Accessibility Chat

Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility

A conversation with disability self-advocates and caregivers

Bloomfield Township Public Library

Gain perspective from disability voices as they share experiences at cultural institutions and thoughts on how cultural institutions can go beyond ADA and enhance their accessibility. Interactive discussion with audience after. Panelists include:Deb Belavek, deaf self-advocate and director of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing programs at Bloomfield Hills SchoolsCary Supalo, blind chemist, Research Developer at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJDavid and Jane Cowan,dementia self-advocate and his wife/care partnerGary Koutsoubos, father of 4 year old with Down syndrome and President of the Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast MichiganGavin Swantick, autism self-advocate and recent Master's graduate from Wayne State UniversityMichelle Justice, mother of a teenager with autism Rebecca Anders, mother of 4th grader with autism and Supervisor of Special Education at the Wing Lake Developmental Center

The Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility is a consortium of professionals working together in order to enhance the accessibility of Michigan's cultural institutions for people of all abilities. <a href="https://www.culturesource.org/resources/accessibility" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.culturesource.org/resources/accessibility</a>* Please contact miculturalaccess@gmail.com if you require any additional accommodations.

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