We would like to thank the Great Lakes ADA Center for providing us with the following information regarding the 17th annual  Multiple Perspective on Access, Inclusion, & Disability: Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond.  Applications for presentations are now being accepted!

The Seventeenth Annual Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability:

Seeing Disability at School, Work & Beyond

At The Ohio State University’s Columbus Campus

·      April 11, 2017 -        Student Preconference – Disability & Career

·      April 12, 2017 -        Student Poster Competition

·      April 12-13, 2017 -   Main Conference 2 Plenaries & 25 Concurrent Sessions

Multiple Perspectives is an ongoing exploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences.  This year’s theme,Seeing Disability continues our dialogue

Disclosure can be a personal choice or an environmental imperative this year’s them focuses on how disability is seen in the environment, the individual and their interaction.   Explicit and implicit assumptions from policy and design to everyday choices drive recognition and disclosure at school, work and play.  Proposals exploring these choices and their consequences will be given preference in the review process.  Following our tradition below are two quotes to help you think broadly about this year’s theme as you prepare your proposal.  A little different this year the second quote is the opening verse of a song, links to the full lyrics and a recording are provided.

“Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.” 

Stella Young

“I went for a jog in the city air

I met a woman in a wheelchair

I said ‘I'm sorry to see you're handicapped.’

She says ‘What makes you think a thing like that?’”

Lyrics to Talking Wheelchair Blues by Fred Small

Preference will be given to proposals that reflect this year’s theme; 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.  This year in particular graduate and undergraduate presenters a sought for a strand of sessions focused on student interests and concerns. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2016

Proposal Deadline: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3, 2016)

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail as an attachment (Word, TXT, or RTF formats)  to ADA-OSU@osu.edu  with MP2016 and your name 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 (9 words or less)
4. Short Description 20- 35 words.
5. 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.

Questions contact L. Scott Lissner at Lissner.2@osu.edu.