INTERSECT – 26 YEARS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Place: National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.–Intersect Technology and Resource Fair
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.–Intersect Program and Light Lunch
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. — Intersect Technology Accessibility Training
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Featured Speakers:
Haben Girma
White House Champion of Change, Forbes 30 under 30 leader, and BBC Women of Africa Hero, Haben Girma is a nationally acclaimed access and inclusion advocate. The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben champions equal access to information and technology for people with disabilities. Drawing on her training in law, sociology, and technology, Haben advocates designing digital services and developing policies that will ensure a future which offers opportunities to everyone. Prepare to better understand the possibilities that accessible technology provides the disability community and how each audience member can harness this power to further advance the intentions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Marian Vessels
Opportunities and Intersections: The Next 25 Years of the ADA
Close up of Marian Vessles
Lunchtime Keynote with Marian Vessels
Marian Vessels is the Director of the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, serving in this role since 1996. She provides training and guidance on the ADA as it relates to employment, state and local government, arts and hospitality. Previously, Ms. Vessels was the Executive Director of the Maryland Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and the Director of the Maryland Governor’s Office for Individuals with Disabilities.
