Disability Research Institute
Second Annual Symposium, June 6, 2002

SSA Disability Benefits:
Apply, Qualify...Return to Work

National Press Club, Washington DC

Symposium Highlights:

The Symposium focussed on the DRI's research examination of the most current Social Security benefit-related topics involving application and qualification for benefits and return to work options.
Members of the DRI research faculty presented findings of their research projects.
As keynote speaker, Dr. Edward Berkowitz of George Washington University, an authority on the history of the Social Security program, put these issues in Social Security's historical context.
Representatives from government agencies discussed their perspectives and suggestions for future directions for DRI in its role as a Social Security research asset.

For a longer report on the symposium speakers, read the March 2003 issue of the DRI Newsletter.

Continuing Education Credit Available - Symposium attendance earned 1 Unit of CEU credit equal to 10 contact hours.

Table includes agenda with photos of selected speakers.
SSA Disability Benefits: Apply, Qualify...Return to Work
	Pictured Left: ASL interpreters worked throughout the Symposium
	9:00-9:15am Introductory Remarks: Tanya Gallagher, DRI Scientific Director Chrisann Schiro-Geist, DRI Managing Director Pictured From Left: Tanya Gallagher, Tim Johnson and Chrisann Schiro-Geist
	9:15-9:30am Welcome: Paul N. Van de Water, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Office of Policy, SSA Martin H. Gerry, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA Pictured Left: Martin Gerry
Apply
Chair: Susan Grad, Acting Associate Commissioner of Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics, SSA
	Early Intervention Demonstration Project - Monroe Berkowitz, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Berkowitz PowerPoint HTML Berkowitz Text HTML Pictured Left: Monroe Berkowitz
Paths to the Disability Insurance Program - Todd Honeycutt, Research Analyst, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Honeycutt PowerPoint HTML Honeycutt Text HTML Reactor: Denise G. Tate, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Validation of the Medical Listings Project - Rick Roessler, Research Coordinator, Disability Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Roessler PowerPoint HTML Roessler Text HTML Disabled Non-Beneficiaries Who Work - Mary Grace Kovar, Consultant, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center Kovar PowerPoint Kovar Text HTML Reactor: William G. Johnson, Professor, Arizona State University
Qualify
Chair: Ken Nibali, Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability, SSA
	Job Demands Project - Allen Heinemann, Professor, Northwestern University, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Heinemann PowerPoint HTML Heinemann Text HTML Pictured Left: Allen Heinemann
Validation of the Medical Listings Project - Rick Roessler, Research Coordinator, Disability Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Roessler PowerPoint HTML Roessler Text HTML Disabled Non-Beneficiaries Who Work - Mary Grace Kovar, Consultant, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center Kovar PowerPoint HTML Kovar Text HTML Reactor: William G. Johnson, Professor, Arizona State University
Lunch
Keynote Speech: Historical Perspectives on Disability Policy - Edward D. Berkowitz, Professor, George Washington University
Return to Work
Chair: Ken McGill, Associate Commissioner, Office of Employment Support Programs, SSA Barriers to Employment Among Persons with Mental Impairments Scott Bilder, Research Analyst, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Bilder PowerPoint HTML Bilder Text HTML Community Rehabilitation Programs - Fred Menz, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stout Menz PowerPoint HTML Menz Text HTML
	Human Factors and Employment Issues Related to the Use of Assistive Technologies - Brad Hedrick, Director, Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Hedrick PowerPoint HTML Hedrick Text HTML Pictured Left: Brad Hedrick
	New Work Arrangements and Disability Income - Lisa Schur, Assistant Professor and Douglas Kruse, Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Schur/Kruse PowerPoint HTML Schur/Kruse Text HTML Pictured Left: Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse
Employment Outcomes for Persons with Disabilities in A Mature Economic Environment - Edward Yelin, Professor, University of California, San Francisco Yelin PowerPoint HTML Yelin Text HTML Reactor: Virginia P. Reno, Vice President for Research, National Academy of Social Insurance
DRI Small Grant Awards
Chair: Sue Suter, Developmental Disability Program Specialist, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Accessing the World of Work: Concerns of African Americans with Disabilities Actively Seeking Employment - Fabricio E. Balcazar, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Balcazar PowerPoint HTML Balcazar Text HTML The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities in the 1990s: Disentangling Composition Changes and Measurement Errors from the Effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act - Thomas DeLeire, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Deleire PowerPoint HTML Deleire Text HTML
	Determinants of the Adult Achievements of Child SSI Beneficiaries: Evidence from Linked Public-Use Data and Social Security Administration Records - Elizabeth Powers, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Powers PowerPoint HTML Powers Text HTML Pictured Left: Elizabeth Powers
Future Directions
Chair: Chrisann Schiro-Geist Richard Horne, Senior Policy Advisor, Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor Thomas Hale, Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics Marlene Simon, Associate Division Director, Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs
	Harold B. Kay, Jr., Director of Evaluation, Rehabilitation Services Administration/OSER Pictured Left: Harold Kay
Closing Remarks and Reception
Closing Remarks: Tanya Gallagher Reception Speaker: Mark V. Nadel, Associate Director of the Income Security issue area at the General Accounting Office