Field Trip to International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference at Virtual Ability for August 3 Nonprofit Commons Meeting

Field Trip to the 2012 International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference at Virtual Ability, Inc. Island for August 3 Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting – Field Trip to VAI
August 3, 2012, Presentations Start at 7:00 AM SLT / PST
The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island 

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23

On Friday August 3, we are going on a special field trip to attend the Second Annual International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference at The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island. Please join our Nonprofit Commons partner Virtual Ability, Inc. for this event and receive valuable information about accessibility and building community from their many IDRAC presentations. Meet us any time during the scheduled IDRAC Presentations – http://www.virtualability.org/idrac2012 Virtual Ability, Inc. is a US non-profit corporation with a mission to enable people with a wide range of disabilities by providing a supporting environment for them to enter and thrive in online virtual worlds. The 2012 International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference will examine different perspectives about communities that are of interest to persons with disabilities. Presentations drawing from the history of the disability movement will provide background to an exploration of philosophical and technical considerations related to community formation. http://www.virtualability.org

Schedule of Presentations for August 3, 2012
The Sojourner Auditorium on Virtual Ability Island 

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23

7:00-8:00 AM SLT Documenting and Evaluating Impacts of Community Programs with Chad Gobert, and Melissa Rowan

8:00-9:00 AM SLT Interpreting Disability Rights Across Cultures: A Study of International Reporting on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with Kimberly O’Haver

9:30-10:30 AM SLT The Atlantis Community with Nola Nash

11:00-12:00 AM SLT A Discussion about Virtual Communities of Persons with Disabilities with Tom Boellstorff

12:30-1:30 PM SLT A Conversation about Virtual Communities with Philip Rosedale and Gentle Heron

2:00-3:00 PM SLT Useful and Happy: Politics, Experts, and Special Education at the Massachusetts School for Idiotic Children with Kathryn Irving

3:30-4:30 PM SLT Community Interaction of Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities with Preethy Samuel

5:00-6:00 PM SLT Welcoming New Members into a Community of Practice with Caren Levine

http://www.virtualability.org/idrac2012

Written by: Zinnia Zauber