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The Institute on Disability invites you to participate at
Communities for Everyone:
Universal Design for Community and Systems Change
June 23 and 24, 2005
Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth Hotel and Conference Center
250 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH
(603) 431-2300
Community services and supports for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and their families continue to evolve. We have seen a significant paradigm shift over the past 30 years from an institutionally-based system to a community-based services system. Unfortunately, many people still are not part of their communities. In order for meaningful community participation to be successful, local communities must be accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of all residents.
Communities for Everyone is a two-day institute that will explore innovative approaches to building inclusive communities and creating sustainable systems change to support all residents to be full participants in community life. Workshops and keynote presentations will provide information that reflects current practices as well as future designs to create welcoming, accessible, and inclusive communities that support all residents.
Presentations will focus on:
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exemplary community strategies from around the country;
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international work on creating accessible and inclusive environments;
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future technology being designed to create fully accessible environments;
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the use of community-level data to inform this work;
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public policy implications.
This interactive institute will offer a unique opportunity for participants to learn about efforts underway in communities around the country and to engage in a dialogue about how to further these burgeoning concepts.
Keynote presenters include:
Jan Nisbet, Ph.D., Director, Institute on Disability/UNH
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, Adaptive Environments, Boston, MA
Invited Keynote: Lewis Feldstein, Executive Director, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Author with Robert Putnam: Better Together: Restoring the American Community
Crackerbarrel discussions and graphic facilitation by: David Hasbury, Graphic Facilitator and Consultant, Cocreation, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Please refer to conference agenda for additional workshop information.
