As a modern land grant university, an important part of The Ohio State University's mission is outreach and engagement, serving the community through a variety of activities. During the tenth anniversary year of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the Multiple Perspectives On Access, Inclusion And Disability conference was created to help fulfill this mission.

The organizing theme for this year's Multiple Perspectives conference "Rights, Responsibilities and Social Change" seems appropriate to a year that has seen the passage of the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and looks forward to the public debate and impending presidential election.

Continuing the tradition of the past six years, the Seventh Annual Multiple Perspectives conference will bring together a diverse audience to explore disability as both an individual experience and social reality that cuts across typical divisions of education and employment, scholarship and service, business and government, and race, gender, and ethnicity.

The theme is meant to encourage presenters and participants to consider topics, methods and programs from a fresh perspective.