Meeting of March 15, 2011 - Employment of People with Mental Disabilities

• Video: Meeting of the Commission on Employment of People with Mental Disabilities
  
• Press Release: Myths and Stereotypes About Mental Disabilities Greatest Barrier to Employment
  
• Media Advisory: Commission to Meet Tuesday on Employment of People with Mental Disabilities
• Meeting Transcript 

Agenda Open Session

1. Announcement of Notation Votes, and
2. Employment of People with Mental Disabilities - Invited Panelist

Panel 1: Employment Rates of People with Mental Disabilities

• Sharon Lewis, Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Dr. William Kiernan, Director, Institute for Community Inclusion
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Dr. Gary Bond, Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Ruby Moore, Executive Director, The Georgia Advocacy Office
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
  • See: Real Jobs, Real Lives: Stories from Employment First Georgia

Panel 2: Requirements of the ADA, Strategies to Comply and Outcomes for People with Mental Disabilities

• Samuel Bagenstos, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Jack Eaton, Manager, Giant Supermarket
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Tenesha Abbott, Employee Giant Supermarket
  • Written Testimony
• Anupa Iyer, EEOC Intern, Law Student at Seattle University
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio

Panel 3: Litigation to enforce the rights of people with mental disabilities

• Markus Penzel, EEOC Senior Trial Attorney, counsel in EEOC v. Land Air Express
  • Written Testimony
  • Bio
• Donna Malone Plaintiff, EEOC v. Land Air Express
  • Written Testimony