Employment and Disability Institute www.edi.cornell.edu

Reframing the Disability Issue for Employers

A Public Policy Forum

July 9, 2008

Cornell University Government Affairs OfficeHall of States, Room 333444 North Capitol Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20001

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment Policy for

Persons with Disabilities

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation

Research (Grant Number H133B040013)

Collaborating Partners

• Employment and Disability Institute ILR School, Ithaca, NY

• Dept. of Policy Analysis and Management College of Human Ecology, Ithaca, New York

• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.Princeton, NJ, Washington, DC, and Cambridge, MA

• American Association of People with DisabilitiesWashington, DC

• Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations, Program for Disability Research

New Brunswick, NJ

Upcoming Policy Forums

• September, 2008Speakers & Moderators to be determined

• November, 2008Speakers & Moderators to be determined

Welcome and Introductions• Susanne Bruyere, Cornell University

Speakers• The Honorable Neil Romano, Assistant

Secretary, US DOL Office of Disability Employment Policy

• Peter Blanck, Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute • Michael Eastman, Executive Director, Labor

Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce • Michael Peterson, Director, Labor and

Employment Policy, Human Resource Policy Association

The Honorable Neil Romano, Assistant Secretary, US DOL Office of Disability Employment Policy

Peter Blanck, Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute

Michael Eastman, Executive Director, Labor Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Michael Peterson, Director, Labor and Employment Policy, Human Resource Policy Association

Upcoming Policy Forums

• September, 2008Speakers & Moderators to be determined

• November, 2008Speakers & Moderators to be determined