Date: 22 February
Time: 9.15 – 5 pm
Venue: Áras Moyola, NUI Galway
Speakers:
· Prof. Arlene Kanter – Syracruse University, New York
· Prof. Michael Shevlin – Trinity College Dublin
· Dr. Gauthier de Beco – KU Leuven
· Mr. Luk Zelderloo – EASPD
· Mr. Coilin O’Coigligh – Secondary School Principal
· Mr. Richard Rieser – World of Inclusion
· Mr. James McNabb – Parent and Advocate
· Ms. Lycette Nelson – Mental Disability and Advocacy Network
· Prof. Gerry Whyte – Trinity College Dublin
Conference Subject: On the 60th Anniversary of the seminal case of Brown v. Board of Education we raise the question is it time that decision be applied to children with disabilities? The US Supreme Court stated:
In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. … Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities refers to a right to an effective and inclusive education. Is Ireland ready to comply with this requirement?
This conference brings together academics and practitioners from the fields of law and education as well as parents who because of their circumstances had to become advocates and litigants on behalf of their children. Click here for the programme.
On the evening before the main conference there is a student conference that is free to all, and the students will address the same topic as the main conference.
Please click here for that programme.
Registration is available here.
For further information please contact shivaun.quinlivan@nuigalway.ie