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IDPP, AU Partners to Host Disability, Access, and Teaching Symposium

IDPP, AU Partners to Host Disability, Access, and Teaching Symposium

IDPP is proud to partner with the Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies Collaborative (CRGC) to host “Disability, Access, & Teaching: A One-Day Symposium” on April 10, 2019. The symposium will seek to foster dialogue around these questions to promote accessible and inclusive learning at AU and beyond.

Dr. Derrick Cogburn Chairs Disability and Accessibility Session at CSCW Conference

IDPP Executive Director Dr. Derrick Cogburn, Professor in the AU School of International Service and Kogod School of Business, is chairing the Disability and Accessibility session at the 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) in Jersey City, NJ on Wednesday, November 7, 2018.

IDPP Showcases Research at COSP-11 Side Event on Data, Disability and Development

The AU Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) is co-sponsoring the Side Event "Data, Disability and Development: Innovative Approaches to Monitoring and Evaluating CRPD Implementation and Disability-Inclusive Development using Big Data Analytics and Text Mining" at the 11th Conference of States Parties (COSP-11) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at United Nations headquarters in New York on June 13, 2018 from 1:15pm-2:30pm in Room S-2729 in the UN Secretariat Building.

IDPP Joint Advisory Board Chair Amb. Gallegos Appointed to Serve UN Office in Geneva

IDPP offers its heartfelt congratulations to Amb. Luis Gallegos, chair of the IDPP Joint Advisory Board, for his appointment as Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office in Geneva by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno. Amb. Gallegos has a long and distinguished career in diplomacy and advocating for disability rights and human rights, including his role as chair of the UN taskforce that negotiated the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.