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<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Today, 9/26/2023, is the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – Celebrate by submitting a Proposal</span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;">CALL FOR PPRESENTATIONS</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;">The Twenty Fourth Annual Multiple Perspective On Access, Inclusion & Disability Conference
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<b><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;">APRIL 8<sup>TH</sup> & 9<sup>TH</sup> 2024</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; color: black;">The Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:26.0pt">The Journey from Statute to Seamless Access</span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Proposal reviews begin December 3, 2023
</span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities/background"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">International Day of Disabled Persons</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Acceptances by January 4, 2024
</span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Louis Braille’s Birthday (World Braille Day)</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Presenter confirmations on January 23, 2024
</span><a href="https://mn.gov/mnddc/ed-roberts/index.html"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ed Roberts Birthday</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">This year marks the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the of Section 504 or the Rehabilitation Act. Signed by President Nixon on September 26, 1973, Section 504 launched the United States on a journey towards seamless
access. The first leg, moving from statute to regulation, took nearly 4 years, and included a lawsuits, protests, and the longest
</span><a href="https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sit-ins-force-504"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">occupation of a federal building</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"> in US history. The regulations provided a foundation for the
ADA and continue to propel us towards seamless access. As we celebrate fifty years, what are the lessons learned along the way? What are the next steps in our ongoing journey?</span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Multiple Perspective’s ongoing </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">exploration of disability as seen in the human condition, societal evolution. Lived experience focused through multiple
lenses and reflected in the structure of work, education, and leisure; law and medicine; government and family.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Preference will be given to proposals that encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect individuals to local, national or international communities; or consider
parallels, distinctions and intersections with race, gender and ethnicity. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">To be on the mailing list for the conference, send e-mail to </span><a href="mailto:ADA-OSU@osu.edu" title="mailto:ADA-OSU@osu.edu"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: purple;">ADA-OSU@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Please Note:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;"> The full conference fees will be waived and lunch provided for on site for presenters. Presenters are responsible for their own travel and
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Hosted by the Office of Institutional Equity at the Ohio State University and supported by the generosity of Margaret Stanton and the Ethel Louise Armstrong Endowment Fund. As a modern land grant university, an
important part of Ohio State’s mission is serving the wider community as a catalyst for positive change and a springboard for collaborations with and among our partners in education, business, non-profits, and government. Since 2000, each year the university’s
ADA Coordinator has identified series of workshops and public events that provide a forum for expand our understanding of disability as integral to human experience and create opportunities to increase community resources through the synergy of collaboration.
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A drawing of 3 People (one tall, one short and one in using a wheelchair) working on a white board repeated 3 times with variations. The first image the tall persons is writing on the board the short person and barley reach the writing surface and the one using
a chair not at all; it is labeled "Equality". In the next image the short person has a 1foot high box to Stand on and there is a 3 foot high wheelchair platform with a steep ramp being used by the person using a wheelchair they can now all reach the writing
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<span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;">Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator and Section 504 Compliance Officer</span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 6.5pt; color: black;">(614) 292-7024(v); <a href="tel:(614)%20688-3665" title="tel:(614)%20688-3665">(614) 688-3665</a>(fax); <a href="http://ada.osu.edu/" title="http://ada.osu.edu/">Http://ada.osu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">What is on your disabilty playlist?</span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(47, 85, 151);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmr4H9NpTKk">Lift Me Up</a></span></b></p>
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