February 22, 2017
Benjamin Jones has joined the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University as a part-time office assistant. In his new role, Jones will assist members of the BBI team in their daily tasks to help increase efficiency in the office. Continue Reading
February 6, 2017
Barry Whaley, MS., has joined the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University as the director of the Southeast ADA Center. Mr. Whaley has over 35 years’ experience enabling people with disabilities to go to work and to live a self-determined life.
February 6, 2017
Recently, Leo True-Frost, an alum of the BBI CHAT Program (Communication Hope through Assistive Technology), was featured in a profile by NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Eight-year-old Leo has cerebral palsy, which makes it difficult for him to fully articulate words. Thus, he uses a computer-generated voice to communicate with family and friends. However, computerized voices are not individualized to the user and can cause the user to lose part of their identity. Leo’s computer-generated voice, for example, has a frequency similar to a 40-year-old man, not an eight-year-old. Continue Reading
January 11, 2017
On January 10, 2017 BBI hosted a delegation from the Kurumi-kai Welfare Foundation for the Disabled in Japan. The delegation’s visit to the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University was to learn about its important history and the crucial role it has played and continues to play in advancing opportunities and community and economic participation for people with disabilities.
The Kurumi-kai Welfare Foundation for the Disabled provides a wide variety of services for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in Japan including providing job training, and operating service centers, special schools for children, and nursing homes for adults. Continue Reading
January 3, 2017
During GUDC’s 2016 board meeting Michael Perry, AIA, LEED AP of Progressive AE was appointed to the GUDC Board of Directors by official vote. The board is made up of a diverse membership spanning multiple disciplines and industries. Michael Perry now lends his deep knowledge of built environments and Universal Design related planning and execution. Perry will be an asset to the board given his design expertise, architectural perspective and track record of excellence as Executive Vice President of Progressive AE, a full-service architectural firm with offices in Grand Rapids, MI and Charlotte, NC. Continue Reading
December 12, 2016
In a landmark Court victory, Ryan King won the right to direct his own life, with the support of his family, finally free after 15 years under a guardianship he never needed. Continue Reading
December 7, 2016
On Wednesday, December 7th, Global Universal Design Commission Executive Director Diana Foote and Associate Director Michael Rotella will appear on “ADA Live!” (WADA), a monthly internet radio show produced by the Southeast ADA Center. The Southeast ADA Center is part of the ADA National Network and is an ongoing project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University. Continue Reading
November 7, 2016
The UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging Invite you to a Special Talk on Self-Determination and Legal Capacity: Developments in Supported Decision-Making for Persons with Intellectual and Psychosocial Disabilities
November 1, 2016
BBI Chairman and University Professor, Dr. Peter Blanck, will be a featured speaker at the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. Continue Reading
October 27, 2016
Daily Orange by Lilia Wood
Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute has received a $6.23 million grant to support the Southeast Americans with Disabilities Act Center.