LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE
An International Disability Law and Policy Symposium — October 22-26, 2000
December, 2000
ARGENTINA:
Christian Courtis, Attorney/Law Professor
University of Buenos Aires/Public Interest Actions Clinical Network Coordination
Isabel Ferreira, Attorney
Public Defender's Office of the City of Buenos Aires
Eduardo Joly, President
Fundacion Rumbos
Luis Maria Campos
AUSTRALIA:
Melinda Jones, Faculty of Law
University of New South Wales
AUSTRIA:
Bernadette Feuerstein
Independent Living Vienna
Eva Thorpe
Integration Vienna, Living and Learning Together
BELGIUM:
Yannis Vardakastanis, President
European Disability Forum / National Confederation of Disabled People — Greece
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:
Faruk Sabanovic, President
Center for Self Reliance
BRAZIL:
Ana Paula Crosara de Resende, Attorney
Associacao dos Paraplegicos de Uberlandia (ARUPA)
Geraldo Marcos Nogueira Pinto, Executive Director
Centro de Vida Independente do Rio de Janeiro — CVI Rio
CANADA:
Jerome E. Bickenbach, Professor
Department of Philosophy and Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada
Patricia Bregman, LLB, Manager, Planning and Information Services
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division
M. David Lepofsky, C.M., Chair
Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee
CHILE:
Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Director
Equality Versus Discrimination
School of Law, University Diego Portales
CHINA (see also Hong Kong):
Jia Yang, Vice President
China Association of the Blind
COSTA RICA:
Rodrigo Jimenez, Program Director
Rights of Peoples with Disabilities (ILANUD)
Federico Montero, M.D.
Asociacion Costarricense de Discapacitados
San Jose
Costa Rica
EL SALVADOR:
Maria Dolores Cousin de Nobs, Executive Director
Teleton Pro-Rehabilitation Foundation
ESTONIA:
Eva Tiitus, Executive Director
Estonian Patient Advocacy Association
FINLAND:
Maija Konkolla, Architect
National Association of the Disabled in Finland
E-mail:maija.konkkola@invalidiliitto.fi
FRANCE:
Marika Demangeon
GERMANY:
Theresia Degener, LL.M.
Professor
University of Applied Sciences
Ottmar Miles-Paul, Disability Consultant
GHANA:
Yaa Yeboah
Tooks Court Chambers
GREECE:
Christos Alexiou, Professor, Greek Society for the Protection of Autistic People (GSPAP)
GUATEMALA:
Silvia Quan, Member, Sensibilization Committee
National Council for the Disabled (CONADI)
HONG KONG:
Frederick Kin-sang Tong, Director (Disability)
Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission
HUNGARY:
Judit Fridli, Chair
Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
Gabor Gombos
Mental Health Interest Forum Hungary
European Network of (Ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
INDIA:
Javed Abidi, Executive Director
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
Anand Grover, Project Director
Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit
Dr. Sruti Mohapatra, Convenor, Women's Committee
DPI
IRELAND:
Dr. Gerard Quinn
Disability Law and Policy Research Unit, Faculty of Law
National University of Ireland
Galway
Ireland
ISRAEL:
Dan Orenstein, Director, Legislation and Legal Counsel (Labour Law and Social Rights)
Ministry of Justice, Israel
ITALY:
Giampiero Griffo, PhD, Chair
DPI-Europe
JAMAICA:
Derrick Palmer, Regional Director
Disabled Persons' Organizations of the Caribbean
JAPAN:
Midori Hirano, Vice Chairperson
DPI — Japan
Yoshikazu Ikehara, Attorney at Law
Tokyo Advocacy Law Office
KAZAKHSTAN:
Vitaliy Gromov, Attorney
Special Olympics Kazakhstan
KENYA:
Michael Angaga, Coordinator
Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAP)
Samuel Njuguna Kabue, Director, Advocacy Programme
National Council of Churches of Kenya
KOREA:
Choe Min, President
Disabled Peoples' International Seoul
LEBANON:
Dr. Nawaf Kabbana, President
Arab Organization of Disabled People (AODP)
Jahda Abon Khalil, General Director
National Association for the Rights of Disabled People in Lebanon
LITHUANIA:
Inga Zapkute
Program Coordinator
Lithuanian Welfare Society for Persons with Mental Disabilities (Viltis)
MACEDONIA:
Ilija Gligoroski. Secretary
Association WELCOME for Support of People with Psychosis
Verica Tancorova, Mental Health Coordinator
American Refugee Committee International
MALAWI:
Susan Chitimbe, Executive Director
Disabled Women in Development
MAURITIUS:
Azize Bankur, Head of Rehabilitation Unit
National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons
Ministry of Social Security
MEXICO:
Garcia Toro Marco Antonio, President
Colimehses pro Personas con Discapacidad Mental
Maria Eugenia Antunez
Disabled Peoples International
Humberto Cruz
Licenciado en Administracion de Empresas
Santiago Velázquez Duarte, President
International Organization on Independent Living for People with Disabilities
NETHERLANDS:
Equal Opportunities Commission/Commissie gelijke behandeling
att. Aart Hendriks, Commissioner
Yolan Koster-Dreese
Kantel Konsult
Dr. Agnes van Wijnen, General Secretary
The Dutch Council of Disabled People
Lisa Waddington
METRO, Maastricht University
NEW ZEALAND:
Huhana Hickey, LL.B, BSocSci
Wendi Wicks, Policy Researcher
The Assembly of People with Disabilities (DPA-NZ, Inc.)
NICARAGUA:
Orlando Perez, Secretary
CEPRI
PANAMA:
Fausto Perez, Director
Andres Toro Rehabilitation Center for Blind Adults
Javier Vasquez, Consultant
Pan American Health Organization
PARAGUAY:
Anibal Saucedo Rodas, Comonieador ij Liceneiado en Filosojio
Instituto Nacional de Profeccionb a Personas Excepcional
PERU:
Vanessa Thorsen, Commissioner
Ombudsman Peru
Ricardo Zevallos Arevalo, Commissioner Lawyer
Ombudsman Peru
PHILIPPINES:
Venus M. Ilagan, President
National Federation of 236 Grassroots Organizations of
Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines (KAMPI)
POLAND:
Olga Janaszek, President
Mielnica Foundation
Jan Andrzej Szwajca, Master of Law
Association for Mental Health "Brotherhood of Hearts"
NAMIBIA, REPUBLIC OF:
Lynita Conradie
RUSSIA:
Sergey Koloskov, President
Down Syndrome Association
SOUTH AFRICA:
Jennifer Joni. Attorney
AIDS Law Project, Centre for Applied Legal Studies
University of Witwatersrand
Michael Masutha, Advocate
SPAIN:
Jose Maria Ballesteros
Spanish National Council Representing People with Disabilities (CERMI)
Pilar Saucedo, International Affairs Advisor
CERME
SWEDEN:
Susanne Berg
Independent Living Sweden
Paul Lappalainen, Attorney
Independent Living Center Sweden
SWITZERLAND:
Caroline Klein, Doctor in Law
DOK
Ruedi Prerost, Master of Law
Pro Infirmis Switzerland
UGANDA:
Margaret Baba Diri, Member of Parliament
Government of the Republic Of Uganda
Nayiga Florence Ssekabira
MP/Minister of State for Elderly and Disability Affairs
UNITED KINGDOM:
Jeremy Cooper, Professor
Middlesex University
Dr. Rowena Daw
Royal National Insitute for Deaf People
Caroline Gooding
Disability Rights Commission
Richard Light, Research and Publications Director
Disability Awareness in Action
David Ruebain, Attorney
Levenes Solicitors
UKRAINE:
Oleg Polozyuk
Paralegal Organization Peoples on Wheelchairs
VENEZUELA:
Yelitza John Rangel
Psicoalogne Jefe Secretaria Ejecutiva
Fundacione para el Desanollo de la Educacion Especial
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
ZAMBIA:
David Mukwasa, Trustee and Executive Director
Disacare Wheelchair Centre Trust
Elijah Ngwale, Program Facilitator
Zambia Disability Issues and Human Rights Vision Program 1999-2002 (ZAMDFP)
ZIMBABWE:
Joshua Teke Malinga
Pan African Federation of the Disabled
U.S. FEDERAL AGENCY SPONSOR PARTICIPANTS:
Kathleen A. Blank, Attorney Program Specialist
National Council on Disability
Crystal Blyler, Ph.D., Social Science Analyst
Center for Mental Health Services
Marca Bristo, Chairperson
National Council on Disability
Susan Daniels, Deputy Commissioner
Social Security Administration
Disability and Income Security Programs
Diedre Davis
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights
U.S. Department of State
Patricia Laird, Consultant
Presidential Task Force
Becky Ogle, Executive Director
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Labor
Mildred Owens
Social Security Administration
Disability and Income Security Programs
Jeff Rosen, Executive Director
National Council on Disability
Marie Parker Strahan, Senior Policy Advisor
Social Security Administration
Disability and Income Security Programs
Georgia Thrower, Special Assistant
Social Security Administration
Disability and Income Security Programs
Theda Wiles Zawaiza, Ph.D
Consultant and Senior Policy Advisor
Social Security Administration
Disability and Income Security Programs
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PARTICIPANTS:
Philip Breen, Special Legal Counsel
U.S. Department of Justice
Liz Savage
U.S. Department of Justice
John Wodatch, Chief, Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARTICIPANT:
Michael Winter, Associate Administrator for Budget and Policy
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
Judith Heumann, Assistant Secretary
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education
THE WHITE HOUSE:
Jonathan Young, Associate Director for Disability Outreach
Office of Public Liaison
The White House
U.S. RELIEF ORGANIZATION:
Mary Lou Hunt, Consultant–Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
International Rescue Committee
U.S. LAW SCHOOLS:
Robert Burgdorf, Jr., Professor
District of Columbia School of Law
Matthew Diller, Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Stanley S. Herr, Professor of Law
University of Maryland School of Law, Clinical Law Office
Arlene Kanter, Professor of Law
Syracuse University College of Law
U.S. PRESS:
Paul Bamundo, Manager
Strategy and Business Development–WE Media Inc.,
Tai Du, Community Affairs Manager
HalfthePlanet.com
John D. Kemp, Chief Community Officer
HalfthePlanet.com
DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND DEFENSE FUND:
Mary Lou Breslin, Director, Research Programs
Jillian Cutler, Student/Volunteer
Deborah Doctor, Development Director
Cara Galbraith, DREDF Consultant
Winrock International, Leadership and Human Development
Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst
Susan Henderson, Director of Administration
Jenny Kern, Consulting Attorney
Arlene Mayerson, Directing Attorney
Bonnie Milstein, Director, Community Development Project
Cam Schwartz, Volunteer
Patrisha Wright, Director, Government Affairs
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
Silvia Yee, Consulting Attorney
U.S. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS:
Jeanne Argoff, Executive Director
Disability Funders Network
Brittany Benowitz, Program Associate
Mental Disability Rights International
Rosangela Berman-Bieler, President & CEO
Inter-American Institute on Disability
Judi Chamberlin, Associate
National Empowerment Center
Justin Dart, Co-Founder
Justice for All
Lex Friedan
Senior Vice President
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
Claudia Gordon, Attorney
National Association of the Deaf
Andy Imparato, Executive Director
American Association of People with Disabilities
Debbie Kaplan, Executive Director
World Institute on Disability
Ellen R. Mercer, U.S. Regional Coordinator
Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry
Shawna Parks, NAPIL Equal Justice Fellow, Staff Attorney
Disability Rights Advocates
Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI)
Linda Shepard, Executive Director
National Parent Network on Disabilities
Tina Singleton
Mobility International USA
Paul W. Spooner, Executive Director
National Council on Independent Living
Susan Sygall
Executive Director
Mobility International USA
Lucy Wong Hernandez, Executive Director
Disabled Peoples' International
U.S. NON-AFFILIATED PARTICIPANT:
Jane West, Consultant
