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

Fri Nov 14 11:56:30 UTC 2014

Alan, you made a typo. It's "25" years. And it is unbelievable. Very 
well-thought-out. Thank you.

Sherri
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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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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

Office Support Specialist II

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(305)375-3893

Skarlex at miamidade.gov

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