UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 4, 1994
5A
Conference to focus on disabled minorities
By Shannon Newton
Kansanstaffwriter
Betty Horton wants policy-makers to listen and learn.
This weekend the University Affiliated Program, the Kansas Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities and Families Together are planning a conference for minorities with disabilities.
"Minorities that have disabilities are in an under-represented group," said Horton, head of the Kansas University-University Affiliated Program Workgroup on Diversity. "They are not in the mainstream of the disabilities movement, but their needs must be met."
The conference, called "Building Community Supports for Culturally Diverse Youth with Disabilities and Families: Strategies for Inclusion" is being held at the Holiday Inn Holdome, 200 West Turnpike Access Rd., today and tomorrow.
Horton said that the statewide conference would be the first of its kind in the nation and that about 115 people were expected to attend.
She said the unique aspect of the conference was that people with disabilities would be the experts and the listeners would be the representatives from state and private agencies who work with people with disabilities and the policy-makers.
The goal of the conference, Horton said, is to let people with disabilities
advocate their needs.
"Families and professionals will meet eye-to-eye." Horton said, "and the people with disabilities will be the keynote speakers."
Horton said the conference would help people with disabilities, who are normally not advocates of their cause, become more active.
She said that it was the first time many of the speakers had ever spoken in public about their needs.
Speakers include Tim Gasaway, a 30-year-old mentally handicapped man who will discuss finding a job, and Tony Kemper, a 16-year-old blind student who will speak about the placing of special-needs students into regular classrooms in public schools.
Horton said the conference would allow for personal contact between people with disabilities and professionals who would help them advocate their needs.
"The one-on-one contact allows the professionals to become more sensitive to the needs and concerns of people with disabilities." she said.
There are many opportunities for KU students to become involved in the conference through volunteering.
Horton said volunteers would be paired with participants. They will help organize activities and provide support.
KU students can get involved in the conference by calling 864-0688.
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