December 13, 2017
The History of Disabilities
Presenter: Larry Logue, Senior Fellow at BBI and former
Professor of History at Mississippi College
News
BBI co-sponsors “Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A Series of Creative Writing Conversations”
December 5, 2017
Disability as Part of the Story
In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson, held a poetry reading followed by a reception and book signing at Syracuse University Continue Reading
Peter Blanck lectured on the topic of Supported Decision-Making: Theory to Practice in Barcelona
December 4, 2017
BBI Chairman Peter Blanck lectured on the topic of Supported Decision-Making: Theory to Practice at the “Passat, present i futur…el suport en la presa de decisions” seminar Barcelona on December 4, 2017. Continue Reading
Lex Frieden, 2017 Recipient Fries prize for Improving Health
November 6, 2017
Congratulations to Lex Frieden, MA, LLD, the recipient of the 2017 Fries Prize for Improving Health. The CDC Foundation and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation honored Dr. Frieden for being an architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and a catalyst in the worldwide disability rights and independent living movements. Continue Reading
Universal Design’s Positive Return on Investment and Social Impact: the Mary Free Bed YMCA Living Laboratory and Study
November 3, 2017
Michael L. Perry AIA, Executive Vice President of Progressive AE, Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) Board Member; Michael Rotella, GUDC Associate Director; and Peter Blanck, Chairman GUDC & Chairman Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), Syracuse, New York, USA Continue Reading
Blanck to speak at 17th Annual Coleman Institute Conference on Envisioning the Future of Technology
November 2, 2017
BBI Chairman and University Professor, Dr. Peter Blanck, will be a speaker at the 17th Annual Coleman Institute Conference in Broomfield, Colorado on November 2. Since 2001 The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities has hosted an annual conference devoted exclusively to the research, policy, and development of technology for people with cognitive disabilities. The conference is nationally recognized as one of the few venues dedicated exclusively to technology and information access for people with cognitive disabilities. Continue Reading
Maria Veronica Reina, former director of BBI international programs, Passes Away in Argentina
October 31, 2017
Dear Colleague and former director of BBI international programs, Maria Veronica Reina, Passes Away in Argentina
With profound sadness, the BBI family mourns the loss of María Veronica Reina, former Director of BBI’s International Programs and Executive Director of the Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD). Maria Veronica passed away on October 27, 2017, in her hometown of Rosario, Argentina. Maria Veronica was an exceptional disability rights advocate and a strong leader in the international disability rights movement, whose accomplishments touched individual lives while contributing to policy and systemic transformations. Continue Reading
Peter Blanck’s book on web “eQuality” reviewed by leading Israeli Scholar
October 16, 2017
eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities
by Peter Blanck
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2014. 467 pages
Review: Shirley Avrami
NOTE: Shirley Avrami’s dissertation dealt with the Knesset’s decision-making process of the Equal Rights Law People with disabilities. Avrami taught welfare policy at the faculties of social work, and now teaches In the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University. Continue Reading
Blanck to present at University of Kentucky on Emerging Trends and Future Practice of Disability Law and Policy
September 12, 2017
Please join us in person or online via videoconference. A link to the live video stream of the seminar will be sent to registrants.
Presenter: Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D. Continue Reading
Houston and the Gulf Coast need your attention
September 1, 2017
“Our systems for identifying and supporting those in our communities with disabilities or special needs, especially in times of crisis, are imperfect. In times like these we must take the responsibility to contact those we know and care about to check on them and to do what we can to help either directly or through others. You may be someone’s only hope.” – Joe Treglia. Continue Reading