Monday 2/9: Mini Conference on Accessibility & Inclusion (In person only)
Florencia Ardon
Good morning!
This is just a kind reminder of our upcoming Mini-Conference on Accessibility and Inclusion, taking place on Monday, February 9, at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
We hope to see you there, and please spread the word widely! We have many Cornell and Ithaca-based organizations presenting during the resource fair, the documentary is a great portrayal of the activism that led to the ADA being signed into law, and our panelists are top-notch!
Agenda:
- 9:40-10:00 am: Arrival, sign-in.
- 10:05-11:50am: Screening of Crip Camp (1:42h) - LH4
- 11:50 am - 12:30 pm: Refreshments and Resource Fair - Atrium
- Office of Civil Rights, Cornell
- Cornell Ergonomics - Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention
- Finger Lakes Independence Center
- Tompkins County Public Library
- Ithaca Tompkins International Airport
- Student Support and Advocacy Services, Cornell
- Racker
- Sciencenter
- AnyBody and EveryBody
- Open the Lid
- Yang Tan Institute & Northeast ADA Center
- Gender Equity Resource Center, Cornell
- LGBT Resource Center, Cornell
- Maestro Music Therapy
- Prime Care Coordination
- Ithaca College Speech and Hearing Clinic
- Gender Equity Resource Center, Cornell
- LGBT Resource Center, Cornell
- Sunflower Lanyards for Invisible Disabilities. We will be giving them out to Cornell students, as long as supplies last. We will also have posters you can post on your spaces to demonstrate your interest in supporting those wearing the lanyards.
- 12:30 - 1:30 pm: Disability Rights Panel - LH4
- Kate Keresztes (Senior in Global Development, CALS, and Social Programming Coordinator, Neurodiversity @ Cornell)
- Beth Parrott (Director, Student Disability Services)
- Lydia Dolch (Founder and Empowerment Coach, Open the Lid)
- Wendy Strobel Gower (Thomas P. Golden Executive Director, Yang Tan Institute; Director, Northeast ADA Center)
Parking is limited near the college of veterinary medicine; it will be easier to find a spot before 9:30 am, and we are not allowed to save any parking spaces for the event. If you have any accessibility needs for parking please read the information in this webpage.
Wishing you a great weekend,
Flor
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Florencia (Flor) Ardon, PhD | She| Her | Hers
Stephen H. Weiss Provost’s Teaching Fellow
Study Skills Lecturer & Neurodivergent Student Support Program Manager, Learning Strategies Center
Neurodiversity @ Cornell lead | Advisor, Student Neurodiversity Alliance at Cornell
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https://lsc.cornell.edu/neurodiversity-at-cornell/ | https://blogs.cornell.edu/neurodiversity/
Celebrated identities: ADHDer, Dyscalculic, Latina, Woman of Color, Immigrant, First Gen
