The Maryland Department of Disabilities
Presents
Intersect
26 Years of the
Americans with Disabilities Act
July 26, 2016
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Intersect Agenda
10:00 am-Noon Intersect Technology & Resource Fair
Noon-1:00 pm Intersect Program
Welcome
Secretary Carol A. Beatty
Maryland Department of Disabilities
President Mark Riccobono
National Federation of the Blind
Dr. Nollie Wood
Executive Director, Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities
Greetings from Mayor Rawlings-Blake
The Honorable Boyd K. Rutherford
Lieutenant Governor, Maryland
Intersect Keynote
Haben Girma
Disability Advocate and Accessibility Expert
1:00 pm-2:00pm Lunch
Lunchtime Keynote
Marian Vessels
Director, Mid Atlantic ADA Center
2:00-3:00 pm Social Media Accessibility Workshop
Lori Markland
Director of Communications,
Maryland Technology Assistance Program
Intersect Keynote
Haben Girma
White House Champion of Change, Forbes 30 under 30 leader, and BBC Women of Africa Hero, Haben Girma is a nationallyaccessinclusion advocate. The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben champions equal access to information and technology for people with disabilities. Drawing on her training in law, sociology, and technology, Haben advocates designing digital services and developing policies that ensure a future which offers opportunities to everyone.Prepare to better understand the possibilities that accessible technology provides the disability community and how each audience member can harness this power to further advance the intentions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Opportunities and Intersections:The Next 25 Years of the ADA Lunchtime Keynote with Marian Vessels
Marian Vessels is the Director of the Mid-Atlantic ADA, serving in this role since 1996. She provides training and guidance on the ADA as it relates to employment, state and local government, arts, and hospitality. Previously, Ms. Vessels was the Executive Director of the Maryland Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and the Director of the Maryland Governor's Office for Individuals with Disabilities
Intersect Sponsors:
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs
Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Maryland Association of Community Services
Maryland Department of Disabilities
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council
Maryland State Department of Education
Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
The Arc Maryland
The Thomas Curtis Family Charitable Fund