Virtual 2-day convention takes place from midday to 4 p.m. ET every day.
WASHINGTON, DC, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, September 21, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — United Cerebral Palsy’s first Conference on Latinos with Disabilities begins Sept. 21
– 2-day digital convention takes place Sept. 21-22 from midday to 4 p.m. Eastern every day.
Panel matters:
Day 1
– The 2022 State of Latinos with Disabilities
– Latinos with Disabilities, Barriers and Opportunities
– The Browning of the Direct Care Workforce
Day 2
– Disparate Treatment of Puerto Rico Residents with Disabilities in Federal Programs and Benefits
– Mexico’s Disability Community
– Who Counts Depends on Who Gets Counted
The purpose of the convention is to offer a platform for discussions and displays — and finally coaching — on points impacting Latinos within the incapacity group. While most of the matters addressed may also be of curiosity to the overall incapacity group, the convention will spotlight the distinct methods (culturally, socially, economically and traditionally) that Latinos with disabilities, their households and repair suppliers form the group.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucp-2022-conference-on-latinos-with-disabilities-tickets-383593357057
(Admission is free, however all individuals should register.)
Conference Agenda
Day 1 – Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 – Noon to 4 p.m. Eastern
12 to 12:10 p.m. — Opening remarks by UCP CEO Armando Contreras and a Stefania Yanachov, supervisor of Federal Policy and Government Affairs at Waymo, our premier sponsor
12:10 to 1:15 p.m. — “The 2022 State of Latinos with Disabilities” UCP Communications Coordinator James Garcia presents a report on the most recent info out there concerning Latinos with disabilities within the United States, alongside with supplementary details about Latinos with disabilities Canada and Mexico.
1:15 to 1:30 p.m. — Break
1:30 to 2:35 p.m. — “Latinos with Disabilities: Barriers and Opportunities.” A panel dialogue concerning the distinct social, cultural and financial obstacles that contribute to the shortage of enough providers and assets for Latinos with disabilities within the United States. Panel may also embrace a dialog concerning the alternatives for therefore referred to as mainstream incapacity teams to have interaction the Latino group and ways in which Latinos can proactively entry providers for his or her group.
2:35 to 2:50 p.m. Break
2:50 to three:55 p.m. “The Browning of the Direct Care Workforce.” The longstanding direct care workforce disaster is worse than ever. The scarcity of employees has grown. The ready checklist for direct care is growing. Wages for direct care employees are up however not sufficient for employers/service suppliers to discourage them from taking increased paying jobs in different fields. This panel appears on the workforce disaster within the context of the growing affect of Latino employees, together with immigrants, and the strains a rising Latino inhabitants nationwide is having on incapacity providers.
Day 2 – Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 / Noon to 4 p.m. Eastern
12 p.m. — Opening remarks by UCP President/CEO Armando Contreras
12:10 to 1:15 p.m. – “Disparate Treatment of Puerto Rico Residents with Disabilities in Federal Programs and Benefits.” More than a century because it grew to become a U.S. territory and 5 years after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, a brand new report by the National Council on Disability finds the U.S. has “reneged on the federal promise to bring” Puerto Rico’s practically 700,000 folks with disabilities “into the economic and social mainstream simply because of where they reside.” NCD Chair Andres Gallegos presents a scathing report on how “inadequate or nonexistent funding … creates devastating economic hardship” for Puerto Rico’s most weak inhabitants, folks with disabilities. Gallegos’ presentation will likely be adopted by an professional panel dialogue.
1:15 to 1:30 p.m. — Break
1:30 to 2:35 p.m. — “Mexico’s Disability Community.” The nonprofit incapacity service supplier, Nuevo Amanecer, in Monterey, Mexico is among the few organizations nationwide providing complete counseling, therapy and providers for folks with mental and developmental disabilities. Executive Director Dr. Maria Ibarra joins a distinguished panel of consultants on the varieties of providers out there in Mexico for folks with disabilities, and the way organizations like Nuevo Amanecer navigate native, state and federal rules within the face of persistent bias in opposition to folks with disabilities.
2:50 to three:55 p.m. – “Who Counts Depends on Who Gets Counted.” The title for this panel was borrowed from a typical chorus amongst researchers at John Hopkins University’s Disability Health Research Center. “The idea being that when you don’t have data about [communities of color or people with disabilities],” based on DHRC Director Bonnielin Swenor, “it is as if these inequities are absent.” Swenor calls the unwillingness by many researchers to acknowledge the significance and necessity of gathering complete knowledge about traditionally disenfranchised communities “data oppression.” This panel examines how an absence of information limits entry to providers for folks with disabilities, particularly amongst folks of colour.
3:55 – 4 p.m. – Closing remarks.
Special because of our premier sponsor for the convention, Waymo, and our supporting sponsor ANCOR.
Registrants will obtain a Zoom hyperlink to the attend this live-streamed occasion 48 hours earlier than the beginning of the convention.
Questions? Contact James Garcia at 602-460-1374 or jgarcia@ucp.org.
James Garcia
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
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