Celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of the ADA
Topics by date
July 5: Intersections and Conflicts - The ADA and Impacts of COVID-19 Protocols
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Emily Cooper, Disability Rights Oregon Legal Director
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Joannie Tang, Advocate
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Tina Pinedo, Disability Rights Oregon Communications Director
July 12: Caregiver Workforce Shortages - Consumers Scramble for In-Home Service
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Acacia McGuire Anderson, Oregon Developmental Disability Services Statewide Employment First Coordinator Special Projects Unit Manager
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Cheryl Miller, Oregon Home Care Commission Executive Director
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Bhagavati, Aging and People with Disabilities Workforce Resilience Analyst
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Theresa Powell, Aging and People with Disabilities Community Services and Supports Unit Operations and Policy Analyst
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David Scott Vining, Oregon Home Care Commission Program Analyst
July 19: Dangerous Assumptions - Understanding Audism and Changing Perspectives About Communication
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Chris Mortenson, Partnerships in Community Living Employment Specialist
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Joanna Wilson, Advocate
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Korian “Koko" DeMont Thomas, Oregon Health Authority COVID-19 Response and Recovery Equity and Accessibility Unit Operations and Policy Analyst
July 26: Evolution of the ADA - Past, Present and Future
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Dr. James "Jim" Davis, Advocate
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Max Brown, Aging and People with Disabilities Long-Term Care Services and Supports Section Operations and Policy Analyst
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Ray Petty, National Advocate
2021 ADA Celebration materials
Behavioral Health
- Speakers
- Russell Lehmann, award-winning and internationally recognized motivational speaker, and poet;
- Jim Davis, Oregon Disabilities Commission (ODC) chair as well as a psychologist, gerontologist, educator, and advocate
Intersectionality, Social Construction of Disabilities and Disability Justice- Speakers
- Erin Taylor of the OHSU Oregon Office on Disability and Health and the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- Sabine Rear, the Oregon representative of the Northwest ADA Center who is also an artist, speaker and educator
- Missy Elliott, service equity manager for the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Developmental Disabilities Services
- Nicole Burdsall, of the Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Aging and People with Disabilities