TACE Presenter
Stephan Haimowitz, , J.D.
Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University
Stephan Haimowitz, J.D. has addressed disability law and policy issues in diverse roles, including class-action litigator, psychiatric hospital administrator, state agency attorney and bioethics consultant. At Syracuse University's Burton Blatt Institute, he has authored research papers contrasting international approaches to minimum wage policy and emergency planning strategies, and currently leads initiatives to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities, including strategies to overcome criminal records. He was a member of a team selected by the US Department of Health and Human Services to conduct the first evaluation of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness program, he has reviewed "jail diversion" grant proposals for the US Department of Justice and serves as a Peer Reviewer for the journal Psychiatric Services.
Steve provides technical assistance/training on such matters as the ADA, the rights to receive /refuse treatment, collaboration between disability and legal agencies, settlement of institutional reform litigation, and protection of research participants. He has advised the Arizona Health Department, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Cook County Court System and the Governor of Guam, lectured at the Cornell University Medical School, State University of New York School of Criminal Justice and Harvard Training Program for State Mental Health Commissioners, and led the effort to gain recognition of American Sign Language by the New York State Regents. His writings on mental health courts, community reentry after incarceration, end-of-life care, and the rights of people who are deaf, have appeared in Psychiatric Services, American Journal of Bioethics, Hastings Center Report, and books published by the Yale University Press, and the New York State and American Bar Associations.