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William N. Myhill, M.Ed, J.D.,
Director: Legal Research & Writing - BBI
Adjunct Professor - College of Law
Faculty Associate - Center on Digital Literacy, iSchool - SU
Mr. Myhill has over 20 years of professional experience in law and education, collaborating with and providing services for diverse individuals with disabilities and cultural/linguistic differences, through extensive research, teaching, and advocacy in the United States and abroad. He has a lifetime of personal experience with family disability. Formerly, William served as special education teacher, facilitating, implementing and assessing individualized education programs for children with diverse special needs, and was as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea.
As Director of Legal Research and Writing at BBI, William oversees the disability law and policy research initiatives of the Institute, collaborates on multiple federal and state research and demonstration grants, and is Project Director for the five-year “Demand-side Employment Placement Models” project (National Institute for Disability & Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education). This project utilizes scientifically rigorous and evidence-based methods to develop, identify, and evaluate employment demand-side models, programs and services that enhance employment opportunities for qualified persons with disabilities.
William’s research interests include legal and policy developments affecting children with disabilities and persons aging with or into disability, youth-to-work transition, reasonable accommodations, accessible housing, stigma toward persons with invisible disabilities, assistive technology, universal design principles, and accessible electronic & information technology.
As a Faculty Associate with the Center for Digital Literacy (Syracuse University iSchool), he collaborates on many of these and related issues. William is Executive Editor of the Disability Law & Policy e-Newsletter and was Managing Editor for the Iowa Law Review. He is a board member for Onondaga Community Living, a service agency providing individualized vocational and residential support for persons with intellectual disabilities in Syracuse, NY.
W. Myhill, Adjunct Professor - SU faculty webpage
W. Myhill, Faculty Associate - Center for Digital Literacy
Selected Publications
- Electronic Doors to Education: Study of High School Web Accessibility in Iowa,
David Klein, William Myhill, Linda Hansen, Gary Asby, Susan Michaelson, & Peter Blanck.
In Behavioral Sciences & the Law 21(1) pp. 27-49 (2003). - No FAPE for Children with Disabilities in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: Time to Redefine a Free Appropriate Public Education,
William N. Myhill.
In Iowa Law Review 89(3) pp. 1051-1092 (2004). - The State of Public Education and the Needs of English Language Learners in the Era of 'No Child Left Behind,'
William N. Myhill.
In Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 8(2) pp. 393-447 (2004). - Employment of People with Disabilities: Twenty-five Years Back and Ahead,
Peter Blanck, Meera Adya, William N. Myhill, Deepti Samant, & Pei-Chun Chen.
In Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory & Practice 25(2) pp. 323-353 (2007). - Distance Education Initiatives and Their 21st Century Role in the Lives of People with Disabilities,
William N. Myhill, Deepti Samant, David Klein, Shelley Kaplan, María Verónica Reina, & Peter Blanck.
In E.P. Bailey, ed. Focus on Distance Education Developments (pp. 1-38) London, UK: Nova Science Publishers (2007). - Asset Accumulation & Economic Security,
Peter Blanck, William N. Myhill, Phoebe Ball, Michael Morris & Steve Mendelsohn.
In Employer Perspectives on Workers with Disabilities A National Summit to Develop a Research Agenda September 19-20, 2006 (pp. 89-97)
Washington, DC: Interagency Committee on Disability Research (Sept. 2007),
available HTML | PDF - Developing Accessible Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Knowledge Communities in the Disability Community,
William N. Myhill, Derrick L. Cogburn, Deepti Samant, Benjamin Addom, & Peter Blanck.
In Assistive Technology Journal 18(1) pp. 32-49 (2008). - The First One Hundred Years of Special Education in America? 1817 to 1925,
William N. Myhill.
Knol (Aug. 2008). - Accessibility of ICT Products and Services to Disabled and Older People: Evidence-based Analysis for a Possible Co-ordinated European Approach to Web Accessibility,
Kevin Cullen, Lutz Kubitschke, David McDaid, Peter Blanck, William N. Myhill, Gerard Quinn, Patrick O'Donoghue & Rune Halverson.
(European Commission, November 2008),
available: PDF - Individuals with Cancer in the Workforce and Their Federal Rights,
Peter Blanck, William N. Myhill, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, Joanna Morales & Paula Pearlman.
In Work and Cancer Survivors (pp. 255-276) (M. Feuerstein, ed., Springer Publishing, 2009). - The Promise of Municipal WiFi and Failed Policies of Inclusion: The Disability Divide,
Paul M.A. Baker, Jarice Hanson & William N. Myhill.
In Information Policy 14(1-2) pp. 47-59 (2009). - Workplace Accommodations: Occupational Therapists as Mediator in the Interactive Process,
Naomi Schreuer, William N. Myhill, Deepti Samant, Tal Aratan-Bergman, & Peter Blanck.
In Work 34(2) pp. 149-160 (2009). - The Care of Children with Disabilities: Legal and Public-policy Perspectives,
Peter Blanck & William N. Myhill.
In R.A. Shweder, ed. The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion (pp. 275-276) (University of Chicago Press, 2009). - Voice Recognition Software,
William N. Myhill.
In S. Burch, ed. Encyclopedia of American Disability History (p. 937) (Facts on File, Inc., 2009). - Employment and Labor,
Tal Araten, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, William N. Myhill, & Peter Blanck.
In S. Burch, ed. Encyclopedia of American Disability History (pp. 321-327) (Facts on File, Inc., 2009). - Disability and Aging: Historical and Contemporary Challenges,
William N. Myhill & Peter Blanck.
In 11 Marquette Elder's Advisor pp. 47-80 (2010). - Law & Policy Challenges for Achieving an Accessible eSociety: Lessons from the United States,
William N. Myhill.
In L. Waddington & G. Quinn, eds. 2 European Yearbook on Disability Law (pp. 103-129) Oxford, UK: Intersentia (2010). - Employment of People with Disabilities,
Aaron Gottlieb, William N. Myhill & Peter Blanck.
In J.H. Stone & M. Blouin, eds. International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation Buffalo, NY: Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (2010),
available HTML | PDF - Tax Subsidization of Personal Assistance Services,
Steven Mendelsohn, William N. Myhill, & Michael Morris.
In Disability & Health Journal (forthcoming 2012). - Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Analysis of Federal Law,
Peter Blanck, Bruce Goldstein, & William N. Myhill.
In LRP Publications (2d Ed. forthcoming 2012).
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