Obermann Symposium
on Disability Ethics

Developing the Moral Distinctiveness of
a Disability Perspective in Bioethics

Schedule • Participants • Readings

This symposium will feature national leaders in the fields of disability studies and bioethics. These Scholars will discuss topics such as:

• Disability Ethics
• Quality of Life
• Nature of Suffering
• Autonomy and Self-Determination
• Personhood, Moral Status and Disability
• Issue of Medical Treatment
• Issues of Living in the Community

Symposium Contributors Include:

Ron Amundson • Adrienne Asch • Peter Blanck • Rebecca Brashler • Tod Chambers • Jim Charlton • Diane Coleman • Stephen Drake • Carol Gill • Kristi Kirschner • Sunil Kothari • Lisa Iezzoni • Debjani Mukherjee • Teresa Savage • Vilia Tarvydas • and others

Symposium Co-facilitators:

Carol Gill, Ph.D .
University of Illinois-Chicago
Department of Disability and Human Development
Chicago Institute of Disability Research

Kristi Kirschner, M.D.
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Director, Center for the Study of Disability Ethics

Vilia Tarvydas, Ph.D.
The University of Iowa
Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation
Institute for Ethics in Disability Policy and Rehabilitation Practices

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires accommodations in order to attend, please contact Reta Litton at: (319) 335-5275

This is an invitational symposium. If you would like to attend, and for more information, please contact Vilia Tarvydas at: vilia-tarvydas@uiowa.edu.   All symposium events will take place in the Lindquist Center on the University of Iowa campus and remote sites.

Offered by the Institute for Ethics in Disability Police and Rehabilitation Practices,The University of iowa Colleges of Education and Law.

Sponsored by The University of Iowa College of Education and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies.