2021 ADA State of the Science Conference Day 1: Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency April 13th, 2021
Mountain Time Zone (Daylight Savings Time)
10:00 am - Opening Remarks ADA Knowledge Translation Center
10:05 am - Keynote Presentation Maria Town, American Association of People with Disabilities
10:50 am - Break
11:05 am - Disability and Implicit Bias Jill Bezyak and Emily Shuman, Rocky Mountain ADA Center
11:20 am - The Road to Work: Youth with Disabilities and their Perspectives on Employment and the ADA Dr. Ann Deschamps and Dr. Ellen Fabian, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
11:35 am - The National Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Americans with Disabilities Act Research Project (NEARP): Key Findings and Ongoing Studies Related to Workplace Discrimination Phillip Rumrill, University of Kentucky Human Development Institute
11:50 am - Supporting Small Organizations in Title I Implementation: An Intervention Development Study Dr. Hsiao-Ying (Vicki) Chang, Dr. Sarah von Schrader, and Wendy Strobel Gower, Northeast ADA Center
12:05 pm - Understanding and Improving Financial Inclusion through Participatory Action Research Dr. Meera Adya and Barry Whaley, Southeast ADA Center
12:20 pm - ADA Research Q&A ADA Knowledge Translation Center
12:40 pm - Break
12:55 pm - Closing Speaker John Tschida, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
1:25 pm - Closing Statements ADA Knowledge Translation Center Day 2: Community Development and Planning April 14th, 2021
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10:00 am - Opening Remarks ADA Knowledge Translation Center
10:05 am - Keynote Presentation: Planning for Inclusive Communities Sachin Pavithran, US Access Board
10:50 am - Break
11:05 am - Results from the Identifying Challenges to Implementing the ADA Survey for Cities and Towns in New England Matthew Brault, New England ADA Center
11:20 am - The Status of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Local Governments: Integrating Community Capital Resources and Advancing Sustainable Accessibility Richard Sternadori, Great Plains ADA Center
11:35 am - An Elephant, an Apple and Million Dollar Lawsuits: Synthesizing the Strengths and Limitations of ADA Transition Plans for the Pedestrian Infrastructure Yochai Eisenberg, Great Lakes ADA Center
11:50 am - ADA Coordinators Role in Jurisdictional Emergency Management in Region 9: Who is Responsible? Robyn Gershon, Pacific ADA Center
12:05 pm – Bus Stops and Beyond: Connecting Riders to Transit Service in the Chicago Suburbs Dr. Lindsay Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:20 pm - ADA Research Q&A ADA Knowledge Translation Center
12:40 pm - Break
12:55 pm - Closing Speaker Dr. Victor Pineda, President, World Enabled; Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on IOT and the Global Council on Cities of Tomorrow
1:25 pm - Closing Statements ADA Knowledge Translation Center Day 3: Access and Inclusion April 15th, 2021
Mountain Time Zone (Daylight Savings Time)
10:00 am - Opening Remarks ADA Knowledge Translation Center
10:05 am - Keynote Presentation: Access, Inclusion, and the Aftermath of 2020 Michelle Bishop, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
10:50 am - Break
11:05 am - Physicians' Perceptions of People With Disability and Their Health Care Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni, Harvard Medical School
11:20 am - Health Care Access and the ADA Dr. Kurt Johnson and Mell Toy, Northwest ADA Center
11:35 am - Improving Access for Service Animal Users Vinh Nguyen and Dr. Monique Pappadis, Southwest ADA Center
11:50 am - Participation, Accessibility, and Aging with Physical Disability Dr. Michelle Putnam and Dr. Kerri Morgan
12:05 pm - Translating Participation Disparities Findings into Community Action Reports: Findings from the ADA PARC Project Joy Hammel and Jacqueline Kish, ADA PARC
12:20 pm - ADA Research Q&A ADA Knowledge Translation Center
12:40 pm - Break
12:55 pm - Closing Speaker Mary Lou Breslin, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)
1:25 pm - Closing Statements ADA Knowledge Translation Center