Dear Claudia,
When I read your email, a name immediately sprang to mind - Gregor
Wolbring. Then I read further in my email list and saw that others had
exactly the same thought. As I recall, your university is located
comparatively close to
his. You are fortunate, I think, to have so formidable a resource person
nearly at your door.
best of luck for your event,
anita silvers
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Claudia Malacrida wrote:
> Our Alberta (in Canada) university is looking for a speaker on disability issues. So far, the suggested speakers have been fairly predictable - sympathetic, mainly business or self-help related motivational speakers who focus on the ability to triumph in spite of all obstacles laid in one's path. This type of speaker would be in keeping with the kind of speaker that the university brings in each year - male, mobility-challenged, inspiring, and pointedly non-political.
>
> I am on the committee that will organize the talk this year, and I'd like to expand the boundaries to include someone who will speak to the politics of disability, and who might even make people feel angry or guilty or thoughtful rather than simply warm and fuzzy. I wonder if anyone from Canada has any suggestions?
>
> Best,
> Claudia Malacrida
> Sociology
> University of Lethbridge
> 4401 University Drive
> Lethbridge, Alberta
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