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MOMENTUM & CRITICAL MASS

6/27/2015

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I definitely want to echo what so many have been saying on social media about three crucial issues moving forward after the SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage yesterday:

1) We need to work for marriage equality for people with disabilities, and address the marriage limitations, restrictions, and disincentives that exist so that people with disabilities have the same right to choose whether to get married or not without fear of how it will affect their benefits, employment, or housing.

Click here for a great blog about this issue by Dominick Evans. 
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2) We need to acknowledge and rectify the deep history of appropriation and suppression of people of color and trans voices within LGBTQ spaces and communities. 

Click here for an interesting article that counter-positions the reaction of many in the LGBTQ community to the SCOTUS decision to the reaction towards the trans advocate,  Jennicet Gutierrez, who has since become known as the "White House Heckler." By Bea Esperanza Fonseca at Black Girl Dangerous.

Click here for an interesting article on the "bleaching" of the history of the Stonewall riots by Irene Monroe.
3) We need to ensure employment non-discrimination protections for both sexual orientation and gender identity. Many assume that such legislation is already in place, but according to the National LGBTQ Task Force it only exists in 19 states and Washington, DC (an additional 3 states having protections only on the basis of sexual orientation). Somewhere along the line ENDA (the Employment Non-discrimination Act) that would have addressed this lost momentum. It could have been last year when, in response to the Hobby Lobby decision, many LGBTQ organizations pulled their support. Click here to read more. 

Click here for an interesting article on how people who are LGBTQ that are caught celebrating the SCOTUS decision can still legally be fired in most states. By Naomi Shavin at The New Republic.
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A HISTORIC DAY!

6/26/2015

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Regardless of whether you believe in marriage, people should have the right to choose. LGBTQ people now have the same right to choose to get married and the right to choose not to get married as they so desire. Yes, this decision has many legal ramifications and we can and should continue to critique the institution of marriage... but today the work of so many people has led to a landmark decision that is going to change the lives of many others. This is something to celebrate!

June 26th, 2003: Lawrence v. Texas
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas, making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory.

June 26th, 2013: Winsor v. United States
The U.S. Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.

Junes 26th, 2015: Obergefell v. Hogdes 
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a state cannot prohibit same-sex marriage. 
READ THE DECISION HERE
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PANEL FOR UPCOMING SOCIETY FOR DISABILITY STUDIES CONFERENCE

3/13/2015

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So excited for our panel this June at the Society for Disability Studies (SDS) annual conference in Atlanta! Below is the overall abstract as well as the individual abstracts for each presenter after the break:

Friday, June 12th from 10:30am to 12:00pm

This panel, organized by the special interest group on Work, Employment & Society, will address the impact of anti-discrimination legislation and contemporary advancements in employment policy on disability rights.  A disability studies lens permits this dialogue to interrogate the boundaries of disability employment.  The collection of papers presented here will: add to the body of knowledge on characteristics of a process to change the status quo in employment policy for people with disability; build on prior work analyzing the conceptual relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964; explore the impact of Employment First policy on the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, particularly with regards to entrepreneurship; and use disability theories to explore what workplace analytics means for anti-discrimination laws and for how we understand ability and disability

Moderator & Discussant: Sarah Parker Harris, Ph.D.
  • Policy Barriers and Incentives to Realization of the Employment Section of the ADA: Holistic Organizing Initiatives, Katherine D. Seelman, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh).
  • Reasonable Accommodations after the ADA Amendments, Jeanette Cox, J.D. (University of Dayton School of Law).
  • Entrepreneurship in a Changing World:  The Impact of Employment First Policy on the Rights of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Kate Caldwell, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Chicago) and Chris Danguilan (University of Illinois at Chicago).
  • The New Era of Segmenting Society on Ability Lines: Workplace Analytics and Disability Discrimination, Paul Harpur, Ph.D. (University of Queensland) and Miranda Sue Terry, Ph.D. (Stephen F. Austin State University).


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NEW PROJECT STARTING!

1/5/2015

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I am so very excited for our new project to start. You can read the press release for the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Education for People with Disabilities (CEED) project at the link, but I'll paste the summary below.
The CEED project will bridge entrepreneurship with disability by developing and providing a comprehensive entrepreneurship education and training program for people with disabilities and service providers working in Disability Community Agencies and Small Business Development Centers in Illinois. This will be accomplished through a dual focused, person-centered approach that combines disability and business knowledge/practices, and targets the needs and barriers specifically experienced by people with disabilities looking to start or grow a business. Additionally, the project will establish the first business planning competition for entrepreneurs with disabilities. The project will build upon and complement existing programs for entrepreneurship in both disability and business fields. A key gap in this area is the lack of awareness of what resources, supports, and information exist, where to find it, and how to use it. The project meets a need in the community expressed by people with disabilities, their families, and service providers, but it also helps SBDCs increase their capacity to provide accessible business development services for people with disabilities. Further, this project will develop the skills of service providers across both disability and business fields to enhance collaboration in order to more effectively assess an individual’s preparedness, needs and progress in entrepreneurship.
ceed project announcement
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AAIDD WEBINAR ON INCLUSIVE RESEARCH

11/20/2014

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I had the opportunity to do a webinar for AAIDD sponsored by the Research Division with Tamar Heller and John Kramer on "Illustrating Inclusive Interview Methodology in Research." The audio and powerpoint are archived online so check it out at the link below!  I'm really looking forward to AAIDD's Research Division's future webinars.
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NEW SDS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON EMPLOYMENT!

6/30/2014

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Hello all!

After such a wonderful Society for Disability Studies (SDS) conference this year, we were thinking it would be a good idea to start a special interest group in SDS on "Work, Employment & Society." The purpose of which would be to cultivate a community of disability studies scholars who have an interest in and/or are doing work this area of research and policy; generating a forum for discussing contemporary issues in the field as well as organizing a panel on work, employment and society at the SDS Annual Meeting. 

In order to start this special interest group we needed fifteen signatures and received a total of forty-three (35 from SDS members). If you are interested in signing up to support this initiative and hear updates about its status, please feel free to click on the link below! The next step, pending SDS approval, will be to formalize the WES membership and begin a listserv. 
sig on Work, employment & society
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GUEST BLOGGING!

6/21/2014

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AUCD Early Career Professionals logo
Hello all,

Earlier this month I wrote a blog post for the AUCD Early Career Professionals' blog called 
"How to Write for Publication (As a Grad Student)."Check it out at the link below:

http://www.aucdecp.org/2014/06/writing-for-publication-as-grad-student.html

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UIC GRADUATION, 2014!

5/14/2014

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I graduated! Here I am in a photo with my family, taken by Terry Thomas Primer (c) 2014. Pictured above from left to right: Sarah Caldwell, myself in full regalia, Janet Caldwell & John Caldwell.
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