyce Myatt, Grantmakers in Film and Electronic Media.
An award-winning short film, Body & Soul: Diana and Kathy captures a unique 40 year friendship while humanizing the issues of independent living, the aging of people with disabilities, and the importance of and tools used in effective advocacy. In this session we will screen the film and follow-up with a panel made up of the subjects, the filmmaker.
STEM Degrees and Careers for Ohioans with Disabilities. Margo Izzo, Nisonger Center; Chris Andersen, Office of Research; Steve Rissing, Professor, College of Biological Science; The Ohio State University.
The Ohio STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA) funded by the National Science Foundation will recruit, retain and graduate STEM students with disabilities in the Dayton-Columbus transect.
Evaluating the Homes of Older Adults to Enhance Aging in Place. Margaret H. Teaford, Ph.D., Associate Professor-Clinical, School of Allied Medical Professions; and Susan L. Zavotka, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences; The Ohio State University.
Most older adults want to remain at home. Many homes do not meet accessibility standards for comfortable aging-in-place. Sixty-one homes were evaluated; results showed that many homes needed modifications.
Writing the Self, Writing the Other: Author, Audience, and Popular Disability Narrative. Nicholas Hetrick, PhD student Department of English; Krista Paradiso, PhD candidate Department of Comparative Studies; and Melanie Yergeau, PhD student Department of English; The Ohio State University.
This panel investigates popular narratives dealing in some way with disability in order to identify how disability functions in and as narrative.
From Challenges to Opportunities: The ADA Now and Disability Studies. Marian E. Lupo, J.D., Ph.D.; Wendy L. Chrisman, Ph.D.,; Columbus College of Art and Design Adjunct; and Michael J. Sasso, Doctoral Student, Disability Studies, O.S.U. Writing Center Director at Mansfield; The Ohio State University.
This panel will first present the challenges of the lived experience of a father caring for his disabled veteran son in "My Son's War is My War Now." The panel will then turn to the challenges presented by (and ways to challenge) inadequate health care under state-mandated Medicaid HMOs in "The Bureau/carceral: Health Care for the Disabled." The panel will conclude by exploring the challenges of teaching interdisciplinary trainees in O.S.U.’s Leadership Education Excellence in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program in “Humanizing the Clinic: Disability Studies and the LEND Experience.” Through these brief presentations, we hope to engage the audience in thinking about and discussing the future of disability rights.
Gender and the Cultural Construction of Disability in 19th-Century Women's Writing. Tiffany Anderson, Ph.D Student; Meghan Burke, Ph.D Student; and Heather Thompson-Gillis, Ph.D Student; The Ohio State University.
This panel calls attention to the historical rootedness of disability in nineteenth-century texts by Frances Harper, Louisa May Alcott, and Harriet Martineau. The discussion is intended to share information about the intersecting discourses of gender and disability in nineteenth-century literature. Our panel critically analyzes several American and British texts from the 1800s in order to explore how societies’ conceptualization of disability is rooted in cultural contexts, examine how the study of historical notions of disability is essential to understanding our current representations of it today, and demonstrate how three female authors of the era reclaim and reinterpret disability in their work.
Ethical Touch: Disability, Assistance, and Personal Space. Kelly M. Munger, Ph.D., Candidate in Disability Studies, University of Illinois of Chicago; and Ryan C. Parrey, Ph.D. Student in Disability Studies, University of Illinois of Chicago.
Requesting or receiving assistance from others is often an everyday experience for many people with disabilities. Perhaps they need help dressing, bathing, opening a door, or simply orienting them selves to an environment, and frequently help comes in the form of physical contact. There is nothing wrong with personal contact when help is requested; however, people with disabilities often receive physical assistance without asking for it. Even in the best circumstances, this unwelcome touch may be interpreted as a form of control over disabled individuals and their bodies. In this paper, we will explore how such interactions can amount to more than daily nuisances, how they can be disempowering, and how they can actually constitute unethical treatment. Specifically, we will discuss the ethics of touch that emerges in encounters between persons with disabilities and those who seek to assist them.
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