Advancing Disability Rights: Perspectives and Progress
Held October 10, 3-6:30 p.m.
Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) Room 1306
750 Highland Ave.
Parking information
Attendees coming from outside the west part of campus for the summit are strongly encouraged to take public transportation or share a ride with other attendees. Parking in the UW Health Patient & Visitor lot 75 is very limited and we would like to make sure that patients and visitors have space to park. Lot 76 next to Nielsen Tennis Stadium has slightly more capacity for visitor parking, we encourage you to park there before considering lot 75.
An event co-sponsored by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Agenda
Welcome: 3-3:20 p.m.
- Welcome message by Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA, CDM, SMPH Associate Dean for Diversity & Equity Transformation; UW Health Vice President/Chief Diversity Officer
- Opening remarks by Robert N. Golden, MD, Dean of SMPH
Keynote: 3:20-4:45 p.m.
- Keynote address titled “Disrupting Ableism & Promoting Disability Inclusivity & Representation” by Anjali Forber-Pratt, PhD, Director of Research at the American Association on Health & Disability (AAHD), a disability activist, and a two-time Paralympian
- Q&A session
Break: 4:45-5 p.m.
Choose a breakout session: 5-5:45 p.m.
- An Introduction to Ableism and its Impacts on Medicine
- Understanding Disability Accommodations for Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Creating and Cultivating an Environment of Inclusion and Belonging
Reception and closing: 5:45-6:30
- Reception in the HSLC Atrium
Disrupting Ableism & Promoting Disability Inclusivity & Representation
Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, PhD
Anjali J. Forber-Pratt, Ph.D. is the Director of Research at the American Association on Health & Disability (AAHD), a disability activist, and a two-time Paralympian medalist. Prior to this role, she served as the Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) in the Administration for Community Living. She holds three degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As a researcher, her primary area of work relates to disability identity development. She presents regularly at state, national, and international conferences and is author on numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters. As a wheelchair-user for over 40 years, Dr. Forber-Pratt is nationally and internationally recognized as a disability leader and mentor. She was a White House Champion of Change in 2013 and the American Psychological Association awarded her the 2020 Citizen Psychologist Award for Advancing Disability as a Human Rights and Social Justice Issue Award.
Breakout sessions
An Introduction to Ableism and its Impacts on Medicine
- Patricia Cisneros Prevo, MEd, Program Manager, UW Health Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Understanding Disability Accommodations for Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Mari Magler, JD, Director of the McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Ruben Mota, PhD, UW-Madison Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Coordinator
- Ann Kowaliczko, MS, School of Medicine and Public Health Disability Services Advisor
Creating and Cultivating an Environment of Inclusion and Belonging
- Genevieve Marvin, UW Health Patient Access Lead; UW Health/SMPH Disability and Neurodiversity Employee Resource Group Co-Chair
- Tyler Lane, UW Health Education, Optimization, and Support Analyst; UW Health/SMPH Disability and Neurodiversity Employee Resource Group Co-Chair
Questions about this event? Contact SMPH Signature Events at smphevents@med.wisc.edu.
High-quality masks will be available at the event.
Accessibility statement:
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is committed to accessibility. If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this event, please contact the SMPH signature events team at smphevents@med.wisc.edu. We ask that accommodation requests be made no less than two weeks before an event. We will make a thorough attempt to fulfill requests made after this date but cannot guarantee they will be met.