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Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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> From: Mary Ellen Buning <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Technology SIS Listserv <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [tech-sis] Re: Disabled Women's Conference
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:14 PM
>
> Hello techies,
> I was given a notice about this conference by a colleague and I wanted to
> pass the word along. I thought that any of you who could attend might
> really benefit from the points of view and the ideas/needs that are
> expressed. I just like for us to stay plugged into the real issues that
> affect our clients. Perhaps you have clients who would really benefit
from
> attendance.
> Mary Ellen
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>
> Conference on Women and Disability .....Attend this Low-cost, One Day
> Conference with well-known International Speakers
>
> CLAIMING OUR BODIES: Disabled Women's Experiences
>
> WHERE:  Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC
>
> WHEN:  Wednesday  May 26,1999
>
> FOCUS:  To provide an exciting exchange of ideas on topics of importance
to
> women with disabilities including:
>
> SEXUALITY
> How-to's and What NOT to do (safety in sex acts).  Also: lesbian and
> bisexuality concerns, relationships, teaching sex to our children,
getting
> accurate information about sexuality and disabled women.
>
> HEALTH
> Women's health including: reproductive technology, going through
menopause,
> disabilities more frequent in women (arthritis, lupus, depression),
aging,
> and youth.
>
> ENDING VIOLENCE
> This workshop is both about preventing violence through self-defense and
> social action but also about our experiences of abuse, and how we have
> dealt with it individually and collectively.
>
>
> WHO:  Confirmed Speakers include:
>
> BETTY JO BERLAND, Ed.D., NIDRR primary funder of research on women and
> disability
>
> TANIS DOE, Ph.D., leading researcher and author on disabled women's
issues
>
> CAROL GILL, Ph.D.,    Director of the Disability Studies Graduate Program
> at the
> University of Illinois, Chicago
>
> PAT ISRAEL, co-founder of DAWN Canada (Disabled Women's Network)
>       pioneers in documenting disabled women's experiences, presenting on
> the Canadian  National Health Survey on Disabled Women
>
> LINDA MONA, Ph.D. the "Queen of Sex and Disability", international
> lecturer, host of internet sexuality and disability sites
>
> JUDI ROGERS, Occupational Therapist, Through the Looking Glass author of
> Mother to Be: Disabled Women and Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery
>
> DR. SANDRA WELNER, MD, disabled physician and inventor of the accessible
> examination table
>
> REGISTRATION FEES:
> Working women: $50
> Not working: $25
> Some scholarships are available.
>
> ACCESS:
> Sign Language Interpreters, Wheelchair accessible, Braille, Large Print
are
> provided.  Let us know what else you need.
>
> FOR REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION:
> Web:  www.disabilityhistory.org/women
> Online Registration Form is on the website
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Phone: Please leave your name and number and we will call you back
> Toll-Free Phone (voice messages only): 1-877-739-6636
> Collect TTY number:  1-250-386-3486
>
> Address your e-mail to: [log in to unmask] to send your message to the
list.
> List management questions contact Suzanne at [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Mary Ellen Buning, MS, OTR, ATP
> University of Pittsburgh
> School of Health and Rehabilitation Science
> Rehabilitation Science and Technology
> 5044 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA  15260
> Voice - 412/647-1270
> Fax - 412/647-1277            TDD - 412/647-1291
> http://www.pitt.edu/~mbuning/
>
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