PUBLIC EVENTS AT THE

2013 MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESS, INCLUSION & DISABILITY

The Ken Campbell Memorial Lecture on Disability Policy

DISCRIMINATION LAW

FORTY YEARS AFTER SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT

Impact on Higher Education

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Free & Open to the Public

Room 140 Pfahl Hall

Presented by Laura Rothstein, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville

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Ethel Louise Armstrong Lecture on Disability Art & Culture

Don’t Call Me Inspirational

Presented by Harilyn Rousso, disability activist, feminist, psychotherapist, writer and painter

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Student Perspectives Ethel Louise Armstrong Student Poster Competition

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Free & Open to the Public

Blackwell Hotel Ballrooms

Link to the full program & registration: Multiple Perspectives 2013 Intersections & Independence April 16-17

Concurrent sessions April 16-1 2013, Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion & Disability

• Disability History of the United States. Dr. Kim Nielsen, Professor, Disability Studies, University of Toledo.
• Disability (Outsider) Art. Brenda Jo Brueggemann, PhD., Professor, English & Disability Studies, The Ohio State University and Victor M. Espinosa, PhD, Lecturer, Sociology, The Ohio State University. Two 45 minute presentations.
• Art School Confidential: When Rhetoric Meets Tourette’s, Autism, and Bipolar Disorder. Wendy L. Chrisman, Ph.D. Faculty, Columbus College of Art & Design. Panel Participants: Skylar Bridges, Jean Paul Senior, and Kyle Boganwright, all students from Columbus College of Art & Design.
• White Guilt and GuiltAbility in Alice Walker’s Meridian. Tiffany M. B. Anderson, PhD, Youngstown State University.
• Understand Our Complexities, but See Our Potential: Inclusive Post-Secondary Education. Heidi Brett Mendez, M.Ed., Director of the Transition and Access Program, Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Student, CECH-Division of Special Education and Diane Clouse, M.Ed. Graduate Assistant, Adjunct Faculty and Doctoral Student University of Cincinnati.
• Constructing Disability As An Identity: A Study of Indian Adolescents. Sandhya Limaye, Ph.D., Fulbright Fellow, University at Buffalo (2012-13), Center for Disability Study, University at Buffalo and Associate Professor and Chairperson, Center for Disability Studies and Action, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.
• Exclusion through Inclusion: The Status and Future of American Sign Language. Austin Kocher, ASL Interpreter, PhD Student The Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, and Marla Berkowitz, MA, CDI, ASLTA Certified, Senior Lecturer of American Sign Language Program, Foreign Language Center, The Ohio State University.
• Top Ten Micro-Inequities: The Barriers to Inclusion. Natalie Holder-Winfield, Esq., QUEST Diversity.
• Exploring Retaliation Within and Without Disability: Strategies for Advocates. Jota Borgmann, Senior Staff Attorney, MFY Legal Services, Inc.
• Promoting the Identity of the Disabled through College Brochures. Mr. Arish Jamil, Undergraduate, Class of 2014, Emory College and Ms. Linda A. Sheldon, Manager, Accessibility Design & Construction, Emory University.
• Domestic and Sexual Violence: The Impact on Individuals with Disabilities. Tonia Lake, Training and Technical Assistance Director, Ohio Domestic Violence Network; Becky Perkins, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence; and Stephanie Smith Bowman, CHOICES.
• Disability Service Provision in Higher Ed: Beyond UDL – Critical theory vs. mainstreaming. Frederic Fovet, Director, Office for Students with Disabilities, McGill University.
• Access to Higher Education: A review of current issues in access to higher education. Staff, Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
• Educational Outcomes for Undergraduate Students with Disabilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Danielle Ruderman, Graduate Assistant Counselor, Office for Disability Services, The Ohio State University
• Adult Autism: Advocacy and Support. Thomas Fish, Ph.D., LISW-S, Director of Social Work and Family Support, The Ohio State University Nisonger Center, Cortney Drake.
• Municipal Housing Policies and Zoning Practices Harm People with Disabilities in Ohio. John Zimmerman, VP and Jim McCarthy, Pres./CEO, Miami Valley Fair Housing Center, Inc.; Marti Goetz, General Manager, Miami Valley In-Ovations, Inc.; William Johnson, Retired - part-time Management and Development Consultant - Former Administrator for Jefferson Township; and Greg Kramer, Asst. Director, Access Center for Independent Living, Dayton, OH.
• Access to Education, Housing and Employment: A Practical Overview of Your Rights. Staff & Board Members, Center for Disability Empowerment.
• Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Michele Crew, Outreach and Training Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• Putting the pieces together: Disability, Employment and Independence. Lisa Meeks, Case Western Reserve University.
• You Can Ask Your BFF Anything; but Not During a Job Interview! Doug Goeppner, MSW, LSW, ADA Coordinator, University of Southern Indiana.
• Organize Your Life With Accessible iOS Apps. Nolan Crabb, Assistive Technology Director, ADA Coordinator's Office, The Ohio State University and James R. Westmoreland, Mobile Applications Programmer.
• Technology for Individuals with Special Needs: A hands-on experience with the iPad. Julie Lowe, Program Director of Early Intervention and Recreational Services, Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities and Ashley Robinson, Program Coordinator, Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities.

Conference Fees Through the generous subsidy of our sponsors & the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund, the conference fee of $565 has been reduced to the following:

• General Public: $60 per day with lunch
• OSU Student attending sessions only = Free
• OSU Student attending sessions & lunch: $5 per day
• OSU Faculty & Staff: $30
• OH AHEAD Members and Government Employees within the State of Ohio: $45 per day

SPONSORS

The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation

Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, The Ohio State University

The Office For Disability Services, The Ohio State University

The Disability Studies Program, The Ohio State University

Diversity and Identity Studies Collective, The Ohio State University

L. Scott Lissner, Ohio State University ADA Coordinator, Office Of Diversity And Inclusion
Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs

Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies

President, Association on Higher Education And Disability

Chair, ADA-OHIO
Appointed, Ohio Governor's Council For People With Disabilities, State HAVA Committee & Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues

614-292-6207 (voice) 614-688-8605 (TTY) Lissner.2@osu.edu; http://ada.osu.edu

281 W. Lane Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43214

Multiple Perspectives 2013 Intersections & Independence April 16-17

Intersections and Independence:
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability
13th Annual Conference
April 16 - 17, 2013

This year’s theme focuses presenters on the frictions, synergies and synthesis that occur at the boundaries of multiple roles, identities and perspectives within individuals and between them. Some possibilities to consider:

• Exploration of the simultaneous influences of models of disability (charity, medical, legal, social…) on individual experience, norms or systems change.
• Universal Design, independence and identity.
• How disability influences gender, ethnic and racial identities or how they influence disability identity development.
• Representations of disability.
• Variations in privilege and oppression across identities and roles.
• Locating disability: person, place or attitude.
• Trends in law, education, business, public policy

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The Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI) will award three scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each to full-time entering freshmen, undergraduate and graduate college students who are low vision, maintain a strong GPA and are involved in their school/local community.

Application materials must be received by March 1. Scholarship monies will be awarded for the 2013 - 2014 academic year.

To read the scholarship guidelines and complete an on-line application, please visit http://www.cclvi.org and click on the ‘CCLVI Scholarship Programs’ link.

Applications will be available to submit on-line until March 1 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. Questions may be directed to CCLVI at (800) 733-2258.

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College Students with Disabilities: What Factors Influence Successful Degree Completion? A Case Study

by Paula Barber

The challenges students with disabilities (SWDs) face on college campuses have been examined widely, but little is known about the experiences of SWDs who have successfully completed college. To level the playing field for people with disabilities by encouraging college education and completion, it is essential to inquire which factors are supporting degree completion.

Much of the information that is known about college success and completion is linked to outcome measures for programs that are linked to specific programmatic funding. This report examines the viewpoints of successful SWD completers and the staff from five colleges and universities in New Jersey without regard to particular program and funding initiatives. This approach yielded a variety of observations about SWDs and promising practices and challenges of the colleges they attended, as well as uncovered areas for further study and development of supports for students, staff, and faculty. Noteworthy was the perspective of both students and college professionals that on-campus services and supports were most critical to college completion.

To read the report, click here.

Bryan Stromer, a student at the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies has cerebral palsy and is one of eight high school seniors the world blogging about their college searches for The Choice, a blog at The New York Times.

From the article: "A majority of students with disabilities in New York City public schools do not graduate. I have a responsibility to make the most out of my college process and journey so that I change things in the future and redefine what it means to have a disability. I am excited to share my journey through the college process with you."

To read more, click here.