Equalizer Audio: Roundtable Discusses 20 Years of Disability Rights

Equip for Equality's 20th Anniversary Logo [Note: this article is also available in text format.]

INTRODUCTION

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EDUCATION

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SELF-ADVOCACY

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COLLABORATION / DISABILITY CULTURE

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ADA

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INSTITUTIONALIZATION

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P&As' & CILs' ROLES

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CLOSING THOUGHTS

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Photo of Marca Bristo Marca Bristo is president and CEO of Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, one of the nation's foremost disability rights organizations. She is the first person with a disability to be chairperson of the National Council on Disability and the first person with a disability to serve on U.S. delegation to the United Nations. She is currently working to establish a United Nations convention on the rights of people with disabilities.

Photo of Curt Decker Curt Decker is executive director of The National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems (NAPAS) the nation's disability legal advocacy network. Previously he was director of the Maryland Disability Law Center, the Maryland P&A; senior attorney for Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau; and director of The H.E.L.P. Resource Project for Abused and Neglected Children. He is currently chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities a coalition of over 100 national disability groups.

Photo of David K. Hanson David K. Hanson is commissioner of the Mayor's Office for Workforce Development (MOWD) and is one of the Midwest's leading authorities on accessible housing and architectural design. He is also the founding co-chair of the Mayoral Task Force on Employment of People with Disabilities and was previously commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities.

Photo of Tamar Heller, PhD Tamar Heller, PhD, is professor and head of the Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as director of its University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities of Illinois, the Rehabiltiation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, and the Advanced Training for Disability and Rehabilitation Scholars Program.

Photo of Andrew J. Imparato Andrew J. Imparato is the first full-time president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), a national non-profit, membership organization of people with disabilities, their family members and supporters. Prior to AAPD, he was general counsel and director of policy for the National Council on Disability and also worked as a special assistant to Commissioner Miller at the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission.

Complete text of the Spring 2005 Equalizer's President's Roundtable is available in the original article.

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