The 32nd Anniversary of the ADA Celebration Materials
Session materials and webiner recordings will be posted with the corresponding topic. We are working to get the materials posted soon, we apologize for the delay.
Meet the presenters/panelists
Session Topics by date
Week One: July 5 - Intersections and Conflicts - The ADA and Impacts of COVID-19 Protocols
Presenters/Panelists
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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
Week Two: July 12 - Caregiver Workforce Shortages - Consumers Scramble for In-Home Service
Presenters/Panelists
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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
Week Three: July 19 - Dangerous Assumptions - Understanding Audism and Changing Perspectives About Communication
Presenters/Panelists
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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
Week Four: July 26 - Evolution of the ADA - Past, Present and Future
Session Materials
Materials will be available soon. We apologize for the delay.
Presenters/Panelists
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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