Barbara Merrill
CEO
ANCOR
United States
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Barbara has been at the helm of ANCOR since 2014, a period in which the US association has more than quadrupled in membership – today ANCOR represents over 2400 providers of services to people with IDD and 61 state trade associations. She has been involved in disability issues since 1992 as an advocate, state legislator and attorney for people with disabilities and the providers who serve them. When she is not in her adopted state of Virginia, home to the ANCOR headquarters, or speaking to ANCOR member and partner audiences across the county and abroad, she is in her home state of Maine
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Speaker sessions (1)
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
12:00 - 13:00
Undoing the sheltered workshop system
- Transition models from Sheltered Workshops
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Sheltered workshops remain a reality in most countries in the world. This forum examines the reasons behind this violation of the CRPD and highlights how global good practices are moving persons with disabilities out of sheltered workshops.