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Since its establishment in September 1996, San Francisco State University's
Institute for Disability Studies, a multidisciplinary program of curriculum
development, research, and service projects, has engaged in the following
activities:
American Sign Language: “Multimedia Assessment of American Sign Language (ASL) Proficiency for Deaf Students,” three-year project headed by Professor Philip Prinz, funded by U.S. Department of Education, 2004-2007.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Social Psychology and Social Work.
“Beyond Affliction: a Conference on Social Work and Disability,” co-sponsored there Master of Social Work Council, at San Francisco State, April 2, 2003.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Design and Industry, Physical Therapy, Social Psychology, and Special Education.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Physical Therapy.
Queer Disability Conference, first international gathering of disabled queers, bringing together members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed and disabled communities, co-sponsored with Disability Programs and Resource Center and Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State, June 2-3, 2002.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Design and Industry and Physical Therapy.
Long-Term Training Grant in Independent Living, SUNY Buffalo/Western New York Independent Living Program, subcontract to develop curriculum and on-line training, U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 2001-2002.
National Endowment for the Humanities Focus Grant: “Greater San Francisco Bay Area Inter-University Consortium on Disability Studies,” 2001-2002.
“User-Friendly Package Design Symposium,” co-sponsored with Department of Design and Industry, March 21, 2001.
“What’s Disability Got to Do With It? A Symposium on Disability Studies in the Humanities,” San Francisco State University, April 3, 2001.
“Disability, Sexuality, and Culture: Societal and Experiential Perspectives on Multiple Identities,” San Francisco State University Conference co-sponsored with Human Sexuality Studies and World Institute on Disability, March 17-18, 2000.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Design and Industry and Special Education.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: “Integrating Disability Studies into the Humanities Curriculum,” July 10-August 11, 2000.
Novosibirsk State University, co-hosted two-day campus visit of administrator and faculty members to examine SFSU’s comprehensive model of disability services as they planned establishment of the first disabled student services office at a Russian university.
Workshops on “History of the Disability Rights Movement,” sponsored by San Francisco Independent Living Resource Center, January 21, 2000, and Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living, Modesto, February 11, 2000.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Counseling, Design and Industry, and Social Psychology.
“Introduction to Disability Rights Laws and Policies,”online course developed through a grant from San Francisco State University’s Center for the Enhancement of Teaching, January-May 1999.
Workshops on “History of the Disability Rights Movement,” sponsored by Central Coast Independent Living Center, at Hartnell College, Salinas, July 19, 1999, and Community Resources for Independence, Santa Rosa, August 27, 1999.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Counseling, Design and Industry, and Social Psychology.
John Hockenberry, “Moving Violations,” public address in Cesar Chavez Student Union, and “Wheelchair Revolutions: A Conversation with John Hockenberry and Ralf Hotchkiss,” March 26, 1998.
Report on San Francisco Bay Area Racial-Minority-Group Members with Disabilities, in support of National Council on Disability, Lift Every Voice: Modernizing Disability Policies and Programs to Serve a Diverse Nation, August-December 1998.
Workshops to Instruct Empowerment Team Leaders in the History and Objectives of the Disability Movement, contract with California Foundation of Independent Living Centers, Los Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Santa Barbara, May-June 1998.
Disability Studies curricular supplements for courses at San Francisco State University in Counseling, Design and Industry, Physical Therapy, Social Work, Special Education, and Urban Studies.
Independent Living Center Services Certificate program, Long-Term Training Grant, U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 1997-2000.
National Science Foundation-funded project to develop three-dimensional models to illustrate basic biological processes in nature and thereby enhance instruction of students with vision and other disabilities in introductory science courses, designed by Dr. Dennis Fantin, a blind scientist.
Symposium on Staring Back, anthology of contemporary writers with disabilities, San Francisco State, November 10, 1997.
“Career Development and Mentoring Program for College Students with Disabilities,” U.S. Department of Education training grant, 1994-1997.
Design and Industry, supported creation of a module on the design of accessible packaging in basic DAI courses. This module continues to be taught on an ongoing basis.
Disability Studies curricular supplement for course at San Francisco State University in Special Education.
“Examining the Impact on Postsecondary Students of Three Disability Studies Paradigms,” research study, U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Innovation Grant, 1995-1996.
START, project to improve retention and academic success rates among university students with disabilities, U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, training grant, 1996-1999.
Symposium on Universal Design, co-sponsored with Department of Design and Industry, San Francisco State University, October 17-20, 1996.