May 1, 2017
The Southeast ADA (“SE ADA”) Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (“BBI”) at Syracuse University (“SU”), was honored to welcome SU Chancellor Kent Syverud to its Atlanta offices on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Continue Reading
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Logue and Blanck Collaborate for Clara Barton Museum
April 28, 2017
BBI Senior Fellow Larry Logue and BBI Chairman Peter Blanck Collaborate for Clara Barton Museum Website on “A Creature of Its Time: The Pension Bureau”
BBI Senior Fellow, and former Mississippi College Professor, Dr. Larry Logue and BBI Chairman Dr. Peter Blanck have written an online article for the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. “A Creature of Its Time: The Pension Bureau” describes the federal Pension Bureau’s struggles to withstand the flood of applications from Union veterans with disabilities and intense pressure from political parties and interest groups after the U.S. Civil War. Continue Reading
Blanck on “Disability in Prison” in Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal
April 18, 2017
BBI Chairman and University Professor, Dr. Peter Blanck, recently authored an article for the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, published by the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. The article, entitled “Disability in Prison,” discusses the incarceration of individuals with disabilities and the less publically visible side of interactions between law enforcement officials and individuals with mental and physical disabilities. The article is based on Blanck’s remarks at the 2016 Symposium, “Beating Mental Illness: A Dialogue on Race, Gender and Disability Stereotypes in Use of Force Cases.” Continue Reading
Martinis Leads Panel on Supported Decision-Making at Saks Institute’s Spring Symposium
April 18, 2017
Jonathan Martinis, Senior Director of Law and Policy at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), will serve as a distinguished speaker and expert on Supported Decision-Making (SDM) at the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics’ Spring Symposium on Monday, April 24. The event, entitled “Supported Decision-Making: Giving Mental Health a Voice,” will be moderated by The New York Times’ Ben Carey and will feature several notable speakers and panelists including Martinis, Director of the Saks Institute and BBI Board Member Elyn Saks, SDM advocates Ryan and Susie King, and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg. Continue Reading
Joshua R. Tumen joins Board of Advisors at BBI
April 11, 2017
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University has announced the addition of Joshua R. Tumen, Esq. to its Board of Advisors. Joshua R. Tumen, Esq., is a Litigation Associate at White and Williams LLP in New York, New York. He represents corporations, commercial entities, and insurance agencies in matters including complex litigation, contractual disputes and tort claims. Continue Reading
BBI to Advise Lewis County on Emergency Communications Operating Procedures
April 5, 2017
The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI) was chosen by Lewis County, New York, through the competitive bid process, to assist the county in meeting their New York State Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant requirements. The grant is focused on governance and training for Lewis County’s new multijurisdictional Land Mobile Radio system for public safety. Continue Reading
BBI’s Ben Jones to Participate in Disability Student Union Event “Cripping” the Comic Con
April 2, 2017
Ben Jones, an office assistant at the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), will be participating in the fifth annual “Cripping” the Comic Con, a full-day international summit co-sponsored by the Disability Student Union and the Disability Cultural Center at Syracuse University. Continue Reading
Paul Harpur publishes monograph on e-books and the book famine
March 28, 2017
Discrimination, Copyright and Equality: BBI international distinguished fellow publishes monograph on e-books and the book famine
Dr Paul Harpur, senior lecturer in law at the University of Queensland, Australia and international distinguished fellow with the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, has just published a ground breaking monograph which argues that technology now creates the possibility that everyone in the world, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, should be able to access the written word. This is however not the case. Continue Reading
Leading Spanish Authority, Professor Montserrat Pereña Vicente, Appointed BBI Senior International Fellow
March 20, 2017
Montserrat Pereña Vicente, professor of law and senior researcher at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain, has been appointed a Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Senior International Fellow. Professor Perena is also director of the Research Centre on Persons Law and Patrimony Law, where her studies focus on the rights of people with disabilities and the impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on legislation and legal practice of countries in continental Europe, South America, and Cuba. Continue Reading
Derrick Cogburn Joins Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) Board of Directors
February 28, 2017
Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, Executive Director of the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) and Associate Professor at American University, Joins Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) Board of Directors
Syracuse, NY – Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University and Executive Director of the Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP), has been appointed to the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC) Board of Directors. Continue Reading