Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

2019 Location: National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, MD 21230

2019 Theme

The theme of the 2019 symposium is "The Impact of Public Attitudes and Stigma on Our Right to Live in the World.”

Please join us as we examine Dr. Jacobus tenBroek’s legacy through a social lens, exploring the intersection of law and public attitudes about disability. We will focus on how public attitudes about disability induce negative stereotypes of persons with mental health diagnoses, the disabled homeless, and disabled immigrants, as well as how these attitudes influence treatment under the law of persons with disabilities in education, healthcare, employment, housing, and the criminal justice system. We will also explore strategies for combating the stigma attributed to persons with disabilities by, among other methods, exploring how we frame the image of disability in advocacy.

Registration

• To register please click here.

• Registration Fee:

  • $200 (nonrefundable)

  • Students: $25 (nonrefundable)

• All registration is online. Payment may be made by credit card or check made payable to the National Federation of the Blind and mailed to:

  • Stacie Dubnow, Project Manager. National Federation of the Blind. 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, MD 21230

• A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need. Requests for a waiver of the registration fee should be emailed to Lou Ann Blake  at lblake@nfb.org no later than February 11, 2019.

Topics

The 2019 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will consist of plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such as:

• Discrimination against homeless people with disabilities

• Disparate treatment under the law of mental and physical disabilities

• Disability rights and immigrants

• Framing the image of disability in advocacy

• Valuation of the disabled life

• Bullying, harassment, and the civil rights of people with disabilities

CLE Credit

Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

Hotel Information

A block of rooms has been reserved for symposium participants at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore, located at 550 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The hotel is directly across from the Inner Harbor and is convenient to the National Federation of the Blind. Rooms may be reserved for March 26 through March 30, 2019, at the rate of $159.00 per night for singles or doubles, $179.00 for triples, and $199.00 for quads, plus applicable taxes and surcharges. You can make your reservation online at Sonesta Reservations or by calling the hotel directly at 410-234-0550 and referring to the National Federation of the Blind block (group code 0326NATFED). 

Reservations must be made by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2019. 

The NFB will provide a free morning and evening accessible shuttle between the hotel and the National Federation of the Blind.

Accommodations

Symposium materials will be provided in large print and Braille. Participants who require other accommodations should contact Lou Ann Blake at lblake@nfb.org by March 9, 2019.