[Nfbf-l] In 1990 Congress introduced the ADA with eight findings:

[Alan Dicey]

Dear Friends,
I received this in my In Box this morning, and although a part of the 
article might not be of interest to you if you do not want to attend the 
conference  ,  at the Ohio State University's Columbus Campus or develop a 
Presentation   they write of, but I never read such clearly precise written 
reasons on why the ADA was passed into law.
I cannot believe that was almost 15 years ago!
I think many will find this of great interest!
With Best Regards,
God Bless,
Alan
Plantation, Florida
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www.nfblive.org
where through learning, friendship, activities, and growth, together "we can 
live the life we want."

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Good morning to All,

 Our office is passing this along to anyone who may be interested.



Celebrate Our Progress And Write Our Future History



In 1990 Congress introduced the ADA with eight findings:

1.    physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to 
fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical 
or mental disabilities have been precluded from doing so because of 
discrimination; others who have a record of a disability or are regarded as 
having a disability also have been subjected to discrimination;

2.    historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals 
with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of 
discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a 
serious and pervasive social problem;

3.    discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such 
critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, 
transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health 
services, voting, and access to public services;

4.    unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of 
race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have 
experienced discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no 
legal recourse to redress such discrimination;

5.    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;

6.    census data, national polls, and other studies have documented that 
people with disabilities, as a group, occupy an inferior status in our 
society, and are severely disadvantaged socially, vocationally, 
economically, and educationally;

7.    the Nation's proper goals regarding individuals with disabilities are 
to assure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, 
and economic self-sufficiency for such individuals; and

8.    the continuing existence of unfair and unnecessary discrimination and 
prejudice denies people with disabilities the opportunity to compete on an 
equal basis and to pursue those opportunities for which our free society is 
justifiably famous, and costs the United States billions of dollars in 
unnecessary expenses resulting from dependency and nonproductivity.



What would they find today?  What do you seek for the next twenty-five 
years?



CALL FOR PAPERS



The Fifteenth Annual

Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability:



April 13 - 14, 2015

The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus

This year's conference will celebrate the progress we have made and the 
journey still ahead.  What have we learned?  Where are we going? What are 
the important questions for the next 25 years?

Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability as a 
reflection of the human condition seen through multiple lenses (theory, 
discipline, social constructs, personal experience, shared experience.). 
Preference will be given to presentations that encourage conversations 
across the typical divisions (medical and social, education and employment, 
research and practice, business and government, rights and charity .) 
Proposers are encouraged to consider parallels, distinctions and 
intersections with race, gender and ethnicity.

Past programs and conference updates as they become available can be found 
at:  http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm.

To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to ADA-OSU at osu.edu

The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State University's 
ADA Coordinator's Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the 
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and ongoing support from 
The Ohio State University's Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Center 
for Disability Empowerment.



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014

Proposals are due January 5th, 2015

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, Word 
Perfect, TXT, or RTF formats)  to ADA-OSU at osu.edu  with Multiple 
Perspectives 2015 in the subject line.

Proposals must include:

1.  Name of each presenter with  titles,  institutions, employers etc. as 
appropriate

2.  Contact information (phone, mailing address, and e-mail) if there is 
more than one presenter please indicate one individual as the contact and 
lead presenter.

3.  Title of Presentation   (12 words or less)

4.  Description  (700 words or less)   Please describe the content, focus 
and desired outcomes for the presentation using these questions as a guide.

·       What is the format of the presentation (Lecture, Panel, Discussion, 
Performance, Other)?

·       Who is the intended audience (educators, employers, businesses, 
advocates, students, consumers, researchers, or other)?

·       How familiar should the audience be with the topic (beginner, 
intermediate, advanced)?

·       What are your three main goals for the presentation?



Please Note:  The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for 
presenters of accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own 
travel and lodging.







Please share with your students:



UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITIONS

At the Fifteenth Annual

Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability:

Intersections and Independence

April 13 - 14, 2015

Held on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus



Poster Submissions are Due no later than March 11, 2015



The Multiple Perspectives Conference encourages students to network with 
professionals, the community, and scholars who share their interests in 
disability at its annual student poster reception.  A generous gift from the 
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation will fund awards (Graduate Research - 
$500; Undergraduate Research $200, Art & Performance $200 and Community 
Service $100, Class Projects $200 at this year's competition.



Submissions may be based on:

1.  Class Projects & Papers (Award goes to Department to support future 
projects)

2.  Independent & Supervised Student Research

3.  Community Service & Applied Problem Solving from Service Learning 
Classes or student organizations

4.  Art & Performance



Posters can take a variety of forms including print material mounted on 
poster board or display panels or arranged on a table; PowerPoint 
presentations, web pages or video presentations from your laptop .

· Presentation materials must fit on a 3'x6' table or along 6' or less of 
wall space

· Presentation materials should present the information in 10 minutes or 
less

· Presenters or their designee must be present to interact with the audience

· Presenters must provide their own equipment



Visit these sites for tips on developing a poster presentation:

·  http://denman.osu.edu/resources.aspx

·  http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/index.cfm

·  http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html



Students and teams of students who wish to present a poster must send the 
following information to ADA-OSU at osu.edu no later than March 11, 2015

1.  Title

2.  Short Title - 12 word maximum

3.  Poster Format (Print, Model, PowerPoint, Video, .)

4.  Description of their proposed poster topic - 250 word maximum

5.  E-mail address, phone number, and surface mail address of coordinating 
presenter

6.  As appropriate, university, department, grant, course or student 
organization affiliation

7.  A letter of support from a faculty member or organization advisor 
associated with the project

8.   Name of individual, Department or Organization to receive cash award 
should the project win.



Early submissions are encouraged.  Submissions will be reviewed as they 
arrive. Conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for all accepted 
presenters.



Please Note:

The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for presenters of 
accepted proposals. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and 
lodging.



 Skarlex Alorda, ISD-ADA

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