Education
| 1992 | University of San Francisco M.R.A., Rehabilitation Administration, McLaren School of Business |
| 1974 | California State College, Sonoma B.A., Psychology |
Work Experience
| 2000—present | AboutDisability Penngrove, California |
| 2001—2007 | President, Disability Associates Cotati, California |
| 2002—2005 | Coordinator, Technology Policy Division World Institute on Disability, Oakland, California |
| 1997—2000 | Coordinator/Instructor, High Tech Center Specialist, Visually-impaired students Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California |
| 1992—1997 | Vice President, American Disability Access and Compliance Santa Rosa, California |
| 1995—1997 | Director, Compliance and Risk Management Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California |
| 1987—1997 | Director, Alcohol and Drug Education Program Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California |
| 1975—1997 | Director and Co-Founder, Disability Resource Center Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California |
Teaching & Curriculum
"How to Find and Buy Accessible Technology"
Co-authored curriculum with Deborah Kaplan: 2003, World Institute on Disability
Disability & Society, Counseling Department, 3 hours
Created and established: Santa Rosa Junior College
Orientation, Disability Resources Department, .5 hours
Developed curriculum and taught: 2000, Santa Rosa Junior College
Adapted Software & Hardware, JAWS/Naturally Speaking, 2 hours
Developed curriculum and taught: 1999—2000, Santa Rosa Junior College
Adapted Word Processing, 3 hours
Taught: 1998—2000, Santa Rosa Junior College
Adapted Keyboarding, 2 hours
Developed curriculum and taught: 1997—1998, Santa Rosa Junior College
Craving Ecstasy: Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series
Organizer and lecturer: 1992—1997, Sonoma State University
Psycho-Social Issues of Disability, 4 hours, Psychology, Gerontology, and Sociology
Developed curriculum and taught: 1981—1991, Sonoma State University
Publications
"Accessibility of Disability," Adweek, March 2007
"Capturing the Disability Market," Northbay Biz, February 2006.
"Tapping Into the Disability Market," Santa Rosa Press Democrat Q & A, October 24, 2005
How to Create Disability Access to Technology: Best Practices in Electronic and Information Technology Companies, World Institute on Disability, March 2005.
"Accessible House Exchange: The Internet, England, & My Summer Vacation," Disability World, Issue 10, September-October 2001.
"Book Review: Encyclopedia on the Disability Rights Movement," Disability World, Issue no. 9, July-August 2001.
New Paradigm of Disability Bibliography, http://www.AboutDisability.com/bib.html, 2000, Editor, internet publication sponsored by the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and Presidential Task Force on the Employment of Adults with Disabilities, Department of Labor.
"Disability Empowerment," special issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 9 (1997), co-editor with Stephen French Gilson, and Paul Wehman
"Ethnographic research in disability identity: self-determination and community," Stephen French Gilson, Anthony Tusler, Carol Gill. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 9 (1997) 7-17.
"Access to Alcohol and Other Drug Intervention and Treatment for People with Disabilities," Creating Linkages with the Disability Community: Meeting Proceedings. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, September 1994.
"Variations on the Theme of Disability," compiled by the Association for Higher Education and Disability, 1993.
"Help That Hurts," Irving K. Zola and Anthony Tusler, The Marin Institute for Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, Winter, 1993, reprinted in CAPED Communiqué, Winter , 1994.
"Raised Expectations," Solidarity, July 1993.
"A Call to Action: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and People with Disabilities," Anthony Tusler, Dennis Moore, Jo Ann Ford, Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 1992 Summer Issue Forum (in press).
"Disability as a Cultural Issue" Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 1992 Summer Issue Forum (in press).
"Self-Determination by People with Disabilities to Solve the Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Their Community," The Seed, Spring 1992.
"Assimilation," Spinal Network, submitted.
"Access in Education: Assisting Students from Dependence to Independence," Dale Brown, Bill Clopton, Anthony Tusler, Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, Summer 1991.
"Two Tales of Recovery: That First Step is the Hardest," Spinal Network, Winter 1991.
"Disabled Resonates," Disability Rag, August 1990.
"When Experience is the Bond," California Alcohol Forum, interview by DeMiranda, 1989.
"Acceptance or What Would I Do If I Woke Up Able-bodied?"
Forte, Sonoma State University; Exceptional Society News, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Spring 1994.
Forte, Disability Resource Center, Sonoma State University
"Tokenism," "Disability: The Insiders View,""Why It Is Hard to Speak Up," "Survival".
Disability and the Arts2, monograph, 1985.
Professional Affiliations
California Alcohol and Drug Programs, Continuum of Services System Re-Engineering (COSSR) Task Force
Member, 2005—present
California Department of Rehabilitation, State Rehabilitation Council
Member, 2001—2005
President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, Communications Subcommittee
Member, 1999—2003
Disability History Museum & Learning Resource Center
Member, Advisory Committee, 1998—present
Disability Media Project
Member, Planning/Organization group, 1999—2000
Society for Disability Studies
Member, Board of Directors, 1995—1999
Secretary, Board of Directors, 1996—1999
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services
National Advisory Council, 1993—1998
Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability formerly Coalition for Disability and Chemical Dependency
President, Board of Directors, 1990—present
Co-chair, "Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability: A National Symposium," Stanford, 1991
Coalition for Disability and Chemical Dependency
Founding Member, Board of Directors, 1986—1990
Association of Handicapped Student Service Programs in Post-Secondary Education (AHSSPPE)
Member, since 1980: National Conference Planning Committee, 1984, 86 & 95
Chair and Founder: Disability Studies SIG, 1987
California Association of Post-Secondary Educators of the Disabled (CAPED)
Founding member, Board of Directors, 1975—77
Member 1975—present: State Conference Planning Committee, 1987 & 89
Training Provided
Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Grand Rounds, 2007
"Disability: Alcohol & Drugs"
Butte County Department of Behavioral Health
"Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services for those with Cognitive Disabilities"
Sonoma County Adult and Aging Division, 2006
"Disability and Human Services: A Conversation"
Sonoma County Public Health Manager's Meeting, 2001
"Disability in History and the Work Place"
Sonoma County Public Health Grand Rounds, 2000
"Disability in History and the Work Place"
Santa Rosa Junior College, Student Employees Training, 1999 & 2000
"Diversity Issues in the Workplace"
Rehabilitation Association of Hawaii, 1994 Annual Conference, October, 1994
"What Do You Do With a Drunk 26?" and "Refuting the Deficit Model of Disability"
Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, US Dept of Education, Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Education, 1992
Environmental prevention strategies for new grantees
Massachusetts Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, 1991
"So, What’s the Problem?: The Disability Rights Movement Meets Alcohol and Other Drugs"
San Diego County Alcohol Services, 1990
"Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among People with Disabilities"
Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, 1990
Management staff on disability issues in alcohol and other drug services
Presentations
California Alcohol and Drug Program, 2006 Meeting
"Serving People with Disabilities" breakout session
Society for Disability Studies, 2005 Annual Meeting
"Disability and Popular Song" multimedia presentation.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1999 Recovery Community Support Program Grantees Meeting
Kick-off panel, "What the Disability Community Has Learned."
NC5, 1998 Annual Conference, May, 1998
"Devil or Angel? Voice Recognition on the Campus"
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Western Grantees Meeting, January ,1994
"Disability Issues in the Community"
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 1993 Prevention Conference, February, 1993
Mini-Plenary co-presenter on "The Cultural Continuum: The Evolution from Unawareness Toward Sensitivity to Competence,"
Co-presenter on "Prevention That Works for People with Disabilities"
First Midwest Conference on Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Among Youth with Disabilities, Keynote on "Youth and the Culture of Disability," November 1992
Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, Issue Forum on Substance Abuse and Disability
Plenary on "Disability as a Culture," June, 1992
Healthy People/Healthy Environments: The Secretary’s National Conference on Alcohol-Related Injures
College Policies for Preventing Alcohol Injuries, March, 1992
Alcohol Policy 8
Coalition Building With People With Disabilities, March, 1992
Region III, Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program
Planning and presentations at "Substance Abuse and Persons with Disabilities: Employment Strategies, December, 1991
Independent Living: Preparing for the 21st Century
"Alcohol, Drugs, and the Disabled," Oakland, California, September, 1991
Institute on Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability (IADD)
Keynote presentation at "Alcohol, Drugs, and Disability: A National Policy Symposium," Stanford, 1991
Drug Prevention Programs in Higher Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
"Consortia in Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Activities"1990
California Meeting, Convener, 1990
College Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)
Invited presentation at National Conference, Stanford, January 1988
"Volunteering in Disability Services"
Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
Presentations at National Conferences,
"Disability Studies: going Beyond Social Services to a Diversity Model," concurrent session with Gene Chelberg, 2001
"Environmental Illness/Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Post Secondary Education: Responsibilities & Liabilities, " panel convener, 1995
"Sexuality and Disability," pre-conference workshop with Barbara Faye Waxman, 1992
"Asexual Without Consent: Reclaiming Our Personhood" 1990
"A Vision of the Future: From Pity to Pride," 1990
"Disabilities Studies Research," 1988
"Professionals in Disabled Student Services: How Important is Peerness," 1988
"Teaching Disability Studies," 1988
"Addiction in Post-Secondary Education," July 1987
"Evolution of Disability Studies at Sonoma State University," 1983
California Association of Post-Secondary Educators of the Disabled (CAPED)
Presentations at State Conferences
"The Role of the Non-disabled in Disability Services, panelist, 1987
"Teaching Disability Studies," 1987
"Addiction in Post-Secondary Education" October, 1986
"Substance Abuse in Disability Programs" October, 1985
Consultations
Disability Rights Advocates
Testimonry before sub-committee of the California Public Utilities Commission, 2006
Marin County Office of Aging
Grass-roots disability group organizing and facilitating, 2002—2005
San Francisco State University
Program Review and Planning, 2001
Resource Center on Substance Abuse and Disability, VSA Educational Services
Material review, September, 1991–1993
Community Alcohol and Drug Prevention Technical Assistance Project, EMT Group, Inc.
Consultant Pool, 1991—present
Dominican College
Handicap compliance and implementation, December 1990
Results Group, Sonoma County Jewish Federation
Planning and facilitation for long range planning, March 1989
University of San Francisco, Lone Mountain Campus
Handicap compliance, January 1989
County of Marin, San Francisco Foundation v. County of Marin et al, re: Beryl Buck Will
Percipient witness, May 1986
Ken Frankel, Phoenix Theater
Handicap compliance, December, 1985
Community Activities
California State University Educational Equity Advisory Council
1993—1997
California State University Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Disability Services
1991—1995
Sonoma State University, Committee on Alcohol and Drugs
Founding Chair: 1986—1995
Sonoma State University Academic Senate, Faculty Policies Committee,
Member: 1985—1987
Chair: 1986—1987
Disability Work Group, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
1992—present
Disability Advisory Committee, California Alcohol and Drug Programs
1990—1992
Sonoma County AIDS Commission
Commissioner, 1991—1995
Sonoma County Barrier Awareness Day
Co-Chair, 1990
Advisory Committee, member 1990—1993
Guide, 1986—present
Sonoma County Disability Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Founding Member, 1989—1992
Leadership Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce
Participant, 1989/90
United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Bay Area
President: Board of Directors, 1985—88
Member: Board of Directors, 1982—88
Community Resources for Independence
Advocacy Advisory Committee Founding Member, 1987—present
Member, 1975 to present
Founding Member, Board of Directors, 1975—1979
Goodwill Industries of Sonoma County
Member: Board of Directors, 1979—87
United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Northbay
President: Board of Directors, 1979—80 and 1980—81
Member: Board of Directors, 1977—85
Professional Development
Computer Graphics, Photoshop
Santa Rosa Junior College, 3 units, Spring 2000
Introduction to FileMaker Pro
Santa Rosa Junior College, 3 units, Spring 1999
Assistive Computer Technology (ACT) for Windows
Dragon Naturally Speaking
JAWS for Windows 95
High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges 1997—1999
"The Basics of Managing Workers’ Compensation Claims," Sacramento State University Foundation, 1996
Advanced Level "Implementing Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems" University of California, San Diego, 1990, 1991, & 1994
"Implementing Environmental Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems" University of California, San Diego, 1988
"Train the Trainers," Rehabilitation Administration, University of San Francisco, 1986
Grants and Contracts
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, US Dept of Health & Human Services
Conference Grant, 1990, $89,000, Board President
Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, US Dept of Education
Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Education, Institution, 1987, $91,000,
Author and Project Director
Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Education, Consortium, 1989, $36,000, Project Director
Xerox Corporation
Kurzweil Reading Machine
1982, $29,000, Author
California Department of Rehabilitation
Establishing Grant, Community Resources for Independence
1977, $92,000, Co-author
Transition Program, Workability IV
1992, $62,000, Project Director
Recognition
A Celebration of Disability Culture-Local Hero. In recognition of dedication and commitment ot Northern California communities. KQED, Kaiser Permanente and AT&T.
2006
Community Resources for Independence, Founder, 1976
Community Resources for Independence 30th Anniversary Gala, 2006
Citation for Outstanding Contributions to the Bibliography "A New Paradigm of Disability"
The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, 2000
Lifetime Achievement Award for Dedication to the Field of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors/National Prevention Network, 1994