Roundtable Discussion on Professional Tensions
In Baltimore, Maryland, a roundtable discussion will be held from July 15-19, 2024, addressing professional tensions and the framing of disability. The event aims to provide a safe space for examining conflicting theories and practices, promoting inclusivity, civility, and respect. It will explore different perspectives on disability, emphasizing a shift from individual-centered focus to systemic barriers. Disability studies, universal design, and social justice will inform the discourse, challenging traditional notions of impairment and advocating for environments that enable all individuals.
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Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Talking Through Professional Tensions: A Roundtable Discussion Dr. Chester Goad Dr. Amanda Kraus Dr. Adam Meyer Dr. Kristie Orr
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Conference Civility Statement We ask you to join us in creating a culture that reflects Access and Inclusion and Civility and Respect this week and in all aspects of our organization.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Introductions and Overview
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Why a roundtable? Safe space to grapple with, think through, and workshop professional opinions when theory and practice are not aligned.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Framing Disability - Individual Due to a physiological difference individual is disabled. The individual is the problem. Disabled by impairment. Disability = medical, tragedy, liability. Access = cure, charity, accommodation.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Reframing Disability - Systemic The environment disables people with impairments by design. The environment is the problem. Disabled by design. Disability = sociopolitical Access = systemic
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Disability Studies What else informs our work? Universal Design Compliance Social Justice
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Disability Studies An academic field of inquiry that defines impairment as naturally occurring on the continuum of human difference, asserting that individuals are disabled by their environments, not their impairments.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Universal Design The design of products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible without the need for modifications or specialized design.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Social Justice Disability is an aspect of diversity, integral to our society and campus community. All disabled students and employees are valued members of this community and should have equitable access to everything they want and need.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Compliance For more than 50 years, U.S. federal law has required disability access. We work to interpret not just the letter of these laws, but their spirit, always striving for the most inclusive solutions to disability-related barriers.
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Mind the Gap How do we address the incongruencies in the work we do both within our offices and on campus?
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 When do you feel a tension between your approach and others on campus? Supervisor Administrators Colleagues in other departments Students Parents
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Ableism on campus A student affiliated with your office goes to the student newspaper to share their frustrations with the ableism they experience on campus. They say that even the process to request accommodations is ableist. The reporter contacts you for comment. How do you want to respond? How might you feel pressured to respond? Might you feel tension in this situation? Why? How to you handle it?
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Access & Success A parent contacts the President s Office because their student failed all their classes despite having legally-required accommodations that were supposed to support their success. The President s Office asks you why the accommodations failed and suggests that you do more to ensure this student passes next semester. You know graduation metrics are a high priority. How do you want to respond? How might you feel pressured to respond? Do you feel tension in these situations? Why? How do you handle it?
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Compliance Equity Your university is planning for Commencement once again. The event planners are comfortable with stage entry via stairs for everyone with separate ramp accommodations for graduates when needed. Wheelchair users and graduates with service animals can sit in the back because that is what is best. Interpreters and captioning is not within the budget. You believe there is a better way to achieve equity. How might you work with them to achieve higher levels of inclusion at the event?
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Takeaways There are not always solutions or answers. Awareness can lead to positive change. Tension promotes growth and progress. Anticipating the tensions helps us respond,
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Thank you for attending!
Baltimore, Maryland July 15-19, 2024 Presenter Information Dr. Chester Goad cgoad@tntech.edu Dr. Amanda Kraus akraus@arizona.edu Dr. Adam Meyer adam.meyer@ucf.edu Dr. Kristie Orr kristieorr@tamu.edu
