Join us for our 2020 NDEAM celebration!
This year, ACL is celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month with a focus on the work of our National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.
Employment Innovation: Improving Work for People with Disabilities
This virtual event will highlight the past, present and future of research to advance employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The agenda includes remarks by ACL Administrator Lance Robertson and features presentations and panel discussions featuring NIDILRR grantees.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Noon – 5 p.m. (EDT)
Space is limited - to reserve your spot and to receive instructions for joining the event! Registration now closed.
The event will include real-time captioning and American Sign Language remote video interpreting, and presentation slides will be emailed to attendees prior to the event. If you need other accommodations, or have any difficulties registering, please email events@1sourceevents.com.
Draft Agenda
12:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m. Welcome
Kristi Hill, Ph.D.
Acting Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
12:05 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Opening Remarks
Lance Robertson
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration for Community Living
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Overview of the Day & Introduction of First Panel
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D.
Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. “A Look Back” at a Federal Career Advancing Disability Employment Research.
Moderator:
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D.
Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Presenters:
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Paul Wehman, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Education’s Counseling and Special Education;
Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Virginia Commonwealth University - Judith A. Cook, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Center on Mental Health Services Research & Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago - James Krause, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Research in the College of Health Professions
Medical University of South Carolina - Michele McDonnall, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Director
National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
Mississippi State University
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D.
Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. Break
2:35 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. "A Look Forward” Employment Innovation in 2021. An Overview of NIDILRR’s Newest Employment Grantees.
Moderator:
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D.
Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Presenters:
- Marianne Farkas, Sc.D.
Director of Training, Dissemination and Technical Assistance; Clinical Professor Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Founder and CEO, Live & Learn, Inc.- Peter Blanck, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor, Syracuse University
Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute - Jill Houghton
President and CEO
Disability:IN
4:05 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Leslie Caplan, Ph.D.
Former Project Officer, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
4:25 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Junod
Vice President & Strategic HR Partner
Bon Secours Mercy Health