News from ADA-OHIO 2003 Multiple Perspectives Conference

In a message dated 7/22/2002 2:32:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ada-osu@osu.edu writes:

As a past participant in the Multiple Perspectives On Access, 
Inclusion & Disability conference I am writing to ask you two things. 
Mark April 15th and 16th, 2003 on your calendar and send me any 
suggestions you have for a presenter or topic for this year's 
conference in the next three weeks.  I have included a  general 
announcement that you can distribute. 

Thank you for your past and future support.

L. Scott Lissner
ADA Coordinator, Ohio State University
(614) 292-6207 (v); (614) 688-8605 (tty); (614) 688-3665 (Fax)
ADA-OSU@osu.edu


ANNOUNCEMENT:

2003 MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESS, INCLUSION & DISABILITY

The 2003 Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability 
Conference has been scheduled for April 15th & 16th.  It will be held 
at The Ohio State University=EDs Pfahl Executive Education and 
Conference Center, Columbus Ohio.

This year=EDs conference will continue the tradition of bringing 
together a diverse audience to explore the full spectrum of 
disability issues and experiences.  The conference provides an 
opportunity to share information with new audiences and serves as a 
springboard for collaborations within and across traditional 
dimensions (private-public, employee-employer, agency-consumer, ...) 

We are still developing the program for this years conference 
information will be updated periodically at our web site 
http://ada.osu.edu  Workshops will be organized around four themes 
(listed below).  If you have a topic you would like to present or 
would like to suggest a  topic or speaker please contact me at 
ADA.OSU@osu.edu;  (614) 292-6207 (v); (614) 688-8605 (tty) or (614) 
688-3665 (Fax)

2003 Themes

The four themes represent more than just content areas like the law, 
research and employment.  To encourage presenters and participants to 
view the content from a fresh perspective I have summed up each theme 
in a few quotes.

Understanding disability:

'Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of 
adversity'... disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." 
- Neil Marcus (poet)

'It is you, not the astronauts, who are the true pioneers at the 
frontier of human being.' Justin Dart (advocate)

Education & Employment

'No other set of laws so entreats academia to take its own 
temperature, examine its traditions, and thoughtfully deliberate 
about which of its standards are essential and which are merely 
unexamined habits. Whether from the insights we achieve from 
integration or from self-reflection, the unconventional, 
nontraditional, innovative ways in which individuals with 
disabilities accomplish tasks place us on new paths that benefit us 
all.' - Paul D.  Grossman (Attorney & Law Faculty)

'We must create a culture that focuses the full force of science and 
free enterprise on the individualized empowerment of every person, 
with or without disabilities.' - Justin Dart (advocate)

Rights and Responsibilities:

'As social movements mature, they begin to look beyond the 'letter of 
the law', which emphasizes ethics and values, and promulgate systemic 
changes in attitudes, behaviors and institutional structures."  - 
Leslie Kanes Weisman (Architect & Author)

Access By Design:

"The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by 
making products, communications, and the built environment more 
usable by more people at little or no extra cost." Ron Mace 
(Architect & Designer)

'The first principle of accessible design is good design. Whether a 
page serves as a virtual classroom, provides a service to students, 
models e-commerce, or presents the University to the world, it must 
communicate a clear message in a format that is aesthetically 
pleasing, engages the intended user, and incorporates the latest 
technology.' Ed Ray (University Provost)


L. Scott Lissner
ADA Coordinator, Ohio State University
(614) 292-6207 (v); (614) 688-8605 (tty); (614) 688-3665 (Fax)
ADA-OSU@osu.edu


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