“CLOSING THE GAP? Revisiting Health & Employment Disparities for People with Disabilities”

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR BIOETHICS CONFERENCE

This one-day conference is intended to facilitate conversation about issues of healthcare and employment disparities for people with disabilities. Bringing together participants from diverse academic disciplines, professions, government, business, advocacy groups, and the larger community, the conference will feature presentations and commentary by experts on the national scene, followed by informal breakout sessions with group discussion focusing on health and employment disparities for people with disabilities in the New Haven region. By bringing together diverse stakeholders, this conference also aims to produce specific suggestions for collaborative follow-up activities.

NOTE: Open captioning will be provided, but ASL interpretation or other disability related accommodations must be requested at least 2 weeks in advance of the event date, no later than October 7. Please contact: Danielle.Petrafesa@yale.edu.

Sponsored jointly by the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, the Whitney Humanities Center Disabilities Studies Working Group, and the DiversAbility at Yale (DAY) Affinity Group, with special thanks to Judy York, Director of the Yale Resource Office on Disabilities.