Advancing the civic, economic and social participation of persons with disabilities worldwide.

Upcoming Events

• February 18, 2010
  BBI’s New Los Angeles Base Hosts Japanese Commission on Disability Law
  Loyola Law School
  Los Angeles, California
  • Press Release: BBI’s New Los Angeles Base Hosts Japanese Commission | Inside SU: BBI’s New Los Angeles Base Hosts Japanese Commission
• April 26-27, 2010
  Global Ph.D/Post-Doctoral and Post Graduate Researchers Colloquium on Disability Law and Policy
  Hosted by: Centre for Disability Law & Policy, BBI, and Richard Crossman Chair of Social Welfare & Planning
  Galway, Ireland
  • Poster : Colloquium on Disability Law and Policy | Call for Papers: Colloquium on Disability Law and Policy
  Deadline: Jan. 31, 2010
• October 9 - 12, 2010
  BBI to sponsor National Conference on Universal Design Summit 4: Creating Livable Homes and Communities
  St. Louis, Missouri
  • Announcement

More Events & Training
from BBI Projects

• Employer Webinar Series
  Hosted by: DBTAC - Southeast ADA Center
  in collaboration with CSAVR, USBLN &
  DBTAC National Network of ADA Centers
• Webinars for VR Professionals
  & Agencies
  Hosted by: Southeast TACE Region IV

News Highlights / Archives

• 1.25.10 NYS Office of Mental Health Commissioner Michael Hogan to lecture on “Inclusion, Advocacy, And Administration: Is An SU Education Sufficient?”
  •Presenter Biosketch: Michael Hogan
  •Press Release: Commissioner Hogan to visit BBI and lecture to University community | Invitation: Invitation to Commissioner Hogan’s lecture
  Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium-Newhouse III, Syracuse University
• 1.7.10 Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling presented financial tips for kicking off 2010 to Peer Networking Group of Central NY - a disability advocacy support organization for persons with mental health diagnoses.
• 12.16.09 Start-Up NY Extradordinary Speaker Series & Lunch: "Ben & Co." with guest speaker, Sue Lehr.
  12 pm - 1:30 pm
  RSVP by: Dec. 14, 2009
  Hosted by: Partnership of Onondaga County , BBI, Whitman School of Management
  Syracuse, New York
• 12.1.09 Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s We "R" Above campaign announced as winner of Disability Rights Communications Campaign Contest
  Sponsored by: BBI, The Newhouse School: Advertising Department, and Clear Channel Syracuse
  • Announcement: Winners - Disability Campaign Contest | Winning Entry: We "R" Above
  • News: F-M teens win disability campaign | Disability awareness focus of communications campaigns
  • Related: Disability Rights: 2009 Communications Campaign Contest
• 12.1.09 BBI Partner Ambassador Gallegos honored
  •News Release : Ecuador Envoy Honored for Human Rights Activism [PDF file]
• 11.16.09 - 11.25.09 Rune Halvorsen, Senior Researcher at NOVA Norwegian Social Research, and NTNU Social Research presented a lecture at BBI in collaboration with the BBI senior research team.
  Syracuse, New York
• More News Archives >>

BBI Spotlight / Projects

• Gifford Foundation Awards Grant to Savings Program for Entrepreneurs
  The Gifford Foundation recently awarded $35,000 to Cooperative Federal (Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union), Syracuse’s community development credit union for a unique program to help entrepreneurs with disabilities.
  Press Release : Gifford Foundation Awards Grant to Savings Program for Entrepreneurs | Inside SU: Gifford Foundation Awards Grant to Savings Program for Entrepreneurs
• Peter Blanck, BBI's Chairman, quoted in a Telegraph Herald on the costs and benefits of accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. (February 7, 2010)
  Article: Telegraph Herald: What's the Real Cost of accommodation?
• BBI hiring for 5 positions
• BBI 2010 Summer Law & Policy Internship opportunity in Washington, DC [PDF file]
• Accessibility of Electronic Books
  • DOJ Press Release | ASU Press Release
• Eve Hill, BBI's SVP, interviewed by NPR Morning Edition on Kindle accessibility, and universities – including SU – choosing not to buy them; also involved in SU's decision to refrain from buying more until accessibility addressed.
  • Articles: SU News: SU decision to not buy Kindle featured in NPR interview with Eve Hill, BBI's SVP | Inside SU: SU decision to not buy Kindle featured in NPR interview with Eve Hill, BBI's SVP
  | Wired Campus: Kindle - 2 Universities Won't Buy | Daily Orange: University responds to Kindle complaints
• Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) with Disabilities Expands [PDF file]
  • SU News: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Expands
• BBI Selected to Co-Lead New $12 Million New York State Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG) [PDF file]
  • SU News: SU’s Burton Blatt Institute selected to co-lead implementation of new $12 million New York State Medicaid infrastructure grant
• BBI awarded $2,500,000 funding from NIDRR – U.S. Dept. of Education for 5-year Research & Knowledge Dissemination Project on Rehabilitation Technology
  • News: Central NY Business Journal [Ed. 11/6/2009]: BBI awarded 5-year Rehabilitation Technology Project from NIDRR
• Purchasing of Accessible Electronic Resources Resolution Adopted
  • Purchasing of Accessible Electronic Resources Resolution [Word file]
  Library Website Accessibility Resolution [Word file]
• Law School Admissions Access Project Survey (LSAC Survey)
• More BBI Spotlight >>

Publications / Index

• ADA Headliner - February 2010
  by DBTAC: Southeast ADA Center
• Corporate Culture and Employment of People With Disabilities: Role of Social Workers and Service Provider Organizations
  by D. Samant, M. Soffer, B. Hernandez, M. Adya, O. Akinpelu, P. Blanck, et. al
  - Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation (Vol. 8, No. 3 & 4, July 2009)
• Race, Ethnicity, and the Treatment of Disability in Post-Civil War America [available June 2010]
  by L. Logue & P. Blanck
  - Cambridge University Press
• BBI Annual Report 2008 [PDF file]
• Disability Civil Rights Law & Policy Casebook [2nd ed.]
  by P. Blanck, E. Hill, et. al
• Amicus Brief for Disability Asylum Case: Korneenkov v. U.S.
  by P. Blanck, et. al.
• More Publications >>