Beyond Accommodation: Embracing Persons with Disabilities

October 16, 2012
St. John’s University
D’Angelo Center, Room 416 ABC
3:30 – 7:30 p.m.

This conference focuses on the personal and societal transformation needed to move beyond mere accommodation of persons with disabilities to embracing them in their complete personhood. Participants will gain a greater appreciation of persons with disabilities and recognize that more than structures need to be changed to fully include these individuals in society.

Conference Goals:

• Increase awareness of the disability community both locally and globally.
• See life through the perspective of a person with a disability.
• Reflect on the experiences of those who have worked with persons with disabilities both STJ students and practitioners.
• Learn how human rights and theological perspective contributes to embracing persons with disabilities.
• Identify programs and best practices that foster acceptance of the entire person.

Keynote Speaker: Mark K. Shriver is Senior Vice-President of U.S. Programs at Save the Children in Washingon, DC and a former Maryland state legislator. He is a major advocate for the Special Olympics which was founded by his parents and is the author of the 2012 memoir A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father Sargent Shriver.

Download the registration flyer.

For registration and more information contact:

Vincentian Research Fellows
Vincentian Center for Church and Society
St. John’s University
(718) 990-1612
vccs@stjohns.edu