CIDP Student Educates American Youths on Disability Issues

CIDP student AJ NanayakkaraCIDP Master's program student Mr. Ajantha "AJ" Nanayakkara recently gave a disability-awareness speech to the senior class of William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Over 400 students and faculty were present as Mr. Nanayakkara told his story and shared life lessons about how focusing on one’s abilities helps to become more engaged in the community.

As the Executive Director of the Global Abilities Foundation (GAF), Mr. Nanayakkara routinely travels around the United States and the world educating students, healthcare professionals, and government officials about the needs and capabilities of persons with disabilities.

IDPP Presents at & Provides Webcast for UW Symposium on Disability

International Program on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation (logo)The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) is slated to present at and host a free, live webcast offering virtual participation at the Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries (#IDTR2013) from 27–28 June 2013 at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington, the Symposium brings a diverse group of stakeholders together to discuss increasing access to technology and rehabilitation products and services for people with disabilities in low-resourced communities in low and middle-income countries.

IDPP Attends 2013 M-Enabling Summit; Offers Virtual Briefing

Second Annual M-Enabling Summit, June 6-7, 2013 (logo)The IDPP participated in the 2013 M-Enabling Summit (#mEnabling) from 6-7 June 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. As conference participants, the IDPP hosted an informal virtual roundtable discussion on 7 June 2013 at 12:30pm U.S. EST that was open to the public via Blackboard Collaborate. Moderated by Dr. Derrick Cogburn, "Mobile Accessibility and the UNCRPD: The Intersection of Innovations in Accessible Mobile Technology and Disability Policy" featured G3ict President and Executive Director Mr. Axel Leblois; IDPP Advisory Board and faculty member Ambassador Luis Gallegos; and other accessibility and disability policy experts.

IDPP Faculty Present at University of Michigan Future Faculty Seminar

CRLT, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (logo)IDPP/COTELCO Executive Director Dr. Derrick Cogburn and faculty members Dr. Jennifer Ellis and Dr. Marilyn Arnone are presenting at the Fourth Annual Seminar on Preparing Future Faculty on 4 and 5 June 2013 hosted by the University of Michigan’s Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT). This nationally-recognized seminar invites senior graduate students with collegiate or university-level teaching experience to attend sessions designed to prepare them for post-degree faculty teaching positions.

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