This session will discuss the cutting-edge project being led by disabled artist, educator, and social worker Dr. Cynthia George where they are managing the Disabled to the Front Advisory Group working with the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife in Nashville, Tennessee to promote disabled people’s access to nightlife.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Upon completion, participants will be able to define the concept of dignity of risk as it applies to the disability justice movement and list ways that social work practice can help protect this aspect of life for disabled people.
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how the Disabled to the Front Advisory Group is working to promote disability justice through access to nightlife for the disabled community in Nashville, Tennessee.
Upon completion, participants will be able to identify best practices for including disabled people in nightlife and have simple instructions they can provide community leaders and venue owners to promote accessibility.
