July '06	Washington DC Business Leadership Network Meeting, Washington, DC Approximately 50 attendees COSD presented a short program covering the basics of working with and preparing college students with disabilities for career employment. In the audience were university personnel representing career services and disability services and public and private sector employers. Cynthia Crooks-Richardson of George Washington University coordinated this event along with Katherine McCary of SunTrust Bank. We ended up in a lively discussion with many questions from this diverse audience.
July '06	AHEAD National Conference, San Diego, CA Approximately 40 attendees COSD was a part of panel in a Symposium entitled “Employment Transition Strategies for Students with Disabilities.” The other esteemed presenters were Mary Lee Vance of University of Wisconsin Superior, Ronnie Porter of Northeastern University, Jean Morrell of AAAS Entry Point! Program, Betsy Kravitz of the Workforce Recruitment Program, Rachel Stewart of the California Department of Health Services and Urban Miyares, San Diego State University/Disabled Businesspersons Association. The panel was moderated by Jean Ashmore of Rice University. We divided the audience into small groups to discuss a number of scenarios related to disclosure of a disability in an employment situation. Each of the panel members had a brief time to discuss their particular program and then there was further discussion in a question and answer period.
July '06	The LeaderShape Institute, Allerton, IL 67 attendees Alan Muir was invited to participate in the Guest Leader Forum on the third night of a six day intensive leadership training program for college students. Alan and two other Guest Leaders were asked to speak to about 22 students each about leadership and how our experiences related to the six progressive steps of LeaderShape. Alan spoke extensively about disability, leadership and employment for college students with disabilities. The question and answer session was quite lively and the students were quite insightful in their questions. TheLeaderShape Institute, held every summer at sites in Illinois and California, is an intensive, energizing, and unique six-day educational experience designedto develop young adults to lead with integrity. Nine different sessions of The LeaderShape Institute were held during the summer of 2006. Each of the nine sessions is comprised of approximately 60 young women and men (17-25 years old) from diverse backgrounds sponsored by various colleges, universities, and organizations across the country.
August '06	IRLU Webcast Click Here to View Sarah Helm and Alan Muir presented the Disability Careers Office at the University of Tennessee, as an example of collaboration between Disability Services and Career Services for the benefit of college students with disabilities involved in their career search. This 75 minute presentation is available at the site above, which is an archive located at the ILRU website.