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2006
TASH Conference
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| The TASH Conference mobilizes vast numbers of folks from around the world together in a common experience of belief ~ belief in the presumed competence of every person, and in the powerful role that every person can play in empowering people with disabilities and their families to build the life of their choosing. Each presenter and attendee comes to the scene with a personal perspective to share ~ and each leaves with a renewed sense of energy and commitment towards the great space of possibility for people labeled with the most significant disabilities. For over 30 years, the TASH conference has been the largest and most progressive conference in the United States that focuses on strategies for achieving full inclusion for people with disabilities. |
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The TASH conference features over 2000 attendees, 350 breakout sessions, exhibits, roundtable discussions, poster sessions and more. Keynote Speakers Thursday, November 9, 2006 11:00am – 12:30pm Jonathan Mooney Jonathan Mooney is a writer and activist whose dyslexia kept him from learning to read until he was 12 years old. He is a graduate of Brown University, and co-founder of Project Eye-To-Eye, a widely duplicated mentoring program for students with disabilities. With the publication of Learning Outside the Lines when he was 23, a book that is part memoir and part guide to alternative study skills, Jonathan has established himself as one of the foremost leaders in LD/ADHD, disabilities, and alternative education. In the fall of 2005, Jonathan’s second book, The Short Bus Story, a work of creative non-fiction, was published. Jonathan has lectured at Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Brown University, the University of Wisconsin School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, New York University Medical School’s Grand Rounds, and Beaumont Pediatric Hospital’s Grand Rounds. But to date, his favorite gig was at an elementary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the kids gave him hope. Jonathan has been featured and quoted in The New York Times, The Providence Journal, The Boston Globe, USA Today, and numerous other local and regional papers in the cities, states, and countries where Jonathan has traveled. His most memorable experience, however, was being interviewed for the Brazilian cable company El Globo, where his voice was dubbed into Portuguese. The company reported that they haven’t received that much mail since their feature on David Hasselhoff. Ann Turnbull Ann Turnbull is the co-director of the Beach Center on Disability and Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas. She is the author of two leading textbooks in the field of special education and approximately 200 other publications. One of the most enjoyable aspects of her career has been partnering with families from underserved communities, including Ursula and DJ Markey. The Turnbulls (Ann and her husband, Rud) and the Markeys have been long-time friends, research and technical assistance partners, and reliable allies through the “uphill and downhill” experiences of their personal and professional lives. DJ and Ursula Markey Ursula and DJ Markey are codirectors of Pyramid Parent Training in New Orleans, which is funded by the Office of Special Education Programs as a Community Parent Resource Center. They have a long history in social justice endeavors in both the civil rights and the disability rights movements. They were recently honored as recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Award for their outstanding advocacy for and with families of children with disabilities in inner city New Orleans. For the last decade, they have partnered with the Beach Center as research advisors. Zach Bryant Zachary Bryant is a 14-year-old 8th grade student at Shiloh Middle School in Carroll County, Maryland. Zach uses a power wheelchair and an augmentative communication device due to having athetoid cerebral palsy. He is fully included at school and is regularly on the honor roll. Zach also is a musical composer. He and his music teachers over the years have used several methods to help him express himself musically. Currently, he uses a computer program called “Finale” to compose, print, and play back his musical pieces. His compositions are often played by his school band at their recitals. |
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