Ohio TASH Events

Working Together To Create Change

Welcoming the Presence and Participation of all Citizens

OHIO TASH PRESENTS:

JONATHAN MOONEY

Sunday April 13, 2008

2:00 pm

Otterbein College

Westerville, Ohio

Monday April 14, 2008

10:00 am

Southern State Community College

Sardinia, Ohio

Monday April 14, 2008

7:00 pm

College of Mount St. Joseph

Cincinnati, Ohio

Jonathan Mooney Presents:

The Short Bus, A Journey Beyond Normal.

During the summer of 2002, Jonathan Mooney bought an old short school bus – the kind that transports students in many school districts to special education classes—and converted it into an RV. For four months, he drove 35,000 miles through 45 states to explore disability culture in America. What surprised him was that this journey led him straight to the myth of normalcy. Jonathan, like many labeled abnormal, spent his life chasing that myth before his trip. But he learned that people with disabilities make up a nation-wide movement that actively resists the constraint of normalcy for all of us. In Jonathan’s presentation he brings to life some of the individuals with disabilities who he met on his trip and interviewed for his book. Jonathan shows how schools, institutions, and public policy enforce normalcy and encourages his audience to examine and challenge common notions of disability. A young man once labled "severely learning disabled" journeys across America to find others who have used humor, imagination, and resiliency to create satisfying lives beyond "normal."

Sunday, April 13, 2008, 2:00 pm, Riley Hall, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

Co-sponsored in connection with the Erin McKenzie Virtual Welcoming Space at Otterbein College Courtright Memorial Library. For information contact Barb McKenzie or Phone: 614-891-3027) or go to the Otterbein Library web site.

Directions: If traveling from the north or south on I-71, Rt. 315, or Rt. 23, take 1-270 East. If traveling from the east or west on I-70, take I-270 North. Then follow I-270 to the Cleveland Ave. North exit. Drive north on Cleveland Ave. approximately 1 mile to Main St. and turn right. Otterbein College is immediately after the second traffic light. Riley Auditorium is in the Battelle Fine Arts Center, 170 West Park St., Westerville, Ohio 43081.

Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:00 am, Southern State Community College, Sardinia, Ohi0. Co-sponsored by Southern State Community College. For more information contact Candee Basford. Southern State Community College is located at 12681 US Route 62, Sardinia, Ohio 45171.

Monday, April 14, 2008, 7:00 pm, College of Mount St. Joseph Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio For more information contact Kathy Hulgin or Phone: 513-244-4861. The College of Mount St. Joseph is located at 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH 45233.