Welcome and Purpose of the Meeting
David Keer, Program Specialist
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)

D.E.B. Potter, Senior Survey Statistician
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Reflections on Personal Assistance Services from a Disability Rights Perspective
Mike Oxford, Director, Kansas Center for Independent Living and American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today 

Personal Assistance Services: A Public Policy Challenge
Moderator: Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., Professor and Director, National Center for Personal Assistance Services, University of California San Francisco

Need and Unmet Need for PAS, Their Consequences, and Costs
Mitch LaPlante, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco

Home and Community Based Services: National Trends and Inter-state Variations
Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco

Discussants:
Ollie Cantos, Former Director of Disability Policy, White House and Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, US Department of Justice
Mike Collins, Executive Director, California State Independent Living Council

Questions and Discussion

PAS Research on the Workforce and in the Workplace
Steve Tingus, Director, NIDRR
Moderator: David Keer, Program Specialist, NIDRR

Trends in the PAS Workforce: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
Steve Kaye, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco

The ADA and Beyond: Reducing Barriers to PAS at Work
Lewis Kraus, MPH, MCP, InfoUse, Berkeley, California

Discussants:
Vera Salter, Ph.D., PHI, New York
D.J. Hendricks, Ed.D., Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University

Questions and Discussion

Luncheon

Introduction: Bob Kafka, Adapt of Texas and American Disabled for Attendent Programs Today

Justice Delayed: Modernizing PAS Policy in a Challenging Climate
Andrew Imparato, President & CEO
American Association of People with Disabilities

Future Research and Policy Directions
Moderator: Ruth Brannon, Director, Division of Research Sciences
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Future Research Directions from the PAS Center
Robert Newcomer, Ph.D., Professor, University of California San Francisco

Consumer-Directed Home Care:  Washington State and Beyond
Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Program Director, Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, RTI International, Washington, DC.

Focusing on the Needs of Vulnerable Working Age Populations With Disabilities
Nancy Miller, Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore County

Does Medicaid Home Care Reduce Unmet Need?
Peter Kemper, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Questions and Discussion

Open Forum Discussion

Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., Moderator
Panel: Mitch LaPlante, Ph.D., Martin Kitchener, Ph.D., Steve Kaye, Ph.D., Lewis Kraus, MPH, MCP, Robert Newcomer Ph.D.

Closing Remarks
Panel Members and Charlene Harrington, Ph.D.