Upcoming Events
BBI Project Webinars
- February 14, 2012
How To Talk About Money in Vocational Planning
Part 2: Asset Development Series - March 6, 2012
Making Work Pay
Part 3: Asset Development Series - March 9, 2012
Career Exploration, Development & Planning for Consumers w/SMI- Part 2
Part 5: Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Mental Health Disabilities Learning Community Series - March 21, 2012
Strategies to Enhance Successful Closure Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
Part 1: Helping Your Team Improve Employment Outcomes for Individuals with the Most Significant Disabilities-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Webinar Series - March 30, 2012
Job Development, Placement & Support Strategies for Consumers w/ SMI
Part 6: Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals with Mental Health Disabilities Learning Community Series
More Events & Training
- Webinars from Southeast TACE / Archives: Southeast TACE Webinars
A Project of BBI - Webinar Series for Business / Archives: Webinar Series for Business
Annual four-part webinar series focused on leading practices that advance disability inclusion within business.
Supported by BBI-Southeast in partnership with: ADA National Network, AAPD, CSAVR-NET, and USBLN. - Celebrate ADA Anniversary
and the progress made through implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Use these materials in your ADA events and media outlets throughout the year.
Spotlight
- BBI co-sponsors DC conference on engagement of marginalized populations
- Katherine McDonald authors article in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Get to Know: “Chip” Kenney, Project Director, Southeast TACE Region IV
- BBI submitted Comments on the 2011 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Airline Websites and Kiosks
- SU “Loud Towel” to benefit BBI and other local organizations
- BBI recognized in proposed legislation supporting self-employment for people with disabilities
- Governor’s State of the State addresses support for people with disabilities
- Documentary sponsored by BBI to air on Syracuse PBS station
- Prestigious journal reviews book co-authored by Peter Blanck
- Get to Know: BBI Board Co-Chairs –Joshua H. Heintz and Laurence A. Silverman
- 2011 in Review: BBI in the News
- Student Voice article about BBI and media portrayals of disability
- Employer resources for incorporating people with disabilities into the workplace
- Southeast TACE partners with TASH for conference on Employment for Youth in Transition
- BBI research assistant discusses ADA on TV news show
- Burton Blatt Institute experts to provide legal analysis as part of $2.35M grant to improve employment for people with disabilities
- SU education professor and acclaimed technology researcher named BBI Fellow
- Irish Times reports about BBI-sponsored conference on genetic discrimination
- Law student gains invaluable experience with BBI’s Disability Policy Leadership Program
- $100,000 gift from alumnus will support next generation of disability leaders
Legislative & Regulatory
- BBI submitted Comments on the 2011 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Airline Websites and Kiosks
- BBI submitted Letter to lawmakers on Section 511 regarding proposed Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
- BBI submitted Comments to EEOC in regard to issue of disability hiring discrimination
- BBI submitted Comments regarding EEOC’s Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of Significant Regulations
- SU's Daily Orange article on BBI, Blanck and Dietz Oral Argument in 11th Circuit Court
On the defensive: BBI continues to represent people with disabilities
Publications & Surveys
- Study on challenges and good practices in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
EFC European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights and Disability for the European Commission
Contributing Author: Peter Blanck, Academic/Policy Reference Panel
Overview of Study | Download Report - Disability and Aging: Historical and Contemporary Views
by Peter Blanck (2010).
Disability and Aging Discrimination - Perspectives in Law and Psychology
Editors: Richard L. Wiener & Steven L. Willborn - Disability and occupational projections
by D. Kruse, L. Schur, and Mohammad Ali
Monthly Labor Review Online (Vol. 133, No. 10, October 2010) - Poverty Among Adults with Disabilities: Barriers to Promoting
Asset Accumulation in Individual Development Accounts
by M. Soffer, K. McDonald, & P. Blanck (2010).
American Journal Community Psychology,
Published Online: September 24, 2010 - Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: progress or mixed and contradictory images?
by M. Soffer, A. Rimmerman, P. Blanck, & E. Hill (2010). Disability & Society Vol. 25, No. 6. - Law School Admissions Access Project Survey (LSAC Survey)
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