2007 DISABILITY POLICY SEMINAR
New Congress, New Opportunities
Sunday, March 4 – Tuesday, March 6, 2007
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001The Arc of the United States, United Cerebral Palsy, AAIDD(formerly AAMR), the Association of University Centers on Disability and the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities are joining together again to host the 2007 Disability Policy Seminar. It is critical that the disability community and other interested participants from around the country participate in this three-day seminar. Preserving and strengthening the federal policies and programs important to people with disabilities is our top priority.
The Disability Policy Collaboration, with these national leading organizations in the field of developmental disabilities, including mental retardation and cerebral palsy, brings together state and local executives and affiliates, self-advocates, families, providers and others for two-days of in-depth policy discussions/meetings focused solely on issues affecting people with disabilities and their families. On the third and final day, participants visit Capitol Hill to deliver a unified message that Congress and the Administration cannot continue dismantling the benefits and services important to the disability community.
Pre-registration is now closed. Please register onsite.
The
onsite registration fees for the 2007 Seminar are $325
per person and
$200 per person for self-advocates, full-time students or
trainees.
Registration fees cannot be invoiced and must be paid for with a credit card on the Web site or by calling AAMR/AAIDD at (202) 387-1968. Credit card information also can be faxed to (202) 387-2193 (make sure to include the purchase order #).
Once the online seminar registration is completed, The Arc and UCP encourage registrants to make hotel reservations at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill as soon as possible. Reservations MUST be made directly with the hotel. Call 1-800-233-1234 and indicate the reservation is for the “Governmental Affairs Disability Policy Seminar” to receive the Seminar hotel rate of $239 per night. This rate is not available on the hotel’s Web site.
Important Registration Dates:• February 8, 2007 – Deadline
for the Disability Policy Seminar and the hotel registration. A $50
late fee will be imposed after
this date.
•
February 18, 2007 – This is the last date for cancelling registration
and requesting a refund. All cancellations will be subject to a 25 percent
penalty and refund requests must be sent in writing. Requests received
after close of business on this date cannot be honored.
The Seminar brochure,
the preliminary program and a hard copy of the Seminar registration form
will be posted on
The Arc’s and UCP’s
Web sites in both MS Word and PDF in the next week.For questions about
the Seminar, please contact Evelyn Powell at the Disability Policy Collaboration
(202) 783-2229 or e-mail her at powell@thedpc.org.