Peter Blanck presenting at the Employment Innovation: Improving Work for People with Disabilities Virtual Event,

BBI chairman Peter Blanck will be presenting the new NIDDLR GRANT Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers at ACLS’ National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) Virtual Event, October 28, 2020.

The panel: “Looking Forward After Looking Back”: Promising New Research Innovations in Disability Employment, is moderator by Leslie Caplan, Ph.D., Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

Employment Innovation: Improving Work for People with Disabilities Virtual Event Agenda

The panel: “Looking Forward After Looking Back”: Promising New Research Innovations in Disability Employment, is moderator by Leslie Caplan, Ph.D., Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
The Presenters include:

  •  Marianne Farkas, Sc.D.
    Director of Training, Dissemination and Technical Assistance; Clinical Professor
    Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
    Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
  • Laysha Ostrow, Ph.D.
    Founder and CEO, Live & Learn, Inc.
  • Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D.
    Professor, Syracuse University
    Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute
  • Jill Houghton
    President and CEO
    Disability:IN

Join ACL’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) with a virtual event highlighting the past, present, and future of work for people with disabilities. Register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuc-6hqDksHdQ5oxjgP_q4UhWGwVpXSRfs?fbclid=IwAR0pcBLcNHk17D-VQr5Bb-KUYfyej0GM-H-85KTnSMAGluURQWYEgjK2GFw