{"id":68305,"date":"2017-10-10T16:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T02:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=68305"},"modified":"2019-03-13T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:53:53","slug":"international-conference-on-disability-and-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/10\/international-conference-on-disability-and-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"International conference on disability and diversity fortifies innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oJALp5jcS3c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68484\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-disability-studies-technology-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Includes a phone, a scanner and a screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-disability-studies-technology-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-disability-studies-technology-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-disability-studies-technology.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Examples of assistive technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The goal of bolstering quality of life, dignity and justice for people with diverse needs brings together nearly a thousand prominent leaders and advocates from civil society, indigenous backgrounds, academia, government, business and other areas at the<a href=\"http:\/\/pacrim.hawaii.edu\/\"> 33rd Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity<\/a> at the Modern Honolulu and Hilton Hawaiian Village. Presented by the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cds.hawaii.edu\/\">Center on Disability Studies<\/a>, 20 percent of those attending are from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. <\/p>\n<p>Held October 9&#8211;11, this year\u2019s conference encourages creating inclusion and commitment to taking transformative steps, urgently needed to shift the world onto a resilient path. It seeks to eliminate poverty, oppression and marginalization that disproportionately burden persons with disability, who make up 15 percent of the population worldwide. The conference interweaves the expertise of many with to build a knowledge base in order to advance opportunity and equality for people with disabilities. <\/p>\n<p>The conference offers more than 200 seminars, workshops and professional development opportunities and cutting-edge research. Session topics cover: K&#8211;12 educational justice and reform, transition to adulthood, employment and disability, self-care and living well, aging with dignity, the power of art, advocacy and reform, accessibility in the built environment, assistive technology and breaking stigma. Highlights include an aging with dignity forum, film festival and first-ever book pavilion featuring Oscar winning directors and bestselling authors.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speakers include top neuroscientists such as bestselling author, James Doty, Massachusetts Institute for Technology\u2019s Emile Bruneau, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Education Superintendent Christina Kishimoto and lead designer at Microsoft Kat Holmes.  <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The purpose of the conference is to connect people, share what we consider cutting edge information, practical suggestions, to have a good time and celebrate the diversity that is represented among people with disabilities and their families,&rdquo; said Pac Rim Conference co-chair and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Center on Disability Studies Director <strong>Patricia Morrissey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The conference gives <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> students the opportunity to take advantage of national and international expertise in disability studies. Center on Disability Studies faculty, students and researchers presented their academic contributions for an international audience. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This conference is unbelievable, all the diversity that\u2019s here, not just research but the services that are available to a very diverse population,&rdquo; said <strong>Vania Simmons<\/strong>, graduate student in the Center on Disability Studies certificate program for disability studies. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacrim.hawaii.edu\">the conference website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conference seeks to eliminate poverty, oppression and marginalization that disproportionately burden persons with disability, who make up 15 percent of the population worldwide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":68489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[269,9,56],"class_list":["post-68305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-center-on-disability-studies","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-disability-studies-conference1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68305"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74680,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68305\/revisions\/74680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}