July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 marks the 28th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Celebrations of the signing of the ADA by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990 are taking place across the nation. Continue Reading
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BBI’s Peter Blanck and Larry Logue Pen “PTSD and Suicide” OpEd for Stars and Stripes
July 20, 2018
OPINION: Vets, PTSD and suicide: An age-old problem?
Special to Stars and Stripes By Larry M. Logue and Peter Blanck
July observances are more about patriotism and independence than soldiering, but the two are never far apart. This past Independence Day, you may have seen the two concepts dovetail on yard signs notifying revelers that “A COMBAT VETERAN LIVES HERE — PLEASE BE COURTEOUS WITH FIREWORKS.” Continue Reading
Logue and Blanck Analyze Military Veterans’ Psychological Wounds Through Civil War Lens
July 16, 2018
In Their New Book, Larry Logue and Peter Blanck Analyze Military Veterans’ Psychological Wounds Through a Civil War Lens
Syracuse University News, by Martin Walls
The psychological after effects of war are not just a modern-day plight. For instance, following the U.S. Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies and damaged minds, but compassion was often lacking in their treatment. Continue Reading
BBI Hires Leading Disability Advocate Bruce Sexton
June 6, 2018
Bruce Sexton, J.D., Syracuse University College of Law 2018, will join BBI as a research associate working on projects that advance the economic, social, and civic lives of people with disabilities. While studying at the College of Law, Bruce served as President of the Disability Law Society, Member of the University’s Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, and as a National Federation of the Blind (“NFB”) Student Board Member for New York. Continue Reading
Sally Z. Weiss Retires from BBI’s Southeast ADA Center
May 29, 2018
Sally Z. Weiss Retires from Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) – Southeast ADA Center
Sally Weiss, a pioneer and tireless advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, retired in March 2018 from Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute (BBI).
In an amazing career spanning four decades, Sally’s work began in the classroom in Rockville, MD, continued as an editor with the American Enterprise Institute, and then on to the United Cerebral Palsy where she served in multiple roles including Information/Publications Coordinator, Project Director, and National Projects Coordinator. Continue Reading
Blanck to address Best Buddies on Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
May 10, 2018
BBI Chairman Peter Blanck to address Best Buddies National Jobs Forum Leadership about Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Peter Blanck Comments to Financial Times on Disabilities & the Workplace
May 9, 2018
Source: SU College of Law News
Companies grapple with growing legal obligations to disabled people
(Financial Times | May 9, 2018) Unite, the UK union, helped win a legal victory in March that expanded safeguards against discrimination in the workplace established under the 2010 Equality Act to those with “pre-cancer”.
The ruling added to the range of workplace protections for disabled people in the UK. However, a challenge remains in knowing when the law should be applied, particularly in the case of mental health disabilities.
“It can be very difficult to work out whether someone is suffering from a particular impairment,” says Simon Kerr-Davis, a lawyer in the London employment practice at Linklaters. “But once that’s established, most employers are pretty clear as to what their obligations should be.” The scope of employer obligations has expanded in recent decades. In the US, the Americans with Disabilities Act became law in 1990. In the EU, provisions on disabilities were included in the Employment Equality Directive, adopted by member states in 2000. Continue Reading
BBI Co-Sponsors Professor Stephen Kuusisto’s Book Release
April 30, 2018
BBI is proud to co-sponsor the launch of Stephen Kuusisto’s newest memoir, Have Dog, Will Travel. It is a part of “Disabilities as Ways of Knowing: A Series of Creative Writing Conversations”. Professor Kuusisto will be hosting a reading at 7:30PM in Watson Theater at Syracuse University on Monday, March 19, 2018.
Have Dog, Will Travel is the story of how Professor Kuusisto bonded with his first guide dog, Corky, and is “A celebration of Corky and guide dogs everywhere” according to Library Journal. Continue Reading
Stephen Kuusisto interviewed on PBS News Hour and WABE in Atlanta
April 27, 2018
University Professor and Burton Blatt Institute’s Director of Interdisciplinary Programming Stephen Kuusisto interviewed on PBS News Hour and WABE in Atlanta
Perena Vicente visits BBI to explore research on supported decision-making in Spain
April 12, 2018
In early April, Montserrat Pereña Vicente, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Senior International Fellow, will be visiting BBI and attending events in Syracuse, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Providence.
Professor Pereña is a professor of law and senior researcher at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. She is also the Director of Research Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the European Union entitled “Empowering People With Disabilities”. Her work primarily focuses on promoting legislative measures and the best practices that guarantee the preferences and will of each individual will be taken into account in all circumstances. Continue Reading