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Media, Law & Policy

Southeast ADA Center Launches Virtual Interview Series: Section 504 at 50

Sunday, January 8, 2023, By News Staff

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Southeast ADA Center has launched a special virtual interview series where we speak with leaders of the disability rights movement who advance the cause…

Campus & Community

University Honoring International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Thursday, December 1, 2022, By John Boccacino

To honor and celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Syracuse University and the Southeast ADA Center are holding a hybrid presentation, “Why No One Has To Be Normal Anymore,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Dec. 1. Stephen…

Campus & Community

From Compliance to Commitment to Culture: Reflecting on the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

Wednesday, July 27, 2022, By Eileen Korey

Over the last 32 years, since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990, progress has been measured by how quickly universities and institutions have moved from compliance with the law to the creation of…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Join in Disability Pride Week Events April 18-23

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s inaugural Disability Pride Week will be April 18-23, 2022. The week includes a host of events and activities to celebrate and learn from people with disabilities and their lived experiences. Disability Pride Week is a campuswide initiative and…

Arts & Culture

(Dis)Courses Dialogue Series Highlights Activist-Scholars in Intersectional Disability Cultural Work

Thursday, March 3, 2022, By News Staff

The conversation series (Dis)courses: Interdisciplinary Disability Dialogues returns this semester with four luminaries who are engaged with many forms of innovative and intersectional disability cultural work. Hosted by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute and Wordgathering: A…

Arts & Culture

‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…

Campus & Community

School of Education Mourns Passing of Ethel Blatt G’77

Monday, January 24, 2022, By Martin Walls

The School of Education is remembering Ethel Blatt G’77, wife of former Dean Burton Blatt, who passed away on Jan. 15 in Albany, New York. In addition to earning a master’s degree in teacher’s education, she was an employee of…

The New Yorker

Britney Spears Is Free, But What About All of the Others Like Her?

Friday, November 19, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

​​Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute, was interviewed by The New Yorker for the piece, “How Britney Spears Got Free, and What Comes Next.” Martinis discussed Britney Spears’ recent release from her conservatorship,…

BuzzFeed

Britney Spears’ Dad Being Paid For Her To Go On Tour

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

​​Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute, was interviewed by BuzzFeed News for the article “Britney Spears’ Dad Is Out Of The Conservatorship, But The Battle Over How He Spent Her Money Is Just…

Bloomberg Law

Why Individuals With Disabilities Are Being Paid Below Minimum Wage

Wednesday, October 13, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute, was quoted in the Bloomberg Law article “‘Subminimum’ Pay for Disabled Workers Moves Closer to Extinction.” Blanck discussed the unfair circumstances under which individuals with disabilities have been paid…

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