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Can we attend online?

 

Cheers, Karen

 

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Berger, Eileen
Sent: September 19, 2016 10:40 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus

 

HI Athens members.

 

WE have a significant  professional development conference in Cambridge Massachusetts on October 7th… with great presenters!

That will feature Jonathan Lazar, “Ensuring Digital accessibility through process and Policy”, Carol Glazer Nat. Org. On Disability president, 

Michael Stein JD, PhD, author of the UN Charter for the Rights of People with disabilities(CRPD), Professor Tom Hehir, worked with Judy Heumann on IDEA and author lecturer researcher on Disability and Inclusion and a panel of professionals with disabilities.

Please pass along this info.

I hope some of you will be able to come! 

Thanks and please pass along this info to colleagues in career, Tech, human resources and disability services offices.

Warm regards,

Eileen Berger HGSE and long time Athen member

Please don’t hesitate to contact me for further information!

 

 

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Disability and Equity @ Work: 
The Power of Policy, Myth and Practice from Higher Education to Employment

October 7th, 2016

Gutman Conference Center
6 Apian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Co-sponsored by the 

Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, OSA, the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

 

Agenda

 

8:30 - 9:00 am  Registration and Breakfast 

                               Gutman Conference Center
                               

9:00 - 9:05 am  Welcome from the conference tri-chair Committee

Eileen Berger, Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services, Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School Project On Disability, and Ruth Molina, New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

 

9:05 - 9:15 am  Welcome Lisa Coleman, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Harvard University

 

Disability and Equity at Work I

 

9:15 - 9:45 am  Professor Michael Stein, Ph.D., J.D. Harvard Law School Visiting Professor

 

Human rights and equity perspective for people with disabilities. How inclusive policies benefit diverse organizations and gain essential talents of people with disabilities.

 

 

Disability and Equity at Work II

 

9:45 - 10:15 am  Professor Thomas Hehir Harvard Graduate School of Education

“How do you get there?’ Elements of academic and professional success for people with disabilities.

 

10:15 - 10:30 am  Q&A with Stein and Hehir

 

10:30 - 11:00 am  Coffee Break and Book Signing

Book Signing 

Books by presenters: 

Michael Stein, Jonathan Lazar, Thomas Hehir, Bill Henderson, Ron Suskind. 

 

Vendor Tables, Commercial and non-profit vendors

 

11:00 am - 12:15 pm  The Power of Personal Narrative, Askwith Hall Professionals with disabilities discuss their experiences bridging education and employment.

 

Moderators: Professor Thomas Hehir, Michael Stein, J.D., Ph.D. 

Panelists:

Cheri Blauwat, M.D.

Todd Grindal, Ed.D.

Bill Henderson, Ed.D.

Michael Muhue, Ex Dir. Disability Commission, Cambridge

Cui Fengming, Ph.D.

Eric Shed, Ph.D. 

12:15 - 1:00 pm  Lunch 
Attendees return to Gutman Conference Center for a short break and box lunch. 

 

1:00 - 1:45 pm  Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability – Keynote Speaker

 

Strategies to support employer driven initiatives to recruit and retain employees with disabilities. The work of the National Organization on Disability.

 

 

 

1:45 - 2:15 pm  Katherine Petkauskos, Director of Work Without Limits, UMASS Amherst Medical School

 

Organizational highlights of WorkWithout Limits. Strategies and resources for success.

 

2:15 - 2:30 pm  Afternoon Break

 

2:30 - 3:30 pm  Professor Jonathan Lazar

 

Access technologies at work. Strategies and solutions that make work environments accessible and sustain employment for People with disabilities.

 

3:30 - 4:00 pm  Conference Wrap up with Professors Michael Stein, HLS, and Tom Hehir, HGSE

 

4:00 - 5:00 pm  Networking Reception

(Corporate sponsors TBD)

 

 

 

For additional information, please visit:

 

 

 

Harvard Graduate School of Education Access and Disability Services

 

 <http://www.gse.harvard.edu/osa/access-and-disability-services> http://www.gse.harvard.edu/osa/access-and-disability-services

 

Harvard Law School Project on Disability 

 

 <http://www.hpod.org> http://www.hpod.org

 

New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

 

 <http://www.newenglandherc.org> http://www.newenglandherc.org

 

 

 

 

 

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