The Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium is the leading disability law conference in the United States that brings nationally renowned disability rights advocates to examine issues, explore strategies, and pursue Jacobus tenBroek’s goal of integrationism—economic opportunity, social equality, and personal dignity for ourselves and all members of our disability rights community. The annual event honors the legacy of Dr. Jacobus tenBroek who founded the National Federation of the Blind in 1940.
2022 Dates & Location
Thursday, March 24 through Friday, March 25
Virtual
2022 Theme
The Right of People with Disabilities To Live In A World Of Pandemics, Political Polarization, And Natural Disasters
Diverse Views and Perspectives
The success of the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium depends on the inclusion of all viewpoints and persuasions from the broadest spectrum of individuals and organizations in the disability rights community. Continuing Dr. tenBroek’s lifelong pursuit of dignity, equality, and full participation in society by the disabled requires the thoughts and ideas of people from diverse worlds and world views.
2022 Topics and Agenda
Check back later for our 2022 topics and agenda.
Sponsors
Your support of the Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium will help shape the future of disability law and ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same right to live in the world as their non-disabled peers. To become a sponsor of the 2022 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, please contact Anna Adler at 410-659-9314, extension 2282, or [email protected].
Information about sponsorship opportunities can be found in the 2022 Law Symposium Partner Packed (PDF).
CLE Credit
Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.
Steering Committee Members
- Zainab Alkebsi
- Selene Almazan
- Tim Elder
- Deepa Goraya
- Jasmine Harris
- Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum
- Katherine Kudlick
- Scott LaBarre
- Kathy Martinez
- Maria Town
- Silvia Yee
Dr. Jacobus tenBroek's Publications
Dr. tenBroek's publications and speeches are as relevant and compelling today as they were decades ago. The archives in the Jacobus tenBroek Library are home to Dr. tenBroek’s collected works, and a detailed description of his personal and professional papers is available in THE CANE TIP. An accessible digital exhibit focused on Dr. tenBroek’s life and work is also available through Digital Maryland. For more information or to schedule a research appointment, please send an email to [email protected] or call 410-659-9314.
[A]s to the immutability of social attitudes and discriminatory actions towards the blind, we know from intimate experience that the sighted public wishes well for the blind and that its misconceptions are rather the result of innocence and superstition than of deliberate cruelty and malice aforethought. It is not the education of the sighted only which is needed to establish the right of the blind to equality and integration. Just as necessary is the education of the blind themselves. For the process of their rehabilitation ... is complete only when they have driven the last vestige of the public stereotype of the blind from their own minds. In this sense, and to this extent only, is it true that the blind person must "adjust" to his handicap and to society. His adjustment need not—indeed must not—mean his submission to all prevailing social norms and values. His goal is not conformity but autonomy: not acquiescence, but self-determination and self control. — Dr. Jacobus tenBroek
Past Symposia
Review highlights from previous Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposia on the past symposia page.
More Information
Additional details will be posted online as they become available. For more information, please contact Lou Ann Blake at 410-659-9314, extension 2221, or [email protected], or Stacie Dubnow at 410-659-9314, extension 2442, or [email protected].