The 9th Lexington Conference
on
Aging & Developmental Disabilities
Since 1991, the Lexington Conferences on Aging and
Developmental Disabilities have been attended by more than 1400 people
from 42 states and six countries. From the first conference, aging and
older people with developmental disabilities and their families have been
participants and presenters. Featured presentations have been given by:
Steven Moss from Great Britian;
Deborah McFadden, Commissioner, Health & Human Services, Administration
on DD;
Edward Ansello, Virginia Commonwealth University, Center on Aging;
Doreen Croser, Executive Director of the American Association on Mental
Retardation;
Stan Herr, University of Maryland, College of Law;
Robert Gettings, Executive Director, the National Association of State
MR/DD Directors;
Tamar Heller and Tia Neilis, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center on Aging and Mental Retardation; and
Matt Janicki, Professor, State University of New York at Albany,
Centre on Intellectual Disabilities, Albany NY,
Leading edge information has been shared by:
Matt Janicki, Professor, State University of New York at Albany,
Centre on Intellectual Disabilities, Albany NY,
Arthur Dalton, Ph.D., Basic Institute of Research, Staten Island, NY,
Jim Stone, Asst. Professor, University of Kentucky, Collge of Social Work, and
Lou Ellen Ruocco, St. Louis ARC, St. Louis, MO.
The Conference offers hands-on information sharing
among direct service providers, family members, researchers, policymakers,
aging people with developmental disabilities and the opportunity to network
and establish on-going contacts and access to technical assistance by people
who are working daily to provide options and choices to the aging and older
population with disabilities across the country and around the world.
This year's keynote address will be the retrun of Dr. Edward Ansello to
provide a view of collaboration and cooperation into the next Century.
The 9th. Lexington Conference on Aging and Developmental Disabilities is coordinated by Third Age, Inc.