About the Presenter

Wendy Wilkinson
Southwest Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center at 
Independent Living Research Utilization
2323 South Shepherd, Suite 1000
Houston, TX. 77019
(713) 520-0232 V/TTY
(713) 520-5785
E-mail wendy@ilru.org

Wendy is an attorney, Project Director of the Southwest Disability and Business and Technical Assistance Center and Principal Investigator on “Legal Protections for People with Disabilities” for the Research and Training Center on Managed Care and Disability.  Both are projects of the ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) program, which is based at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR).  Wendy has published a number of articles on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability related issues.  In 1995 she was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine.  Wendy received an Obermann Fellowship in 1997 to study glass ceiling issues in the employment of people with disabilities.

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