CenterPoint: The Newsletter of The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

Gary L. Albrecht, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Health Policy & Administration,
University of Illinois at Chicago, recently spoke at the University of Maine
on Cross National Disability Policy: Economics, Culture, and Citizenship as
Components of Social Welfare. Dr. Albrecht specializes in international health
and disability issues and social welfare policy. He is also editor of the five-volume
Encyclopedia of Disability published in 2006. Albrecht’s visit was sponsored by the
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, with support from the
University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.
(Kimberly Sawtelle photo)

CCIDS Introduces Colloquium Series

This year, under the guidance of the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Academic Committee (IDSAC), the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies program at the CCIDS initiated a campus-wide colloquium series intended to provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in presentations and discussions of current scholarship related to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (IDS), and stimulate campus dialogue about disability as an issue of diversity.

Because the University of Maine has enthusiastically embraced the colloquium and the concepts of diversity and universal access that form the theoretical foundation of the IDS concentration, CCIDS was awarded support from the University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series to bring Gary Albrecht, Ph.D., as a distinguished scholar from the University of Illinois at Chicago, to Maine in March. Albrecht focused his lectures and workshops on international health policy and disability. A joint colloquium with University policy faculty was also offered, in which Dr. Albrecht was the keynote lecturer.

Colloquium organizers were delighted that many faculty and students attended the first colloquium, Atypical: A Long and Illustrious Career in the Visual Arts, co-sponsored with the UMaine Art Department in November 2005. In February 2006, Fogler Library co-sponsored a colloquium with CCIDS on Atypical Bodies: An Exploration of Disability Writing and Culture.

Next year, IDSAC is planning to offer a full colloquium series that will begin with a debate presenting multiple perspectives on affirmative action responses to minority groups and the impact of this practice on advancing diversity and full inclusion for all people. Subsequent offerings will examine the intersection of technology and universal access, and disability and the humanities and social sciences.

For a current colloquium series schedule, please visit the CCIDS on-line Calendar of Events.


In This Issue Fall 2006 Gathering Celebrates the Dream of Inclusive Communities Director’s Corner Television Campaign Targets Awareness Awards Banquet Goes Hi-Tech Equity and Excellence in Higher Education—Collaboration for Learning Growing Ideas Tipsheets Benefit Young Children New Initiatives Underway Disability Studies Scholars Receive Certificates of Completion Teambuilding III Offers Training for Educational Surrogate Parents Prevention Center of Excellence at CCIDS Zeph Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee CCIDS Introduces Colloquium Series Statewide Database Links At-risk Babies with Services for Early Intervention Researchers Specialize in Epidemiology of Child Development Early Childhood Professionals Advance Skills, Services Upcoming CCIDS Events IDS Enrollment Increases Presentations & Publications CenterPoint Home	Center Home \| UMaine Home \| CenterPoint Home Gary L. Albrecht, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Health Policy & Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, recently spoke at the University of Maine on Cross National Disability Policy: Economics, Culture, and Citizenship as Components of Social Welfare. Dr. Albrecht specializes in international health and disability issues and social welfare policy. He is also editor of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability published in 2006. Albrecht’s visit was sponsored by the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, with support from the University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series. (Kimberly Sawtelle photo) CCIDS Introduces Colloquium Series This year, under the guidance of the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Academic Committee (IDSAC), the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies program at the CCIDS initiated a campus-wide colloquium series intended to provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in presentations and discussions of current scholarship related to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (IDS), and stimulate campus dialogue about disability as an issue of diversity. Because the University of Maine has enthusiastically embraced the colloquium and the concepts of diversity and universal access that form the theoretical foundation of the IDS concentration, CCIDS was awarded support from the University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series to bring Gary Albrecht, Ph.D., as a distinguished scholar from the University of Illinois at Chicago, to Maine in March. Albrecht focused his lectures and workshops on international health policy and disability. A joint colloquium with University policy faculty was also offered, in which Dr. Albrecht was the keynote lecturer. Colloquium organizers were delighted that many faculty and students attended the first colloquium, Atypical: A Long and Illustrious Career in the Visual Arts, co-sponsored with the UMaine Art Department in November 2005. In February 2006, Fogler Library co-sponsored a colloquium with CCIDS on Atypical Bodies: An Exploration of Disability Writing and Culture. Next year, IDSAC is planning to offer a full colloquium series that will begin with a debate presenting multiple perspectives on affirmative action responses to minority groups and the impact of this practice on advancing diversity and full inclusion for all people. Subsequent offerings will examine the intersection of technology and universal access, and disability and the humanities and social sciences. For a current colloquium series schedule, please visit the CCIDS on-line Calendar of Events. — Liz DePoy Alan Parks

CENTERPOINT: The Newsletter of the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service

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CCIDS Introduces Colloquium Series