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Bruce Sexton joins BBI as summer fellow under guidance of Chairman Peter Blanck

May 20, 2016

Leading Disability Advocate Bruce Sexton joins Burton Blatt Institute as summer fellow under the guidance of Chairman Peter Blanck

Bruce Sexton, a Juris Doctor Candidate at Syracuse University College of Law, will be mentoring with BBI Chairman Peter Blanck in his legal studies and working on an array of research projects at the Burton Blatt Institute. The areas of research will range from independent living, to social security disability insurance, to issues relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Bruce says, “I am honored to be working with such an amazing group of disability advocates.”

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The National Resource Center for Supported Decision-Making Invites You to a Three Part Webinar Series

May 14, 2016

The Next Generation of Freedom and Self-Determination: Moving Support Decision-Making from Theory to Practice

Webinar Description

For children and young adults with disabilities, special education provides a unique opportunity to gain self determination and independent living skills. In fact, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) charges schools to prepare students to lead independent lives. Continue Reading

Peter Blanck’s commentary about GUDC Universal Design Certification of Grand Rapids Michigan YMCA featured in Architectural Record

April 14, 2016

Most architects would agree that universal design is important. But resources and incentives for creating inclusive environments haven’t always been widely available. To remedy that, the GUDC has developed a universal design certification standard. Based on a decade of research, stakeholder consultation, and testing, the certification standard is scheduled to launch later this year. Continue Reading

Peter Blanck and Universal Design Featured in International Numbers Magazine

April 12, 2016

Universal Architectural Design and People with Disabilities

Universal Design (UD) in the built environment benefits everyone–women and men, older adults and children, people with disabilities and those without, people using different languages. The Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), along with the architecture and design, development, and disability and aging communities, is accelerating adoption of UD concepts. Continue Reading

2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

March 31, 2016

Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement: Working Together to Achieve the Right to Live in the World

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute | Baltimore, Maryland | March 31 – April 1, 2016

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear 2016 keynote speaker U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson and leading disability rights and civil rights advocates examine the status of diversity in the disability rights movement and explore ways to increase diversity so that all may achieve Dr. tenBroek’s vision of equality of opportunity at the 2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium.  Continue Reading

Blanck Edits and Contributes to Journal Inclusion on Americans with Disabilities Act at 25 for People with Cognitive Disabilities

March 17, 2016

BBI Chairman Peter Blanck Edits and Contributes to Special Issue of the Journal Inclusion on the Americans with Disabilities Act at 25 for People with Cognitive Disabilities

Peter Blanck, BBI Chairman & University Professor at Syracuse University, writes: “The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 has helped to define in the United States and globally the modern view of disability as a central element of the human experience. This second issue, of a two-part Special Issue of the journal Inclusion, examines the ADA at its 25th anniversary. Continue Reading