BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dcae20ad-9343-4537-932c-6367cb593d98.216958@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20210903T143043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T143043Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Disability and Diversity: Bridging the gap to inclusion DESCRIPTION:Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website for Zo om link)\n\n\n\n\n\n“Living the good life” is not equally accessible to a ll Americans. While great strides have been made toward equity and equali ty of gender\, race and sexual orientation\, one aspect of diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts that continues to be neglected is disability. Acc ording to the Centers for Disease Control\, 24% of American adults experi ence some type of disability. While 90% of businesses claim to prioritize D&I efforts\, only 4% consider disability a focus within their initiativ es\, according to a Return on Disability Group report. Disability emerges as a social construct when physical and/or mental divergence leads to re stricted access to valued aspects of one’s life. What social\, political and cultural influences and expectations need to be bridged for inclusion of the disabled? What changes need to be made in educational institution s to ensure this inclusion? How can hiring processes and work environment s better integrate persons with physical\, intellectual and other neurodi vergent disabilities? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><arti cle>\n<div>\n<p>Live Zoom webinar panel session (see conference website f or Zoom link)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Living the good life” is not equally acce ssible to all Americans. While great strides have been made toward equity and equality of gender\, race and sexual orientation\, one aspect of div ersity and inclusion (D&amp\;I) efforts that continues to be neglected is disability. According to the Centers for Disease Control\, 24% of Americ an adults experience some type of disability. While 90% of businesses cla im to prioritize D&amp\;I efforts\, only 4% consider disability a focus w ithin their initiatives\, according to a Return on Disability Group repor t. Disability emerges as a social construct when physical and/or mental d ivergence leads to restricted access to valued aspects of one’s life. Wha t social\, political and cultural influences and expectations need to be bridged for inclusion of the disabled? What changes need to be made in ed ucational institutions to ensure this inclusion? How can hiring processes and work environments better integrate persons with physical\, intellect ual and other neurodivergent disabilities?</p>\n</div>\n</article></body> </html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210929T090500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210929T095500 SEQUENCE:1 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR