Society for Disability Studies
23rd Annual Conference

‘Disability in the Geo-Political Imagination’

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

June 2 - 5, 2010
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the 23rd annual Society for Disability Studies conference to be held in Philadelphia from June 2 to June 5. Use the links below to view the Microsoft Word program and the Excel schedule. This online schedule will serve as the definitive source of updates. Corrections have been made to these documents.

Download the two documents below. Read more

In the restaurant guide below, use the following key to understand the type of food each establishment serves.

• B = Breakfast
• L = Lunch
• D = Dinner

FOOD TRUCKS

Eddie’s Truck

Montgomery, btwn 12th & 13th
Ph: 267-253-0183
M-F: 6:30am-6:30pm
B/L/D

Eppy’s Truck

Montgomery, btwn 12th & 13th
M-F: 6am-5pm
B/L/D

Happy Hot Dogs

Montgomery & Liacouras Walk
Ph: 484-716-7769
M-F: 6am-3:30pm
B/L

Bagel Hut

Montgomery & Liacouras Walk
M-Th: 6:30am-2pm
F: 6:30am-1pm
B/L Read more

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2

4:00pm to 6:00pm: Registration

5:30pm to 10:00pm: Welcome Reception (Baptist Temple, at Broad Street and Polett Walk)

THURSDAY, JUNE 3

BREAKOUT SESSION I: 8:30 am - 10:00 am

• 1.1 Making the Hidden International Disability Populations Visible (Room 217-A)
• 1.2 School Reform & Students with Disabilities (Room 217-B)
• 1.3 Self-Advocacy (Room 217-C)
• 1.4 Health & Occupation Equity (Room 217-D)

Access and Accommodations

The Howard Gittis Student Center is wheelchair accessible.

This program is available in alternate formats: on disk in text format, in large print, in Braille, or at the SDS web site: www.disstudies.org.

Items for service dogs including water bowls, waste bags and pet treats are available at registration. We want to make sure all those participating in this year’s conference are comfortable in Philadelphia! Read more

About Temple University

SDS awards several prizes each year including the Senior Scholar Award, Tanis Doe Award and Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies. The Tyler Rigg Award is a new award chosen by Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ).

2010 Senior Scholar Award: Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Welcome to the Society for Disability Studies 23rd Annual Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The theme for this convention is “Disability in the Geo-Political Imagination.” Read more

SDS 2010 Conference Program Committee contributed time, imagination and expertise in configuring this year’s program.

• Devva Kasnitz and David Mitchell, co-chairs
• Lawrence Carter-Long
• Sumi Colligan
• Anne Finger
• Leslie Freeman
• Kristin Lindgren
• Kim Nielson
• Margaret Price
• Alicja Rieger
• Sharon Snyder
• Brian Zimmerman

Temple University and City University of New York are grateful to the following individuals for their time and energy contributed to the 2010 SDS Conference: Read more

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SDS MISSION

This page lists all the schedule changes including cancellations and additions after the program went to print. This page will be updated frequently. The online schedule page will serve as the definitive source of changes.

• Added "10.6 Health Care Reform: Implications for People with Disabilities" (ROOM 200-A)
• Added: "Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy (40 min)" to the viewing schedule