Invitation: Sunday, October 18th - Second AmCan AHA Moment

You are invited to the second North America AHA (Access Health Activists) Moment – a meeting of health clinicians with disabilities AND their allies.

When: October 18th, 12:00 to 2:00 pm

What: Legal aspects of accommodations in health education and practice

                                    REGISTER HERE to attend 

On the Panel: 

Margot Young is Professor in the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.  She teaches and works in the areas of constitutional law, human rights, feminist theory, and social justice law. She is on the board of Justice for Girls and chair of the board of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Barbara L. Roberts is currently the Director of WorkLife and Senior Advisor to the Provost for WorkLife at Michigan State University. She is an OT with 28 years’ experience in serving students with disabilities, consulting across Canada on accommodations in applied settings. Barbara’s doctoral work focused on accommodation in clinical and applied programs.

Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR, FAOTA, is Professor of Occupational Therapy and a licensed attorney. Dr. Kornblau worked in the United States Senate as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow for Senators Harkin and Rockefeller on Health and Disability Policy. She has litigated cases under the Americans With Disabilities Act as an attorney, and testified in disability cases as an occupational therapy expert witness.