• Engaging Beneficiaries with Medicaid & Medicare & Long-Term Services & Supports: Strategic Approaches & Partnerships, Eugene, OR, 9/25/15,
• CalOptima, Orange County 7/20-21/15

Why the Current Health Care System Fails People with Disabilities – Keynote Making the Connection: Working Together to Create Health Care that Serves People with Disabilities- Washington DC 10/12/11, Sponsored by Department of Health and Human Services

Ensuring Effective Health Care for Seniors & People with Disabilities: Strategies for MMCOs & Provider:
For the California Department of Health Care Services, Sacramento 10/14/10
For Medical Managed Care Organizations: 

• Oakland 1/19-10/11
• Los Angeles 1/26-27/11

• Standards / Policies / Scooping / “Work-Arounds” Sutter Health, California 8/18/11, 9/16/11
• Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities and National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan, 12/3/10.Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging  and Technology, Toronto, Canada  6/18/07.
• ILRU Web Cast 1/4/07
• American Publich Health Association, 134th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 11/7/06.
• 2006 APRIL National Conference on Rural Independent Living, San Antonio, TX,  10/7-9/06.2006
• Southwest Conference on Disability, Albuquerque, NM, 10/4-6/06.
• Audio Conference, Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center, Chicago, IL, 8/16/05.
• Pacific Rim Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2/28/05.
• California Foundation of independent living centers, Sacramento, California, 2/2/05.
• State Independent Living Council, Woodland Hills, California, 10/26/04.
• National Council on Independent Living, Annual Conference, Washington, DC. 6/04

Health IT – Cool Tools or More Barriers for People with Disabilities and Activity Limitations, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Stakeholders Forum on Accessible Health Information Technology for People with Disabilities, Washington, DC 3/26/10

HEALTH, WELLNESS AND AGING WITH DISABILITY:

Customize Your Customer Service: Welcoming People with Disabilities, L.A. Care, Los Angeles, CA  9/11/08.

Life in the War Zone – Seeking Safe, Accessible, Effective, & Equivalent Health Care! Independent Medical Co-Op (IMCO),  Orlando, FL.  5/5/08.

Avoiding Killer Curbs By Building In Electronic Curb Cuts From The Beginning (Understanding the importance of electronic personal health records  for persons with disabilities to access health services.) American Public Health Association 2007 Annual Convention Special Invited Session: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities: A Role for Health Informatics – Personal and Electronic Health Records, with Margaret Giannini, MD, FAAP , Saul Rosenberg, PhD,  Brenda A. Leath, MHSA, 11/5/07 Washington, DC.

Accessible Medical Equipment Survey Process, Sutter Health - California 10/11/07.

Reflections On Taking Charge – Consumer Empowerment, Long Term Care Coalition San Diego, CA 9/12/07.

Accessibility of Medical Equipment, Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology, Toronto, Canada. 6/18/07.

E-Health – Cool Tools or More Barriers for People with Disabilities and Activity Limitations, Pacific Edge E-Health Innovations: Linking Research, Practice and Policy to Benefit Consumers & Communities, Kay Center – CGU Symposium, Pomona, California, 12/1-2/06.

Development of a Preventive Services Guide for Adults with Physical Disabilities Using Participatory Action Research,  American Public Health Association, 134th Annual Meeting Boston, MA. 11/6/06.

Quality Services for People with Disabilities & Activity Limitations

• Department of Managed Health Care, Sacramento, California 10/18/07.
• California Department of Health Services, Medi-Cal Managed Care Division Quality Improvement Conference, “Partnering to Promote Quality” Sacramento 3/19/07
• Alameda Alliance for Health, Alameda, California, 1/18-19/07.
• Community Clinics – L.A. Care Grantees, Los Angeles, California, 1/17/07.
• Health Net California Member Services, Sacramento 10/26-27/06, Woodland Hills, California,  10/13 & 11/15/06.

Strategies for Aging - What’s Worked?

• Empowerment through Healthier Lifestyles, 2nd Statewide conference for Adults with Disabilities, Sponsored by the New York State Department of Health Disability and Health Program, Albany, New York, 9/19-20/06.
• Adults with Cerebral Palsy Conference, Rockville, MD., 10/19/05.

People with Disabilities: Awareness & Business Implications, L.A. Care, Los Angeles, California, 1/19-20/06

Accessibility Revisited: Policy-to-Practice, CARF’s Business Practice Standards and “Hot Topics” Workshop Scottsdale, Arizona, December 5, 2005 & December 8, 2003.

Understanding Accessibility Elements of Facility Site Reviews

• Planned revisions and additions for the California Department of Health Care Services Oakland, 8/18/10.
• Increasing Access and Quality of Care in Managed Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Meeting, Sacramento, California 10/30/06.
• L.A. Care, Los Angeles California, 2005: 4/13 & 29, 7/18.
• Health Net, Woodland Hills, California, 11/8/05.

Developing Elements of Disability Literacy and Competency in Health Care Practice, L.A. Care, Los Angeles California, 9/6/05.

Barriers to Effective Health Care for People with Disabilities, California Medical Board, Los Angeles, California, with Brenda Premo, 2/17/05.

Should We Mop The Floor, Or Fix The Roof?  Public Policy and Health Research: What is our role? Occupational Therapy Association of California, 28^th Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, with Brenda Premo, Erin Schwier & Brandi Buchanan, 11/6/04 .

How To Keep Running When There are No Trade-ins & Few Replacement Parts!  Partners on Wellness: Working Together to Promote Equality in Health Care for Women with Disabilities - Women with Disabilities Health Care Task Force, NJ Council on Developmental Disabilities, Statewide Conference, Princeton, NJ, May 2004.

Making Managed Care Work For People With Disabilities,

• California Association of Health Plans, The Future of Managed Care: Industry in Transition, Annual Conference, Rancho Mirage, California, with Brenda Premo,  October 12, 2004.
• Local Health Plans of California, Sacramento, with  Brenda Premo, September 8, 2004.
• Western Center on Law and Poverty, Burbank, California, with Brenda Premo, and Janice Milligan, March 2004.

Developing Elements of Disability Competency in Health Care Practice: Policy-to-Practice, Kaiser Permanente California Regional Offices, Pasadena and Oakland, California, 2003: July - August, February 2004.

Developing Elements of Disability Competency in Health Care Practice, Inland Empire Health Plan, San Bernardino, California, January 2004.

Can Health and Disability Coexist? Select Summit on Disability and Health: A Call to Action, Des Moines, IA, November 2003.

Disability Issues and Manages Care, RESPECTABILITY, Disability Action & Advocacy Conference: Future of Disability Movement, Los Angeles, CA, October 2003.

Developing a Communications Plan to Promote Osteoporosis Awareness -- Reaching the Harder to Reach Populations, National Osteoporosis Awareness Project, Oakland, CA. September 2003 with:

• Chaya Gordon - American Society for Aging - Moderator
• Linda Jackson - National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., Representing African American Women
• Jyoti Rao - National Asian Women's Health Organization - Representing Asian Women
• Catherine Eng - OnLok - Representing the frail elderly
• Janet King - Native American Health Center - Representing Native American Women
• Mary Rosas - Hispanas Organized for Political Equality - Representing Latinas

Identifying Future Directions for Health and Wellness for Persons with Disabilities: NCIL Annual Conference, Washington, DC.with Tom Seekins, Ph.D., and Glen W. White, Ph.D.June 2003

Helping People with Disabilities Take Charge of Their Health Care at:

• & Keeping Your Body Out of the Shop!Access to Independence, San Diego CA, March 20008
• California Foundation of Independent Living Centers, City of Industr, CA, November 2002
• Health and Wellness Science Conference, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Health and Wellness, Washington DC. March 2003, http://www.healthwellness.org/training/sciconf_briefs/helpingpeople.htm
• Dayle Macintosh Center, Anaheim, CA June 2003
• California Health Care Foundation in Oakland, CA July 2003
• Central Coast Center for Independent Living, Salinas, CA August 2003

The Intersection of Aging and Disability: Implications for Funders at Grantmakers In Aging Annual Conference, The Changing Face of America: Aging Realities in the 21st , October 2002,  with Jeanne Argoff, Ph.D., Laura Mosqueda, M.D.

Preventive Health Screenings for Woman with Disabilities at NCIL Conference, Washington, D.C. June 2002, with  Ann Musser D.O. and LeeAnne Carrothers PT, Ph.D.

Disability Forum, Healthy People 2010: Disability And Secondary Conditions at American Public Health Association (APHA) meetings. Atlanta, GA. October 2001

• Adult Mental Health and Participation—Kailes
• Data Issues—Vincent A. Campbell, Ph.D.,   Disability and Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
• Childrens’ Issues—Deborah Allen, Sc.D., Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Environmental and Technology Issues—David B. Gray, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• State Disability and Health Issues and Plans—Norm White, M.AA, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KA

Disability & Health: Action Plans & Strategies for Keeping Our Bodies Out of the Shop at Women with Disabilities: Health Care Summit Strategies for Change, Iselin, New Jersey, Sponsored by NJ Developmental Disability Council, June 16, 2001

Bridging the Complaint Gap: Consumer - Provider Partnershipat Living with Disability: New Treatment Approaches for the Practioner, Cosponsored by Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers on Aging with Disability and Aging with Spinal Cord Injury, Chicago, Illinois. April 2001

Disability & Health  a System Advocacy Agenda or Keeping Your Body out of the Shop at Disability & Health: a Wellness Agenda Conference Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Michigan Association of Centers for Independent Living, Dearborn, Michigan. May 2000

Health, Wellness and Aging with Disability at:

• Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, CA. January 2001
• Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, Western University, Pomona, California, April 2000
• Funding all Women - including Women and Girls with Disabilities sponsored by Grant Makers in Health, Oakland, CA June 1999

American Society on Aging Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2000

• Transformed Lives: Thriving with Disability with Brenda Premo,  Amye Leong, and Pati Strong
• Aging with a Disability: Research Findings and Policy Implications for the Future with Bryan Kemp, PhD and Fernando Torres-Gil, MSW, PhD

NCIL Conference, Washington, D.C. June 1999

• Bridging the Great Divide Between Independent Living and Healthcare...What is the role of an independent living center?
• Advocacy and Independent Living and Health Care: The Changing Paradigm

Consumer health-plan decision making and health-plan accountability with Robyn Stone, Charlotte Ducan, Bob Kafka, Gina McDonald, Bobby Silverstein, Peter Thomas at Empowerment in Managed Health Care: People with Disabilities in a Changing Health Care Environment, Houston, TX, March 1998

First International Conference on Aging with Disability Living with Disability: Exploring The Aging Process, San Diego, California, February 1998

• Maintaining Life Satisfaction while Aging with a Disability: Getting needs met and Public Policy Issues, with Joan Hedley, Carolyn Vash, and Bryan Kemp.
• Aging with Cerebral Palsy, with Margaret Turk, MD

Spinal Bifida Association of America, Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. June 1997

• Aging with a Disability
• Be a Savvy Health Care Consumer

NCIL Conference, Washington, D.C. June 1997

• Disability and Managed Care: Different Views on Advocacy Strategies. What Should Our Advocacy Strategies Be? Hear the Options and Join the Debate!
• Managed Care or Mangled Care - What's Your Experience? What's Happening on the ILC Front?

The Savvy Health Care Consumer, Your Life May Depend on It!

• Abilities Expo, Long Beach, California, with Brenda Premo, June 2002
• NCIL Conference, Washington, D.C. June 1997
• Spinal Bifida Association of America, Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. June 1997
• Aging and Cerebral Palsy: A Vision for the Future, Toronto, Canada. May 1996

Our Future is Now! A Personal Perspective on Health at Aging and Cerebral Palsy: A Vision for the Future. Toronto, Canada. May 1996

Disability and Aging at University of California, Los Angeles. July 1996, February 1990

ARISE, Inc. 17th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Syracuse, NY. March 1996

• Mind & Body - Finding a Balance
• How to Get What You Need From a Health Care Provider

Aging and Disability: Bridging the Gap! at Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Independent Living, Harrisburg, PA. October 1995

Conversation on Disability Issues 2: Secondary Conditions and Aging with a Disability, Syracuse, NY. September 1995:

• Working Toward Health and Wellness for People with Disabilities, Model Interventions
• Where Does The Consumer Fit: Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities

Mid-Life Cripdom: Getting Fewer Miles per Gallon:

• Mega Super Conference on Disability Issues, Casper, WY, November 1997
• Pennsylvania Statewide Conference on Independent Living, Harrisburg, PA. October 1995
• Society for Disability Studies, Oakland, CA. June 1995
• President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities Annual Conference, Portland. OR. May 1995

Developing a Health Promotion Advocacy Agenda and Strategies at National Conference on Independent Living 1995 Conference and Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD. May 1995

American Society on Aging Annual Meeting The Age Games, Who Plays? Who Wins? Atlanta, GA. March 1995:

• Aging Into the 21st Century: Women From Diverse Communities. Addressing the current and future concerns of women with disabilities of mid-life and older
• Researching Aging with Disability from a Life-course Perspective: Expanding the Game Plan to Include New Players

Turning 35 and Sometimes Feeling like 65! Aging with Disability - Where are we and what do we know?
Association of Independent Living Centers in New York Independent Living - Equal Opportunity: Fact or Fiction?, Albany, NY. November 1994

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anaheim, CA. October 1994:

• Across the Lifespan: Adults with Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida
• Commonalities of Aging with Disability Across the Lifespan: Cerebral Palsy, Polio, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury

Turning 35, Feeling Like 65 - What's Happening with Aging With Disability? at National Council on Independent Living Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD. April 1994

Meeting the Challenges of Aging with Disability:

• USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. April 1994
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Long Beach, CA. March 1993

American Society on Aging

• March 1996:

  • Language that Unites, Language that Divides: Building Coalitions of Older People and People With Disabilities, with Margaret L. Campbell, Mary Anne Kelly, Phyllis Madachy, & Carolyn L. Vash,

• Where Do We Go From Here?" Tools and Designs for Lifelong Independence II, Creating New Realities for Older People and People with Disabilities, with Margaret L. Campbell, Bettye Rose Connell, William C. Mann, & Jon Pynoos.



• April 1990:
• Integration of Service Delivery
• Language and All Those Things That Unify and Divide
• Disability and the Life Course: A View From the Inside

Staying on Course, Aging With Disability at National Council on Disability's Conference for Families of People with Disabilities, Disability, A Family Affair, San Diego, CA. August 1989

The Economics of Effective Rehabilitation From the Consumer's Perspective and Implications of Disability Issues on Hospitals  at American Hospital Association's Rehabilitation Division Conference, Los Angeles, CA. November 1987

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