Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025 3:00 PM- Thursday, May 15, 2025 4:30 PM
Location: RESNA@RehabWeek 2025 Mayfair Room Sheraton Downtown Chicago Riverside Chicago, IL
Lead/Instructor: Jean Minkel, PT, ATP

This talk will use Bryan Stevenson’s four guiding principles to move toward justice, as a framework to work toward mobility equity.  We will examine our clinical practices, public policies, research agendas and technology offerings to uncover systemic inequities toward persons with mobility disabilities.  Hopefully, you too, will become not just a caring professional; but a motivated ally.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of self-generated mobility on a child’s cognitive, social and language development.
• Describe how medical necessity (the medical model) and prior authorizations influences full participation for persons with a long-term mobility disability
• Describe the 4 principles in Stevenson’s model to impact systems of injustice.

In addition to the Colin McLaurin Lecture, we will also present awards for the Student Design Challenge, the Student Scientific Paper Competition, and the Developers Showcase.