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Keynote Program Directory: Disabilities/Disability Awareness

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Jeff Katz, CPS

Julia's Quest For Cookies

Priceless lessons from a severely disabled girl

When Jeff and his wife realized that their daughter was not progressing at the same rate as their older child, they began to worry. They had no idea that Julia's development would essentially end at the 18 month mark or the challenges they would encounte...

Paul Artale

Maximum Ability: How to Create a Disability Inclusive Workplace

How to recruit and retain employees with (dis)abilities

Maximum Ability: How to Recruit and Retain employees with (Dis)abilities" goes beyond ADA and helps participants understand the personal, social, and medical needs of persons with (dis)abilities. This helps to create inclusive workplaces that attract and retain talent.Learning objectives include:Understanding...

Elizabeth Rajchart

Reframing Perceptions: Models of Disability

Society is taught to see disability through the medical model, with the implication that disability is the fault of the individual, as well as a problem to be solved People with disabilities are more disabled by barriers in their environment and society than by thei...

Tyler McNamer

Population ONE: Autism, Adversity, and the Will to Succeed

Transforming disability into unique ability!

Population One: Autism, Adversity, and the Will to Succeed is a groundbreaking book that offers readers the ability to see life through the eyes of a young man with autism. Written by Tyler McNamer at the age of 17, Tyler not only details his challenges...