Call for Proposals: Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability
The Sixteenth Annual
Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability
April 13 - 14, 2016
The Ohio State Universitys Columbus Campus
This past July marked the 25thanniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act; November the 20thAnniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act in Brittan; and December, 2016, will be the 10thanniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
It is time to move beyond the letter of the law to the spirit of the law; to shift our focus from redressing human and environmental problems through remedial design to preventing problems through holistic design.
Leslie Kanes Weisman
Multiple Perspectives is an ongoingexploration of disability, a conversation including many voices and reflecting perspectives gained through experience and research; theory and practice, arts and sciences.
Preference will be given to presentations that encourage discussions across the typical social, political, and disciplinary boundaries; connect the individual to local, national and international approaches; or 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 toADA-OSU@osu.edu
The Multiple Perspectives Conference is hosted by Ohio State Universitys ADA Coordinators Office is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation Endowment Fund and ongoing support from The Ohio State University.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 2014
Proposals are due January 18th, 2015
Proposals should be submittedby e-mail as an attachment (Word, Word Perfect, TXT, or RTF formats)toADA-OSU@osu.edu withMultiple Perspectives 2016in 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.
