{"592368":{"#nid":"592368","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CATEA Research Assistant Takes His Advocacy to the Georgia Capitol","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKurt Vogel, a research assistant at CATEA, recently spoke at the Georgia state capitol following the signing of a bill that advocated removing the word \u0026ldquo;retarded\u0026rdquo; from all legislation. Specifically the Official Code of Georgia was amended to replace the terms \u0026ldquo;mental retardation\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;mentally retarded\u0026rdquo; with \u0026ldquo;intellectual disability.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nVogel explained that the phrases \u0026ldquo;intellectual disability\u0026rdquo; or \u0026ldquo;development disability\u0026rdquo; are preferred and more respectful.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe had previously spoken before the Judiciary Committee advocating for the bill.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVogel also presented to the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities on the importance of hiring people with disabilities. He said in an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gcdd.org\/blogs\/making-a-difference-blog\/3051-straight-talk-my-life-my-advocacy.html\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026ldquo;I shared my belief that people with disabilities want the same opportunities to have as people who do not.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHe wrote about his experiences at the capitol in an article featured in the Georgia Council on Development Disabilities\u0026rsquo; spring edition of the digital magazine \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcdd.org\/news-a-media\/making-a-difference-magazine\/3033-making-a-difference-spring-2017.html\u0022\u003EMaking a Difference\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVogel is a student in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/excel\/index.html\u0022\u003E Expanding Career, Education and Leadership Opportunities (EXCEL) Program\u003C\/a\u003E and will be returning to CATEA, a research center within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E, in the summer and into the fall. He starts his third year in the Excel Program in August.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECATEA research assistant Kurt Vogel advocates for those with intellectual disabilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CATEA research assistant Kurt Vogel advocates for those with intellectual disabilities."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-06-01 19:36:44","changed_gmt":"2017-06-19 15:35:38","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592369":{"id":"592369","type":"image","title":"Kurt Vogel","body":null,"created":"1496345925","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 19:38:45","changed":"1496345925","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 19:38:45","alt":"Kurt Vogel","file":{"fid":"225755","name":"Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":148494,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kurt.Vogel_.jpg?itok=DkdFErAL"}}},"media_ids":["592369"],"groups":[{"id":"582211","name":"AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center"},{"id":"1233","name":"CATEA - Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}