The State of the States in Cognitive Disablity and Technology: 2012

The Intersection Of The State Of The Economy, Disability Policy, and Technology On The Quality Of Life Of People With Cognitive Disabilities

When: November 2, 2012

Where:  The Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, CO

How Much: FREE

Speakers include: William Pound (Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures), David Braddock, PhD (Conference Chair, Associate Vice President, University of Colorado; Professor/Executive Director, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities), William T. "Bill" Coleman (Founding Donor, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities; Partner, Alsop-Louie Partners), Peter Blanck, PhD, JD (University Professor, Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University), Robert Fletcher (CEO and founder, NADD-An association for persons with developmental disabilities and mental health needs), David B. Arciniegas, MD (President, International Brain Injury Association; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus), Cathy Bodine, PhD (Associate Professor and Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Advancing Cognitive Technologies, Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine), Sue Swenson (Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, US Department of Health and Services), Renee Pietrangelo, PhD, Chief Executive Office, American Network of Community Options and Resources), Marty Ford, Chief Public Policy Officer, The Arc of the US), Clayton Lewis, PhD (Consultant, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research), Mary Kay Rizzolo, PhD (Associate Director, Institute on Disability and Human Development Research Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago; Research Collaborator, State of the Sates in Development Disabilities Project), Tamar Heller, PhD (Professor and Head of the Department of Disability and Human Development, Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois Chicago), Charles Ingoglia, MSW (Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Practive Improvement, The National council for Community and Behavioral Healthcare), Marcia Scherer, PhD, MPH (President, Institute for matching Person and Technology; Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester), Michael Wehmeyer, PhD (Professor of Special Education and Director, Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas; immediate Past President; American Association on Intellectual and Development Disabilities), and Bruce Benson, President of the University of Colorado.

Each registerd attendee will receive a complementary copy of the forthcoming 2012 mongraph "The State of States in Developmental Disabilities."