MONTHLY PROGRAM: Max Starkloff
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| 24 Sep 2010 |
11:30 AM |
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St. Louis Club Ballroom
7701 Forsyth Blvd., 16th floor
St. Louis, MO 63105
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Please join us for a special presentation by Max & Colleen Starkloff of the Starkloff Disability Institute.
The focus of their presentation will be on "universal design" and the efforts of the Institute to educate designers, builders and others to plan for the reality that there will be a large population "aging in place" in the coming years. They will need better daily living aids for all, not just for the people that society now labels as disabled.
Max Starkloff has resided in St. Louis since his birth in 1937. When he was 21 years old, Max was involved in a disabling automobile accident. After an extended hospital stay and a subsequent stay with his mother for four years, the physical and financial strain associated with his care became overwhelming. At the time, the only option for someone with a severe disability was to move into a nursing home, where he resided for 12 years. From the nursing home in which he lived, Max founded a privately funded independent living center he called Paraquad. Around this time, he met Colleen, a physical therapist who came to work at the nursing home. She became excited about his ideas for independent living and joined him in his crusade.
In 2003, Max and Colleen left Paraquad to establish the Starkloff Disability Institute. Now they are working with the St. Louis Community, and its leaders to begin changing societal attitudes about people with disabilities, by crafting and disseminating a positive message about living with disability. Their goal is to improve employment opportunities, which improves independent living and productivity, enabling people with disabilities to become contributing members of our society. Through their 40 years of work they realize that the non-disabled community must join with the disability community to ensure that disabled citizens are fully assimilated with the rest of our society. Click here to read more.
Colleen Starkloff is co-founder, with her husband Max, of the Starkloff Disability Institute. Ms. Starkloff currently serves the Institute as Director of Education and Training and manages the Curriculum Development division. Click here to read more.
We will also be presenting the 2010-2011 New Member Class.
Friday, September 24, 2010
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
St. Louis Club Ballroom
(7701 Forsyth Blvd., 16th floor)
11:30 a.m. - Registration / Networking
11:50 a.m. - Announcements / Program
12:30 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 p.m. - Adjournment
FORUM Members = $35
Use the “register now” button above to RSVP and pay on-line. You may also call (314) 884-4255 by Wednesday, September 22. Cancellations must be made by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday or you will be invoiced for the luncheon.
Payment is required by September 24. Payment may be made via cash, check, Visa or MasterCard. If you’re not paying by credit card on-line, please make checks payable to and mail to St. Louis Forum.
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