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DISABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKER SERIES
Spring 2004

Please join us for the first of our series of speakers on Disability and Human Rights.  The Speaker Series will feature the following speakers and take place at the College of Law, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 201 on the following dates:

January 30^th                    Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights

Friday                         International ("MDRI")

Eric Rosenthal is the founder and Executive Director of MDRI, an advocacy organization dedicated to the international recognition and enforcement of the rights of people with mental disabilities. Mr. Rosenthal has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability, and the US National Council on Disability, and is the author of several reports and published articles on international disability rights.

March 1^st                   Judith Heumann, Advisor on Disability, The World Bank

Monday                      Judith Heumann was appointed as the World Bank's first Advisor on Disability and Development in July 2002. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Heumann was an Assistant Secretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton Administration, in charge of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. She is also a co-founder of the World Institute on Disability.

April 1^st                       Peter Blanck, Charles and Marion Keirscht Professor of Law and

Thursday                   Public Health at the University of Iowa, Univ. of Iowa College of Law

Professor Blanck is the Director of the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center at the Iowa College of Law.  The Center is a leader in law, technology, education and research, focused on improving the quality of life for persons living with disabilities. He is the author of many  articles  on the ADA. His most recent co-edited book is entitled, Disability, Civil Rights Law and Policy (2004). 

Please let us know of anyone else (faculty, student, people in the community) who should be on the email mailing list for this Speaker Series.  Please feel free to bring your lunch. Refreshments will be served.  Thank you.

For more information about this Speaker Series or SU’s Disability Studies Program, please contact Professor Arlene Kanter at the College of Law at  kantera@law.syr.edu

* The Disability and Human Rights Speaker Series is proudly sponsored by: The SU College of Law, NGO and Civil Society Initiative (SPIRE), SU Disabilities Studies Program, Global Affairs Institute of Maxwell School  of  Citizenship and Public Affairs, College of Law Center for Global  Law and Practice, Center on Human Policy, Disability Law Society, and the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Mind opening discussions. Debating the world. Freedom to take risks to learn. Thinking deeply about new ideas.

This is happening at Syracuse University—do you want to be a part of it?

The Professional Development Programs of the Graduate School in association with the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee are accepting abstracts from students faculty and staff, for a book on Disability Pedagogy in Higher Education. The audience of the book is teaching assistants and faculty. The goal is to present ideas, both theoretical and practical, for including students with disabilities in the classroom and the disability perspective in the curriculum. Writers from all disciplines, particularly fields that do not typically address disability issues, are invited to participate.

Possible topics include:

• How and why to include disability in the curriculum
• Representations of disability in popular culture
• Resources for teaching disability
• Representations of disability in classroom materials
• Personal narratives regarding experiences with disability at the university
• How does disability intersect with other forms of identity? Comparisons with sexual orientation, race, gender, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.
• Disability as a form of diversity in the university
• Universal Instructional Design—-how to create a classroom environment and curriculum that is accessible to all students
• Utilization of student support services
• What is Disability Studies?

Additional abstracts, on related topics, are also welcome.

Abstracts should be one page or less in length and submitted to Ken Sagendorf (kssagend@syr.edu) by December 1, 2003. Invitations to write papers for the publication will be sent out around December 19, 2003. Invited authors will be asked to write a 5-7 page paper for submission by February 15, 2004. Authors have the option of anonymity in the final publication.

The editorial staff, Liat Ben-Moshe, Rebecca Cory, Mia Feldbaum, and Ken Sagendorf, welcome feedback or questions at any time.